Magpie

Magpie celebrates Philadelphia's own pie boutique” by the same name: move over, cheesesteak! The shop's focus on great crusts and seasonal pie fillings, plus an ardent devotion to pie, makes it a favorite of dessert-lovers everywhere (they even deliver pie by bike!). The book will cover their beloved sweet and savory pies, hand pies, pot pies, and pie shakes, all of them fine-tuned to exacting standards for the home baker with lots of step-by-step instruction for that all-important crust. Recipes include sweets like Cranberry Curd Mini Meringue Pies, Blueberry Rhuby Rose Pie, Trail Mix Oatmeal Pie, and Nutella Florentine Pie, and savories like Summer Squash Pie, Ham Leek Dijon Potpies, and Shepherd's Potpies with Cauliflower Mash. If you'd like to turn your slice into a shake, the Cafe Mocha Pie is a great choice. With more than 90 great recipes and beautiful full-color photography throughout, this delectable cookbook is a pie-lover's dream.