I love eating the pies at The Pie Hole and this amazing cookbook now makes it possible to make their mouthwatering recipes in your very own home.  A mix of sweet and savoury recipes, You Wanna Piece of Me? is a must have addition to your cookbook library if you want to up your pie game.

PIE! Oh, wonderful delicious pie. Have you ever wondered how to make a double butter crust alongside a vegan crust for your vegan friends? Or how to make a Nanaimo bar…but as a pie?! Or how to make a key lime pie with avocado? You can do it, and it sounds delicious. And it’s not just sweet pies – there are plenty of delicious savory pies, from your traditional chicken pot pie to shepherd’s pie to a beef bourguignon pie. They even have pop tart recipes and recipes for pie ice cream sandwiches...such a variety of delicious things you can make into pie! You Wanna Piece of Me is definitely a book any fan of pie or cooking would enjoy.

This is a very complete baking book with recipes for crusts, sauces, whipped creams as well as pies and more! Lovely photography and lovely Canadian baker that I just discovered. This book is definitely going on my to-buy list! Thank you NetGalley for the free ebook copy.

Some great pie recipes that I haven’t seen before and not just sweet pies but meat pies as well. The photos are great.

I love this book!  It is fun, packed with flavour, humour and family. All part of the recipe for a perfect pie. Written and taste tested by a Canadian with Canadian recipe classics. The titles for each section are quirky, photographs bright, eye catching and love how they have used pastry to write clues and information on the pie crust. Highly recommend this book for pastry loves everywhere

Date reviewed: August 10, 2020

When life for the entire universe and planet turns on its end and like everyone else you "have nothing to do" while your place of work is closed and you are continuing to be in #COVID19 #socialisolation,  superspeed readers like me can read 250+ pages/hour, so yes, I have read the book … and many more today. And it is way too hot to go outside, so why not sit in from of the blasting a/c and read and review books??  BTW - stay home and save lives!!!!!!!! No tan is worth dying for.

I requested and received a temporary digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley, the publisher and the author in exchange for an honest review.  

From the publisher, as I do not repeat the contents or story of books in reviews, I let them do it as they do it better than I do 😸.

Is there really anyone who doesn't love pie? Grab a great big slice of it here, with easy-to-follow, phenomenal-tasting pie recipes of all kinds.

There is nothing better than a tender, flaky slice of perfect pie still warm from the oven. With You Wanna Piece of Me? you can blow your family and friends away with the very best bakery-style pie they've ever eaten--then drop the bombshell that you made it from scratch!

With savoury and sweet pies from riffs on classics like Apple Brown Butter Rosemary Pie to creative creations like Bacon Cheeseburger Pie, Raspberry Custard Crumble, and Fat Elvis (a mind-blowing chocolate banana caramel creation smothered in peanut butter whipped cream), plus easy-to-freeze hand-pies for make-ahead meals, there is a pie here for absolutely everyone. Vegetarian, vegan, fish, chicken, beef, lamb, fruit, cream, nut and more! As well as recipes like Pie Pop-Tarts and Pie Poutine to use up all your extra dough scraps. You'll also find everything you need to know to make the prettiest pies ever: a comprehensive guide to tools and ingredients, troubleshooting techniques for pastry, tips and tricks for crafting creative edges (braids! lattices! rosettes!), the lowdown on egg washes, crumbles, sauces to drizzle and sugars to sprinkle, and so much more, all told by Jenell Parsons, owner of The Pie Hole shops and creator of "a whole different level of pie!" according to Guy Fieri, and he should know.

Whether you've been craving pie but heard making your own pastry is too damn hard (not true: here are step-by-step recipes and photos for flawless crusts every time), or are a seasoned pie pro who is looking to branch out beyond your standard Apple and Pumpkin, these 100+ pie recipes are for you. Gluten-free options? Absolutely. Vegan recipes? So many. You will be having pie for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and obviously, dessert. Fire up your oven and hand out the forks--it's time to stuff your pie hole!

I am in love with this book --- in fact, less than 1/10th of the way through the book I pre-ordered it because I LVOE PIE and I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! It is smartly written and presented the recipes are easy to follow for cooks of every level. (Bakers??) I love the variety of pies presented in here as they range from normal and traditional to amazingly wonderful riffs on savoury delights. 

Guy Fieri is right - Janell is the Queen of Pies! This book is a must for every pie lover and baker out there: it comes out right on time for holiday gift giving ... wrap the book in a tea towel (one can never have enough tea towels) and some pie plates.

BONUS - she is Canadian!!

As always, I try to find a reason to not rate with stars as I love emojis (outside of their incessant use by "🙏-ed Social Influencer Millennials/#BachelorNation survivors/Tik-Tok and YouTube  Millionaires/etc. " on Instagram and Twitter... Get a real job, people!) so let's give it 🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧