This week is busier than a holiday week. A few exciting things coming up, so I’ll share them here. Mark your calendars for these NaNoPIEMo events that are not just auctioned off pies.
Today’s pie is LEMON CHIFFON. Citrus season is here! I’ve been working on this one for a few days. I candied and crystallized lemon peel to sprinkle on top. I read up on all the best ways to do chiffon. I bought some Meyer lemon wafers to make the crust. And, I picked and juiced the Meyer lemons from our garden for the filling. I did not milk the cows for the whipped cream, so it’s not quite perfect, but I did get fancy decorating tips to put a swirly topping on it. It feels like a wedding pie.
Friday, I’m heading to a TWO-PIE LUNCHEON which sold out. Who doesn’t want SOLD OUT stamped across their face? I won’t be auctioning off these pies, as I will be serving them to some wonderful folks who have come to watch me make pie and talk about the writing life. There will be a savory pie, and a sweet pie. The savory will be a leftover pie that I make every Friday after Thanksgiving with all the fixings in a whole wheat crust. The sweet pie, I haven’t decided yet.
Saturday, Blaze Baking with Rachel Levy — I’ll be on a cooking show! We will be making a lemon meringue pie. I can’t sell it through the TV screen, so feel free to start thinking about your bid.
Sunday Nov 27 I’ll be IN-PERSON auctioning off a pie at an event at Julie’s Beach Life boutique in Del Mar. Please come! It will be a fun day, with some other pies to sample—you don’t even have to bid to get a taste of pie. And, I’ll read the story from my book HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL IN 20 PIES about the day I got in a fight at the farmer’s market over apples.
Mon Nov 28 Author Tammy Greenwood will be coming to bake with me at the Living Lab. The author of Such. Pretty Girl. That day’s pie day will also be auctioned off.
Mark your calendars. In the meantime, let’s start the bidding for this fancy chiffon pie at $95. Place your bids in the comments.
