Meet No More Mr. Nice Pie
Photo by Francesco Sapienza
Ellen grew up in a multi-generational household where dessert after every meal was the norm, not the exception. Her baking apprenticeship was under the watchful eye of her grandmother’s housekeeper, Jessie, who placed pie at the top of the family's food pyramid.
While earning a degree in Theatre, Ellen squeezed in time to work at Ithaca’s Home Dairy Bakery. With baked goods on the back burner but never out of reach, she embarked on a career in the arts working for actor Yul Brynner. Criss-crossing the country, a fork in the road led Ellen to Philadelphia where she owned and operated the restaurant, A Slice of Heaven for 10 years.
She later honed her pie production skills at a farm in Bucks County that prided itself on farm-to-table long before it was a buzzword. More recently, Ellen spent a decade baking pies at The Able Baker in Maplewood, NJ before stepping away to focus on writing and recipe development. She is a contributor to SAVEUR magazine and Food52, among others. Most nights you'll find her writing voraciously about pie at No More Mr. Nice Pie and most days pie-ing it forward to the Broadway community. When not in the kitchen or fulfilling her passion for theatre, Ellen can be found logging miles in anticipation of Ithaca's next half marathon.
While earning a degree in Theatre, Ellen squeezed in time to work at Ithaca’s Home Dairy Bakery. With baked goods on the back burner but never out of reach, she embarked on a career in the arts working for actor Yul Brynner. Criss-crossing the country, a fork in the road led Ellen to Philadelphia where she owned and operated the restaurant, A Slice of Heaven for 10 years.
She later honed her pie production skills at a farm in Bucks County that prided itself on farm-to-table long before it was a buzzword. More recently, Ellen spent a decade baking pies at The Able Baker in Maplewood, NJ before stepping away to focus on writing and recipe development. She is a contributor to SAVEUR magazine and Food52, among others. Most nights you'll find her writing voraciously about pie at No More Mr. Nice Pie and most days pie-ing it forward to the Broadway community. When not in the kitchen or fulfilling her passion for theatre, Ellen can be found logging miles in anticipation of Ithaca's next half marathon.