Many comfort foods that are now considered nostalgic fare used to be ubiquitous at diners. We'd love to bring back some, but ...

So if you have an old metal pie plate from your grandma, or can get your hands on a vintage one, it’s likely a good choice. While they are less common, cast-iron pie plates exist, ...

Which pie plate is best? Apple, cherry, peach, banana cream — whatever your favorite flavor, few desserts beat a freshly-baked pie. You don’t need much specialist equipment to bake pies, but ...

Roll out the smaller disk of pastry, 1/8 inch thick, to cover filling and overlap the pie plate by 1 inch. Using your finger or a pastry brush, dampen the edges of the bottom pastry.

Roll out the remaining pastry on a lightly floured work surface to a circle that is about 10cm/4in bigger than the plate. Brush the edge of the pie with a little of the reserved egg.

You can make pie out of just about anything. If you can mix it together and bake it in a crust, somewhere a baker has tried it — apples, peaches, berries, Ritz crackers, even nettles, which I ...