Learn to make a perfect crust, and everything else is easy as pie. Kate Lebo"s proven process to achieve flakiness and structure is explained along with recipes for 50 pies, all sweet. Included are apple (of course), five ways with rhubarb, lemon chiffon, several blueberry pie variations, and galettes. Also included are the tricks to making enviable crusts with almond or walnut flour, chocolate cookies, and gingersnaps. Throughout, Kate Lebo"s wonderfully humorous, thoughtful, and encouraging voice shines through. Not content to just share some great pie recipes, this author also invites her readers to ruminate on the social history, the meaning, and the place of pie in the pantheon of favorite foods. When you graduate from Pie School, everyone will want to be your friend.