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!


Kitchen scissors = essential

Strawberries await.

Strawberries meet rhubarb. They get along really well.

Not too sweet, not too tart


Filling time


Now for the art part…

Latticework!

Oven ready!

Photos by Christopher Peterson