(mailing, James Berry)
[[invoke. page:newsletter1 # These are some of the fields that may be used # ============================= # leadimageid: # leadtext: # story1id: # story1text: # story2id: # story2text: # recipe1id: # recipe1text: # recipe2id: # recipe2text: # vad: (html for vertical ad) # hitBucket: (name used to track delivery) # ============================= leadimageid: 337325 leadtext: !fmt/block | h1. Dear readers, About a year and a half ago, we published [/articles/culinate8/tipsformakingpie '"Pie right: Tips for baking pie,"'] Beth Howard's sensible suggestions for anyone wanting to improve his or her pie-baking prowess. A few months later, Beth published a memoir, Making Piece, about how she regained her emotional footing after the sudden death of her husband — in part by baking pie. After the school shootings last month at Sandy Hook Elementary, Beth and a cadre of pie bakers went to Newtown, Connecticut, to serve pies — at memorial services, for teachers and school administrators, for families, and so on — some 250 pies altogether. You can read about their efforts on Beth's Facebook page. She and her friends eased the suffering of some in Newtown — if only by saying, "We're here for you. Have a slice of pie." It's a small thing, a slice of pie and witnessing another person's grief, without judgment, but it's also huge. Small and big at the same time. If you'd like to improve your pie-baking skill in the new year, you might want to revisit Beth's pie tips; if you're a visual learner, you may appreciate the infographic Ron Whitaker recently created, based on Beth's tips. Kim Carlson Editorial Director # The lead text story1id: 433218 story1text: "Joan Menefee wonders if this community-enhancing institution is on its way out, given our crammed schedules and balkanized food preferences." story2id: 429757 story2text: "There comes a time when even the most stoic cook needs a refurbished kitchen. For Managing Editor Caroline Cummins, that moment has come." recipe1id: 428142 recipe1text: "We are big fans of the nutty dressing on this salad by Margarett Waterbury. Feel free to make it with other nuts, too." recipe2id: 338436 recipe2text: "From the exquisite memoir 'Day of Honey' comes this delicious zucchini stew from Lebanon." # The ad vad: | <a target='_blank' href="http://howtocookapp.com/"> <img src="http://ads.culinate.com/htce/HTCEV-iPhone-Skyscraper.png" " width="120" height="600" alt="" border="0"/></a> ]]