Episode 27: Home cooking secrets for the best pies, with expert baker Danielle Bell

What’s your favorite kind of pie… Fruity and jammy? Cool and creamy? Savory? 

Kari and Sonya start the show off by talking about their favorite classic summer pies from peach to berry and explore delicious variations like crostatas, galettes, hand pies, and even a simple ice cream pie.

Then, we invite Danielle Bell to join us and share her extensive pie-baking expertise with our listeners. Danielle is an LA-based chef, a fellow FOOD FRIEND, and is part of the culinary duo “de Porres” with her partner Pablo Osorio. We hear all about Danielle’s culinary story, including her secret to her incredibly flaky, burnished crusts, and her iconic savory greens pie filling.  

Tune in this week for a heavy dose of summer pie inspiration!

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Links to recipes and favorites from this week’s show:

Get in touch with Danielle and find out more about de Porres here, and make sure to follow Danielle and Pablo’s Instagram 

Puff pastry hand-pies via Sally’s Baking Addiction 

Sonya’s galette recipe 

Skillet pie from America’s Test Kitchen 

Alison Roman’s double-crust peach pie 

Smitten Kitchen’s sour cherry slab pie

10-minute ice cream pie from Gimme Some Oven

Edna Lewis’ lemon chess pie via The Butter Lab

Derby Pie via The New York Times

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