Recently, a friend asked me to re-create a towering fresh blueberry pie she’d eaten at Helen’s Restaurant in Machias, Maine, two years ago. As she told it, in lieu of a lagoon of cooked, inky-purple ...

From flaky all-butter crusts to crushed Oreos and stewed fruit to silky chiffon fillings, there’s a world of possibility with pie. Because pie is inherently rustic in nature, I love the flexibility ...