Before becoming a pie maker, I would never have called myself a dessert person… unless that dessert had coconut in it. I love coconut and my rule was, if there is coconut in the dessert, order the dessert. In Seattle, this led me some favorites like the Coconut Sticky Rice with fresh Mango at Wild Ginger and Tom Douglas’ famous Coconut Cream pie at Dahlia Lounge. Oh my… just the memory of those has my mouth watering. My earliest memories of coconut love are from my Oma’s ref

It's December 19 I haven’t made any pies in over 2 weeks. I dream of pies almost nightly… not eating them, mind you, just making them. Okay, eating them a little bit too. :) Christmas is just one week away and the Christmas program at my son's school is tonight! There will be a lot of people to feed, so earlier in the week, I asked the school’s director if I could bring in some pies. No sooner had the words left my mouth than she said “YES!!!” and the school’s cook, who wa