News and Reviews: Pie Successes and Failures, Hello Fresh, Chef's Table, and Cookbooks I am Reading

Guys and Food Podcast

Episode 014- This show has a lot of news and reviews that you can use! Program Note: If you have a favorite MRE, call the listener line and tell me about your favorite! (716) 427-GUYS (4897). If you served in the military, you've enjoyed field rations. Okay, "enjoyed" is most assuredly not the best word but you have at least eaten them. The anniversary of my enlistment date into the Marine Corps is coming up so I am preparing a show on MREs, C-Rations, etc. Please include:

• Your name
• Where you're calling from
• Branch and years of service
• Your favorite MRE and why

If you don't want to call, create a voice memo on your smartphone and email it to [e-mail]. I will include your comments in this future episode. Update how my food sacrifices have been going during Lent. This presented some challenges while as my family did a test drive of the Hello Fresh meal delivery service. You'll recall, I did a review of Blue Apron in Episode 010 of Guys and Food. I just started watching Chef's Table on Netflix and I can heartily recommend it. I will tell you why. Because my brother-in-law is German, while at a library sale I picked up The New German Cookbook by Jean Anderson and Hedy W?rtz. I review that book and tell you about about a newly discovered food that is now a family favorite. I finally got to bake the Maple Cream Pie (page 152) from Pies and Tarts by Kristina Peterson Migoya that I've been discussing. In the spirit of full disclosure, I had a problem with my first attempt at the the all butter pie crust, so I will tell you what I did to fix that. One pie is never enough and since March 14th was Pi Day (3.14 get it?!) I also made a Chocolate Silk Pie with a Graham Cracker Crust (page 502) from Pie by Ken Haedrich. I tucked into Art of the Pie by Kate McDermott. You'll hear my review of that. Incidentally, this book was nominated for a James Beard Award. Also nominated for a James Beard Award, is The Sporkful. The show's host, Dan Pashman was on Episode 005 of the Guys and Food podcast. Kudos to a really nice guy! All of the links here are for your use and enjoyment. None are affiliate links.