Today Violet will make 45 pies in the time it takes most of us to make one. In addition to artful pastry skills honed from childhood, she’s a writer with a degree from Bard College. Wow!
![Rosemont Market 45 Pies dough ready](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-dough-ready-1024x682.jpg)
(By the way, we sell our pie dough and locally grown fruit in our stores so you can do this at home.)
![](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/45-Pies_pie-dough1-1024x682.jpg)
Kitchen scissors = essential
![Preparing the pie tins with the help of kitchen scissors](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/45-Pies-shaping-the-pies-1024x682.jpg)
Strawberries await.
![Strawberries await](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-Strawberries-await-1024x682.jpg)
Strawberries meet rhubarb. They get along really well.
![Strawberries meet rhubarb](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-in-the-mix-1024x682.jpg)
Not too sweet, not too tart
![Strawberries meet rhubarb](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-strawberries-meet-rhubarb-1024x682.jpg)
![Weighing the flour](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-flour-and-sugar-1024x682.jpg)
Filling time
![Rosemont Market 45 Pies berries meet pie crust](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-berries-meet-pie-crust-1024x682.jpg)
![Sugar-dusted](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-dusting-of-sugar-and-flour-1024x683.jpg)
Now for the art part…
![Now for the art part...](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-the-art-part-1024x682.jpg)
Latticework!
![Latticework!](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-latticework-1024x682.jpg)
Oven ready!
![Oven-ready](http://rosemontmarket.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Rosemont-Market-45-Pies-ready-for-baking-1024x682.jpg)
Photos by Christopher Peterson