Review: Can't wait to see more from the Bakery of Afternoon Tea!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2013
Every now and again Grandma runs across a book that surprises her.  That was exactly the case with Ana and Ada Palles'From the Bakery of Afternoon Tea: Book of Pies.  This is a lovely book, chock full of recipes for American classics, many of them pies that have been favorites at Grandma's for many a year!Some of these recipes are new to me - and enticing - but others are old favorites I can vouch for whole heartedly.  The Key Lime Pie is identical to mine, Strawberry Rhubarb varies just a teeny bit, and the Alabama Pecan Pie identical to the ones that I turn out every Thanksgiving, even if we are Carolina girls!You'll find a variety of chocolate pies, one for every taste, chess pies, sweet potato and pumpkin pies and even an eggnog pie. There is an interactive Table of Contents listing every recipe and pictures for each recipe too.  My favorite though is the recipe for Coconut Custard Pie, identical to the one my Grandma made years ago.I found only two little things that need improvement.  Ana and Ada forgot to mention blind baking of single crust pie shells and omitted mention of moistening the edge of the bottom crust to seal the edges before you crimp two crust pies in order to insure a good, leak-proof seal.Very nice job, one Grandma is happy to give two thumbs up to! Highly recommended.Can't wait to see more from the Bakery of Afternoon Tea!