Pie for Everyone: Recipes and Stories from Petee's Pie, New York's Best Pie Shop

by Petra Paredez

New York's beloved Petee's Pie Company serves up more than 80 recipes for the best pies you can make at home   Petra (Petee) Paredez shares her personal repertoire of impeccable baking techniques that have made her pie shops, Petee's Pie Company and Petee's Café, New York darlings. At the heart of it all, the goal is simple--a tender, flaky crust and perfectly balanced filling--and this cookbook leads the way with easy-to-follow, step-by-step guidance. A champion of locally sourced ingredients, Paredez features some of the best farms and producers in profiles throughout the book, inspiring us to seek out the very best ingredients for our pies wherever we may live. Filled with vibrant photography and recipes for just about every pie imaginable, from fruit and custard to cream and even savory, Pie for Everyone invites us to share in the magic and endless appeal of pie. "Growing up in Mexico we never really had pies. I've always thought they were too sweet or out of balance. Petee Pie's opened up near our restaurants and my mind was changed--the chocolate chess pie that Petra makes is one of the best desserts I have ever had. It immediately took me back to the chocolate chess pie my grandma never made for me. "--Fabian von Hauske, co-owner and pastry chef of Contra and Wildair

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction

243 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 22, 2020

Reviews

[Jessica Haider · Rating 4 out of 5]

So far I've cooked 3 pies from this book and they were all fabulous.
The ones I've tried are the: Mushroom Quiche, Banana Cream Pie and Maple Apple Pie.

The book is loaded with color photos and lots of tips and methods for creating the perfect pie crust. Believe me, I am no expert on making pie crusts and I was able to make pretty good ones following the guidance in this book.

I received a copy of this book as a participant in the Abrams Dinner Party. Thank you Abrams!

[Denise :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely!

I adore pies and pie baking, so picking up this book was a no brainer for me. Content wise, I wasn’t disappointed. I would’ve liked to have seen more savory inclusions, but truly the expanse of dessert pies offered was glorious and the multitude of recipes will keep me busy for a while! It’s well written; I enjoyed the story-like flow and the personal anecdotes. I read cookbooks like a book, so I appreciated the author’s presentation.

The kindle edition has some serious formatting glitches that made it difficult to page through, and the index is completely useless to an e-reader.

Content: 5 stars. Kindle format: 3ish stars.

[Rachel Grundvig · Rating 5 out of 5]

The crust recipe is to die for! Very delicious and instructive. Not a crumb was left of the pie I brought to a party.

[BethFishReads · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid recipes. Full review on my blog: https://www.bethfishreads.com/2020/10...

[Vicki (MyArmchairAdventures) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thanks to @abramsbooks for another fabulous cookbook as part of the #abramsdinnerparty for 2020-2021! I consider myself an intermediate baker/cook and I’m always excited when I discover something that bumps my game up a notch. @petraparedez ‘s tips on making pie crusts was exactly what I needed for something that still intimidates me! It's hard to review a cookbook because I haven't read everything in detail and have only made a couple of the recipes. But, there are many recipes that appeal to me and that I've flagged to make in the coming months so that's a win for me.

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, the pies I’ve made so far have all been delicious but there are also bizarre, frustrating things about a few recipes. I just made a butterscotch cream pie. Like another cream pie it only has about half the custard it should, and the custard takes way longer to make than the instructions suggest. Then it calls for a meringue, but instead of simply adding sugar to egg whites as you beat them, it calls for making a simple syrup and adding the hot syrup to the whites, making for a watery mess. Again, it’s absolutely delicious but the recipe has some serious blunders, at least for this home baker.

[Polinium · Rating 5 out of 5]

It should come as a surprise to no one that I read this is one sitting and now have plans to make a bunch of pies

Received as from @abramsbooks as part of #abramsdinnerparty

[Kate · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[Kate]

Made the orange custard pie. The crust recipe and directions in this book are so good! Super specific, great photos, and lots of information.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

a great one to work through the recipies.
loved the step by step pictures - this book focuses mostly on the classics with a few interesting variations sprinkled in.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like a good pie, but the Lemon pie was good, but a little too sweet for me.

[Fin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good pies

[Victoria Briar · Rating 5 out of 5]

OBSESSED !!!!!!! Amazing book!!! I borrowed it from the library but I’m going to buy it!! It fixed my pastry !!!

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now I'm in the mood for pie! 🤤

[Yaaresse · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars.

Great pictures in the crust chapter, and the instructions are very clear.

I admit I read this solely for the stories, especially for the history of the Nesselrode Pie. I'd seen so many references to Nesselrode on old menus and such, but nothing ever said WHAT Nesselrode Pie is/was. Now I know. (Doesn't sound like something I'd like.). I really didn't plan to make any pies. But now that I see the sesame chess pie, the cardamom rose custard, the mushroom quiche ... well ....