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#351
Always Good to shop
with a large tote bag or two
and grab a basket
​
#350
A Blanket of dough
wrapped around a peach is the
one blanket you need
​
#349
a fine day for pie
sweet or savory just grab
a fork and sit down
​
#348
YOU'LL THANK ME FOR THE
BAGS OF FrOZEN RHUBARB WHEN
IT SNOWS AND THERE'S PIE
​
#347
Beyond the pie plate
stone fruit STEPS IN FOR FROSTING  
​adorns a pound cake​​
​

#346
Tis a pity, all
​The pitting required for
Sour cherry pie
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#345
An upside down cake 
Nudges pie out of the way
Tart-tongued rhubarb balks
#344
Casual Pie-Day
Because rhubarb's in town and 
Free-form is just fine
#343
Three point one four day
​Point me in the direction
of the nearest pie
​
#342
Orange you glad when
The mesh bag with your pie goods
Doesn't have a tear
#341
In fond memory
Of my friend, Loretta, and
Damn fine cherry pie
​
#340 
Oh, look at the time! 
It's stretchy pants o'clock and
There's pie for breakfast
​
#339
Sometimes pumpkin is 
Less than Gourd-eous in the pies
​of the beholder
#338 
Sooory to miss it 
Canadian Thanksgiving 
Eating pie alone
#337
Cast iron bakeware
Unlike Thanksgiving bakers
​Gets better with age
​
#336
Peach pies pack their bags
Leaving behind zucchini 
That nobody wants 
#335​
​Dog days of summer
Sweet corn, fresh herbs, tomatoes
Ice cold rolling pin
#334
Power's still out so
I can't make the coffee please
Hand me that hand pie
​
#333
For those who prefer
Cheesecake to pie, there's a day
It was yesterday
#332
Carbon pie-oxide
Incessant alarm will I
Live to see day break
#331 
Biscuits love peaches
and peaches love pies- sometimes
 in the same pie plate
​
#330
May ebbs into June 
Not enough cherries for pie
Just enough for cake
#329
Armchair Traveler
Crafter of craft cocktails and
an open faced pie
#328
Rhubarb pie pause and 
Craving crumb cake on a strange
Mother's Day weekend 
​
#327
Mar'pril is now May
Cutting board crime scene, I am 
A stalker of stalks
#326
Welcome to week 5
Of baking in place, this week
Pies, breads, and puddings
#325
A crafty cabbage
Instead of celebrations
Filled with cake, not pie
​
#324
Frozen fruit evokes
Memories of a mentor
Fine excuse for pie
#323
Unusual days
Coax us to be creative 
In pie and in life
#322
Maybe it's just me
But my pantry and fridge will 
never be pie-fect
​
#321
In these crazy times 
Jazz hands hand pies for Pi(e) day
But wash your hands first
#320
Noshin' the taschen
Triangular hand pies that
Celebrate Esther
#319
Volcanic sneezes
From bed to kitchen miles
No pie-ing today
​
#318
Grand gestures of love
Sweet cherries from Wisconsin
​Say it with flours
#317
Meyer lemons and 
Sour cherries far better
Than footballs, groundhogs
#316
Mid-January
Disgruntled gingerbread man
Pines for December
​
#315
In January
As my meringue gently weeps
Flapper/prairie pie
#314
'Bye twenty nineteen
Here comes twenty twenty as
​Fickle as meringue
#313
Hanukkah cookies
Meyer lemon rugelach
After the latkes
​
#312
No red no green just 
Pretty in pink grapefruit curd
​Buttermilk biscuits
#311
By gosh by golly
Royal icing why must you
​Be so difficult
#310
Call off the pumpkins
Pause on pecan and apple
Sour cherry stash
​
#309
Clean out your fridge day
Falls on November fifteenth
Don your rubber gloves
#308
Making the pie shells
Is only the half of it
We have to fill them
#307
Hello, November
Hoping for half-priced Reese's
Pie-mageddon lurks
​
#306
Send in the clown from 
Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale to
Bake a warden pie
#305
Just as many pies
No need for a kids table
The kids are grown-ups
#304
One pair stretchy pants
Canadian Thanksgiving
Giving thanks for pie
​
#303
Open faced galette
A theatre in the round of 
Fan-kicking sweet plums
#302
Dreaming appeltaart
Apple cake purgatory
​L'shanah tovah
#301
Finally autumn
Unleash the pumpkin floodgates
Beware cold and flu
​
#300
Harbinger of fall
A well loved torte is east
and just plum dandy
#299
Taste memory is 
When your blueberry cobbler
Tastes like summer camp
#298
Still Pie-ing with a 
Riot of sweet summer fruit
So back off, pumpkin
​
#297 
August twenty fourth
A perfect day to plug in
Your waffle irons
#296
Just how much bourbon
Goes into the caramel
Depends on the day
#295
Pie later but now
Peach fritters spicy sugar
Because it's Friday
​
#294
Security pause
Nothing to declare I swear
Who me? Step aside?
​
#293 
Cornmeal dusted cheek
Out damned olive oil spot!
Need a vacation
#292
Popovers baking
Don't open the oven door
To peek. Don't do it
#291
Grill doused in showers
Rain soaked peaches forced indoors
Hello, cast iron
​​
#290
Wipe away the tears
With  your cleanest oven mitt
Pie break-ups, the worst
#289
Some berries are best
When simply dressed and served with
A side of pie crust
​​
#288
Coconut Cream Pride
Because love is love is love
And pie doesn't judge
​​
#287
A thief in the dawn
Smuggles a slice of pie in
​Cloak of Tupperware
#286
Surf's up,  pool's open
Distraction ruffle swimsuit
After too much pie
​

#285
Fresh Bluebarb pie is
Guaranteed to stain that new
White shirt you just bought
​
#284
Uncommon plate mates
King Arthur's yellow cake with
A side  of pie plant​
​#283
One  case rhubarb yields
Two dozen lattice pies and
Ten  red stained fingers
​​​
#282
Rhubarb's running late
Forcing pie shells to sing the
Out of season blues
#281
Happy Passover
Eat your macaroons but know
They're not macarons
#280
Happy Birthday to
Edna Lewis, sung by a
Chorus of pie birds
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#279
Hot blueberry pie
Impatient hands, slice too soon
Puddles on the plate
#278
Once loved frozen fruit
Frostbitten in the freezer
Make room for rhubarb
#277
Til' next year Pi(e) Day
Getting down to Guinness and
Happy Ides of March
​

#276
Pineapple pie  might
Be just the ticket after
Some green eggs and ham
#275
Rommy taught us well
Even in matters of the
J-E-L-L-O
​​
#274
Phil hops the red eye
On the eve of Groundhog's Day
Then  back to LA
#273
Pie plates are loafin'
Orange you glad there's citrus
In January
#272
Likely chance of snow
Hunkering down to bake please
Turn the oven on
​​
#271
It's my  party and
I'll pie if I want to or
I just might  cake walk
#270
​​Thanks, Trader Joe's for
The Meyer lemons sorry
They rolled all over
#269
Apple pie resolves
To work off that double crust
Galette-ing in shape
​​
#268
Pie-bye, December
Don't let the oven door hit
You on the way out
​

#267
The gingerbread man
Booked a flight to Boca the
​Day after Christmas
#266
You  didn't say there's
Royal icing in my hair
Until we got home
#265
Leave it to Memphis
For inspiring perfect
​Hanukkah doughnuts
​

#264
Seven hundred and
Seventy five pies later
Three personal pies
#263
Late to Friendsgiving
Where's my Tupperware? This pie's
Too hot to handle
#262
Pie-standers love to 
Offer their opinion  but
Rarely bring dessert
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#261
Don't candy-coat it
Halloween upstages pie
For now, not for long
​#260
Dreams of appeltaart
Enough already jet-lag
That clock  must be wrong
#259
Security line
Please don't make me miss my train
Running,  running, run...
​
​#258
Well hello, Oslo
Don't let the world pass you pie
Later, rolling pin
​​
#257
Why must you, Anjou?
Pearful what you wish for or
Face the 'sleepy' pear
#256
Stealthy lemon seed
The one that got away and
Turned up in your pie
#255
Mixer's on speed  three
When you think it's on speed one
Need a fresh apron
​
#254
'Til next time white shoes
Miss you already peach pie
Stop pushing,  apple
#253
Wordsmith Neil Simon
Wrote of crackers before they
Were hipster pie crusts
#252
Said the pastry cream
To the donut peach, you could
Use a few sprinkles
#251
A toast to Julia
A birthday without a crepe
Is just a meeting
​
#250
Aren't nectarines
Simply peaches without a
Five o'clock shadow?
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#249
Excuse me, sheet pan
Might I borrow you for pie?
For dinner? No thanks
#248
Fruit with a lake view
Not quite the right pie plate but
Success nonetheless
#247
Sure, Carpe Fruit-em
Pie them and scone them but please
Don't squeeze them, they bruise
​​
#246
Don't wake the peaches
Dozing in brown paper bags
They're a bit fuzzy
​

#245
Beneath the striped tent
Cherry pies, Unicorn cake
​July 4th Bake-Off
#244
Pie plates sleeping late
Summer nectarines, cherries
Come and galette it
#243 
June  boasts strawberries
Pile them high in shortcakes
Fill tart shells, bake pies
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#242
Cherry stained fingers
Pre-race day carbo-scone-ing
Gorges Ithaca
#241
Blue is bustin' out
All over the pie plate and
My clean white apron
#240
All too short but sweet
Local strawberry season
​Simply loverly
​

​#239
Meghan and Harry's
Deconstructed wedding cake
​Waiting for my slice
#238
Eatin' Eaton mess
Instead of pigeon pie when
Harry weds Meghan
#237
Say it with bubbly
Or bouquets in spring pinks or
Rhubarb pie. Thanks, Mom.
​
​#236
Freckle-faced berries
Warmed by the sun, sweetest when
Eaten out of hand
​#235
Pie meets drip cake and
Wonders- did someone leave the 
Cake out in the rain?
#234
Crunch time is taxing
Slice of pie, cup of coffee
Spiral expense book
​
#233
Hopeful for spring pie
The only thing in season
​Is snow, not rhubarb
#232
It's not spring until
Mother Nature says it's spring
So stop your whining
#231
Lemon meringue and
Gingerbread sit at the bar
They order Guinness
​
#230
Less snow, more spring, please
Citrus splashes pies and tarts
Forkfuls of sunshine
#229
Poor  Hamantaschen
Now sporting sprinkles, longs for
​Poppy seeds and prune
#228
Kumquats are pie shy
Yet  perfectly bittersweet
It's just the damn seeds
​

#227
A true pie-fecta
Chocolate, cherries, cheesecake
'Til next time Cupid
#226
On one's ninetieth
No debate, Pie vs. Cake
​A little of each
#225
Ziploc bags of spring
Squirreled away in deep freeze
You don't scare me, Phil
​
#224
National Pie Day
Don't confuse it with Pi Day
​Both fine days for pie
​
#223
Need pie-spiration
Mrs. Beeton's Cookery
And Meyer lemons
#222
​In January
Down jackets, upturned collars
The sass of citrus
#221
Two thousand eighteen
Resolutions don't apply
To slices of pie
​
​#220
Watch your step, pie bird
You've landed amidst pie crust
Artful, not humble
​#219
As you celebrate
Wishing you pie-dings of joy 
Lashings of merry
​#218 
Happy Hanukkah
Beware the box grater when
Making your latkes
​​
#217
Pie  might turn a Grinch
Into a Cindy Lou Who
With just one forkful
#216
When doughnut dough opts
To twist then loaf in a pan
We call it Babka
#215
Grateful on Friday
For three kinds of breakfast pie
​Followed by a nap
#214
Pie-1-1 Hotline
Embrace the humble in pie
And find the laughter
​​
#213 
Don't  squash my pie dreams
Step gingerly towards the gourd
We call butternut
#212
Pie-vember slinks in
Pins rolling,  flour flying
And away we dough
​​
#211
Peariodically
You just need a fistful,  not
An entire pie
#210
One coast's cinnamon
Is another's cardamom
  Feel the heat, spice girls
​

#209
I yam what I yam
Sweet,  spiked with bourbon and just
 A little nutty
#208
When you're pear contraire
It's crust a matter of time
Before apple wins
​#207
Don't rush things, Pumpkin
Let's stop and smell the apples
And the raspberries
​​
#206
Show me the honey
And  the apple cakes, I'll show
You a challah-day
#205
High Holidays lurk
Apples, honey, cider, pies
Tell me, what's the Rosh?
​#204
Stone fruit's last hurrah
You think I can't you see you but
​I see you apple
#203
Hey there, September
As summer rolls into fall
It's time to peach out
#202
Hungry not hungry
Comfort in a custard pie
​Sorry, not sharing
​
#201
When buttercream tiers
  With fondant blooms just won't do
Then here comes the pied
​

​#200
Ice cream in August
Happily teamed with pie or
Twisted, dipped, dripping
#199
Practice what you peach
Preferably in a tart
Filled with almond cream
#198
Far better than work
A weekend in the country
Baking pie with friends
#197
Bitter is better
Aperol orange with ice
Or chiffoned in pie
#196
Set me free clingstone
You just keep me hangin' on
Not peachy.  Not keen.
​

#195
Where is the meat pie?
London always seems to say,
"​Out of that today"
#194
Star-spangled flavors
Cherries, rhubarb, and bitters
4th of July pie
#193
Craving deep-dish peach
Peel a cookbook from the shelf
Springform standing  by
​

​#192
Stone fruits of summer
Smooth nectarine,  fuzzy peach
Both cobbler worthy
​​
#191
Red carpet high heels
Raspberry stained fingertips
You can dress her up...
#190
Welcome, month of June
​Doughnuts have a holiday
​Brides. Pies. Prom-posals.
#189
Memorial Day
Pie shells pleading for summer
Gladly sing the blues
​​
#188
Good hot black coffee
And a slice of cherry pie
​Welcome to Twin Peaks
#187
Happy Mother's Day
Eat some pie for breakfast. Why?
Because I said so.
#186
Chocolate and nuts
Jockeying for  position
With bourbon, in pie
​

#185
Other than summer
It's the most wonderful time
Of the year to pie
​#184
Ribbons of rhubarb
Welcome spring's leading lady
And Hello, Dolly
​
#183
Holidays linger
But don't worry- be hoppy
Mom's Day not til May
​​
​#182
Not a Peep from me
Push the pause on pate brisee
Make mine macaroon
#181
Weary of apples
Some days  a pie whisperer
Others, pie screamer
​#180
When pies and cakes pose
More than four questions, might I
Suggest  a fruit bowl?
#179
When you're pie,  not beer
Not so  easy being green
On St. Patrick's Day
#178
Hamantaschen are
The original handpies
​Name them for the queen
​
#177
Countdown to Pi(e) day
But first- a hat wearing cat
And pineapple pie
#176
Sunday night  viewing
 The Oscar goes to popcorn
Poor  Twizzlers see red
#175
Be still my  sniffles
Cold remedy by the slice
Kleenex by the box
​
#174
A nod to Mozart
For Galentine's, Valentine's
Chocolate, nuts, rose
​#173 
Punxsutawney Phil
Again, dashes dreams of spring
My thoughts turn to pie
#172
Well hello, Phyllo
Orange you available?
For pie? It's a date.
​

#171
Field trip biscotti
Is more portable than pie
Bring your own coffee
​

#170
It's my party and
I'll pie if I want to, please
Pass the Cheesy Puffs
​#169
Purpose of your trip?
Pub crawl, pie crawl, bacon, cheese
Toronto New Year
​#168
Pause the rolling pin
Pistachio buttercream
Yellow cake. Birthday.
​

#167
Just itchin' to ice
An ugly Christmas sweater
Holiday bake-off
#166
When Hanumas lurks
And weather outside's frightful
Brrr-bon brown butter
#165
The Windy City
It's pie kind of town, Chi-town
It's also too cold
​

​#164
A respite between
Thanksgiving and Mistletoe
Peanut Butter Pie
​#163
Happiness is pie
For breakfast on the Friday
After Thanksgiving
#162
I remember when
Turducken and Cherpumple
Were hip. That was then.
​

#161
Please pass the pumpkin
In a blind-baked pie shell and
Not as a latte 
​​
#160
Happy Guy Fawkes Day!
Remember, remember the
Cognac and Ginger
​​
#159
Pining for Provence
And inching towards Pie-vember
Hurry- Quince me quick!
#158
Caught you red handed
Tarte Tatin begs oven mitts
​Told you it was hot
​
#157
Woman on the verge
Of a boeuf-butter breakdown
Pass the galette, please
#156
Brits prefer their pies
Less sweet, more savory but
Save room for puddings
​

#155
Surprise! Apples in
​The apple cake and honey
In the honey cake
#154
Playing with pie dough
Someone's at the kitchen door
Knock knock. Who's there? Fall.
​#153
Pie indecision
No one loves an apple when 
They really want peach
#152
Don't forget your lunch!
There's peanut butter unless
That's just not your jam
​
#151
Back-to-school biscuits
Just a little bit corny
September again
#150
Gin, splash of tonic
In a Walkers shortbread crust
No oven. Serve chilled.
​
#149
With each forkful of
Raspberry rhubarb pie I'm
​Closer to the gate
#148
Slab pie is merely
Thinking outside the pie plate
​And forks? Optional
#147
Suddenly August
Sweet yellow peaches are scarce
Blame February
​#146
 Peaches? Not peachy
 But there is something borrowed,
Something blueberry
#145
A day at the peach
Clingstone, freestone, yellow, white
Better with bourbon
​​
#144
Toasty meringue and
Ice cream pie with fudge when it's
Too darn hot outside
​

​#143
Twelve thousand new friends
 On the lawn at Tanglewood  
Share a slice of pie
#142
A splash of bourbon
In cherry pie, considered
Old-fashioned by some
#141
Ithaca's Gorges
Running from the hiccup guy
Towards the Bluebarb pie
​​
#140
Peace of pie- flavors
As vivid as a rainbow
Beneath cornmeal crumb
#139
You say Campari
I say Negroni, Kool says
Celebrate Good Times
​
​#138
Beneath the lattice
In an unassuming pie
Revenge can be sweet
​​
​#137
Note to self again
Remember- the pies just baked
Are not what they wan
#136
They tell me to chill
So I will- with a double
​Scoop of gelato.
#135
After several 
Glasses of Chianti, I
Now speak Italian.
#134
Seattle Sister
Pens this week's post because she's
Home and I am not.
#133
What? There's pie to eat 
In London and Tuscany?
Fine. If you insist.
​​
#132
Let my people go
And eat a little flour
Or we'll be cranky
#131
Why Elijah, why
Is my box of matzoh meal
Always expired?
​

​#130
Rhubarb's back in town
As sassy as a tart tongued
Cell phoning patron
​#129
Never a Girl Scout
Please Sir, I want Samoa
Scouts are smart cookies
​#128
Hamantaschen and
Bunnies hoppin'- I'm falling
Down the rabbit hole
​

#127
Lucky, lucky me
Bring on the Hamantaschen
With a side of Peeps
​#126
Love you, loathe you March
Shamrocks, Hamantash, Bunnies
Celebrate Pi(e) Day!
#125
Celebrating Seuss
Red and white hats, green eggs, ham
The Doctor is in
​

#124
Life gives you lemons
And also limes so it helps
​To have a juicer
​

#123
The berries you bought
For a week's worth of breakfasts?
​Baked into biscuits
​

#122
Love is in the air
And the powdered sugar which
Takes my breath away
#121
On a bumpy flight
But it's out of my control
I'm just the pie-lette
#120
You know I'd love to
But if I help shovel snow
Who will bake the pie?
​

​#119
Wait- you're telling me
That's a freezer, not a fridge?
I thought it felt cold...
​
​#118
Where are my sweat pants?
Boston boasts more than cream pie
Skinny jeans don't lie
​

#117
Don't pie for me, Sir
The truth is my downfall was
The wayward gravel
​

#116
Ringing in the New
Boozy cakes and tipsy pies
I'll be fast asleep
​
#115
Ho-Ho-Ho... Oh No!
I turned off the oven, right?
I'm certain. I think.
​
#114
When mixing meringue
It's a marshmallow world so
Be sure to wear white
#113
I'd love to attend
Responded the humble pie
I'll dress as a tart
​
​#112
Kugel meets latke
In a cast iron skillet
 Hanukkah pie, sweet!
​

#111
Pie-lapalooza
Pumpkin and Wild Nut and
A sliver of Mince
​

#110
Don't mince words, Pumpkin
You want your pie baked Thursday?
​Doesn't everyone
#109
Pass the pate brisee
Five hundred pie shells to roll
Never mind, I'm sick
​#108
Dear Apple and Pear,
Might I tag along with you?
Signed, Your Cousin, Quince
#107
​Déjà boo again
Costume parade snakes through town
Happy Halloween

#106
I can't quite hear you
How do you spell your name, please
Hello? Hello? Click.
​​
#105
If the Great Pumpkin
Was truly great, my pie would
Be gourd-geous, no cracks
​​
#104
When pie peeps gather
Best to observe the dress code
Wear your stretchy pants
​​
#103
Goin' to Grapeland
Where the air smells purple and
 Concords fill the pies
​

#102
Anjou, Bosc, Bartlett
People turn pearsnickety
When they want apple ​
#101
Need a co-pie-lette
GPS says, "You are here."
Lies. There's nothing here.
#100
After the umpteenth 
Honey cake and apple cake
Happy New Year pie
​

#99
Squabbling over
The last peach pies of summer
Bring on the apples
​
#98
Maine slip and fallin'
May Day! May Day! Goin' down...
Pie-buprofen, please
#97 
Farewell fuzzy peach
Welcome sweet-tart plums
Not so fast, pumpkin
​
#96
Now it's very clear

Seasons change and so do pies
Bye bye summer crew
​

#95
Ode to the white peach
Perfectly eaten in hand
Or in a biscuit
#94
Birthday Surprise Pie
Hidden so very well I
Can't remember where
#93
Pie plate real estate
Summer sublets of stone fruit
Make mine pineapple
​
#92 
Congratulations!
You are the proud parents of...
Slice the pie and see
#91
It's just peachy when
Caramel and Sriracha
Join the pie party
#90
Happy July 4th
Fireworks of fruit, but please
Don't ask for apple
​

#89
Sweet fruits of summer
I love you by the bushel
Puzzled by the peck
#88
Ithaca's gorgeous
Not a pie-athlon merely
A race through the hills
#87
Pie baker by day
Trades kitchen clogs for heels on
Tony Awards night
​

#86
Pie plate destiny
Cherries swingin' on a stem
Beware the stray pit
#85 
Squooshed on train and street
Do not jostle this bag, Sir
It holds George's pie
#84
Impatient baker
Served fresh strawberry puddle
The pie's too darn hot
​
#83 
What's your sign? he asked
Don't tell me... is it Pie-ces?
No. Butter fingers.
#82
Have pie will travel
To the LA Pie Social
Bring your rolling pin
#81
House of Pies beckons
Unable to resist I
Choose a slice to go
#80
Not a baker's bench
A park bench beneath spring skies
Just as sweet as pie
#79
Celebration Pie
For sweet Blondilocks and Pa
Please save me a slice
​
#78
Butterscotch Pecan
Aptly named Distraction Pie
Because- where was I?
#77
Meringues, macaroons
Reese's peanut butter eggs
On sale on Monday
#76
You're no bunny til'
Some bunny loves rhubarb more
Than marshmallow peeps
​
#75
Post Pie Day Hoopla
Biscuits with bacon and eggs

Maple syrup side
#74
Pie Socializing
Three point one four one five day
Hold on to your fork
#73
Pass the poppy seeds
Hamantaschen, Purim Pie
Way to go, Esther
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#72
If there is no pie
Then there is no happiness
A slice of wisdom

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#71
And the winner is...
Nutella- by the spoonful
Or baked in a pie
#70
Stupid Cupid, set
Me free from the bakery
Don't you have a heart?
#69
When is it pie time?
When the clock strikes After Eight
Or when I say so
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#68
Hey! Snow Day! I want
A do-over. One day more
To bake pie in peace

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#67
National Pie Day
Random acts of pie-ness, yes
Share pie with a friend
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#66
Where's the Quiet Car?
Prague to Vienna, best to
Look out the window
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#65
Kaffee kulture means
Coffee in a paper cup
Is a rarity
#64
Oodles of strudels
Steamy cocoa topped with 'schlag'
Winter holiday
#63
Cindy Lou Who bakes
Rugelach for Hanukkah
Honestly, who knew?
#62
Red royal icing
Pales in comparison with
The red of my nose
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#61
Roll out the jolly
It's all about the cookies
Well earned Pie-atus
#60
Beware the thin slice
Don't let Ellen cut the pie
Happy Thanksgiving
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#59
Pie Anxiety
When you wake to find your dream
Is reality
#58
Not in a good way
The cinnamon scented broom
Takes my breath away
#57
Pie-oh-neer Women
Unafraid of Thanksgiving
Keep rolling along
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#56
You say potato

I say yam and bourbon and
Brittle on the side
#55
One for the Baker

Is why a Baker's Dozen
Is thirteen not twelve
#54
Beware the sharp knife

When prepping quinces for pie
Espresso can wait
#53
I just can't help it

Gluten free mini cupcakes
Make me plum crazy
#52
The long, winding road

Leads to chocolate walnut
When pears are not ripe
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#51
The apple cake sticks

In the non-stick Bundt pan try
Apple pie instead
#50
And when the rains came

Commercial plastic wrap saved
The pies from drowning
#49
How do you keep her

In New Jersey now that she's
Seen Rensselaerville?
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#48
Jell-O and Cool Whip

Cozy in a pie shell but
Nellie and Joe win
#47
A pie tour you say?

Where is Ellen to play judge?
Unavailable
#46
Can I have a job?

Cover letter, Resume
It's Boston Cream PIE?
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#45
Gone to read and write

See you in September, please
Turn off the oven
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#44
Hey! It's your birthday

But you ate all the peaches
Sigh... No pie for you
#43
Fresh raspberry pie?

Swedish Chef nods bork! bork! bork!
And serves Snozzberry
#42
Lattice be pie pals

Cherry said to apricot
Won't crimp your style
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#41
Don't say I never

Baked you your very own pie
Happy Father's Day
#40 
Elbow meets oven
Hip meets corner of table
Baker black and blue
#39
Guilty cried the Judge

What is my crime, Your Honor?
No pie for the Judge
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#38
Rhubarb is not fruit

It's a vegetable that stained
My new white shirt red
#37
No pie on Pesach

Coconut macaroons will
Rise above the rest
#36
Here comes cherry pie

There goes the white tablecloth
Where is the stain stick?
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#35
Challenging road trip

Poor tire flat as pie dough
Pass me the 'donut'
#34
Could not did not sleep

Now it's half past dark thirty
Time to make the pies
#33
Mile High Pie, Sigh

Wish I were in New Orleans
It's not snowing there
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#32
Non-stick cooking spray

I loathe thee You're slippery
Whoops drop whoops drop whoops
#31
Distracted baker

Add the powder, soda, salt
Wait. Didn't I just...?
#30
Pizza pie perches
On the roof of my car for
Just a second, whoops...
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#29
He says I'm kneady

I thought we were just peachy
Truth is, he's flaky
#28
My Cherry amour

Pretty little pie that I
Adore a la mode
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#27
On July the 4th

Proclaim your pie dependence
Red, white, blueberry
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#26
Fresh raspberry pie?

Swedish Chef nods bork! bork! bork!
And serves Snozzberry
#25
Lattice be pie pals

Cherry said to apricot
Won't crimp your style
#24
Don't say I never

Baked you your very own pie
Happy Father's Day
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#23
Elbow meets oven

Hip meets corner of table
Baker black and blue
#22
Smoke gets in your eyes

When you think the pie plate is
Deep dish but it's not
#21
Uncork the champagne 

Slice up the strawberry tart
No more tuition

#20
Graduation Pie

Two parts pineapple one cream
Magna Rum Laude
#19
No breakfast in bed

Baking pies all the day long
Where's my Mimosa?
#18
What'll it be Pal?

cinco de Mayo Pie-oh
And a whipped cream shot
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#17
Guilty cried the Judge

What is my crime, Your Honor?
No pie for the Judge
#16
Rhubarb is not fruit

It's a vegetable that stained
My new white shirt red
#15
No pie on Pesach

Coconut macaroons will
Rise above the rest
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#14
Here comes cherry pie

There goes the white tablecloth
Where is the stain stick?
#13
Mr. Oven Man

Thank you Three fifty is now
Really Three fifty
#12
Challenging road trip

Poor tire flat as pie dough
Pass me the 'donut'
#11
Could not did not sleep

Now it's half past dark thirty
Time to make the pies
#10
Three point one four day

Is just around the corner
Pre-heat your oven
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#9
Mile High Pie, Sigh

Wish I were in New Orleans
It's not snowing there
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#8
Non-stick cooking spray

I loathe thee You're slippery
Whoops drop whoops drop whoops
#7
Snowmageddon falls

I will shovel then eat pie
And curse the Groundhog 
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#6
Distracted baker

Add the powder, soda, salt
Wait. Didn't I just...?
#5
Pizza pie perches

On the roof of my car for
Just a second, whoops...
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#4
Apple Cinnamon

Kindred to pie and strudel
Bagels? Not so much
#3
Grapefruit seeks pie shell

Meringue loves only lemon
Grapefruit sits alone
#2
Holidays be still

My rolling pin is weary
January.  Sigh
#1 
Why do I forget
The left-handed oven mitt

It has a hole. Ouch
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