Garden County Pie Sweet and Savory Delights from the Table of John Michael Lerma By John Michael Lerma ISBN 978-0-929636-84-9 Cooking / Baking Syren Book Company · November 2008 7.5 x 9.75 · Paperback · 264 pp · Our price     $ 19.95         Quantity   What do watermelon, avocadoes, Vidalia onions, and three kinds of succulent cherries all have in common? They’re all featured ingredients in John Michael Lerma’s inventive and timeless collection of new pie recipes. 90 PERCENT OF AMERICANS AGREE that a slice of pie represents one of the simple pleasures in life.* Garden County Pie includes a pie for every season and for every taste, from the extravagant Vidalia Onion Pie to the simple Lemon Meringue Pie. The recipes in John Michael’s second cookbook engage the baker and are sure to captivate friends and family who are lucky enough to share the delicious results. The wide-ranging delectable pie creations include a variety of ingredients and are suitable for both novice and expert, allowing plenty of room to perfect pie-making skills or to take guiltless, time-saving shortcuts. Accessible, inventive, and easy-to-follow instructions give mouthwatering results in the form of a perfect slab of lusciousness every time. Chapters on the history of pie, crusts, and pie fun facts make this not only an indispensable pie cookbook, but an enlightening read for food lovers everywhere. Recipes include: Fruit/Berry Pies: Triple Crown Cherry Pie Cream/Custard Pies: Mint Julep Derby Pie Chocolate Pies: Chocolate Caramel Banana Pie Citrus Pies: Lemon Honey Pie Savory Pies: Sage Sausage Pie …and so much more! *American Pie Council His first book, John Michael Lerma's Garden County, is also available from Itasca Books. John Michael Lerma, the “People’s Chef” and “Pie Guy” learned about vegetables, fruits, cooking techniques, and feeding hungry hired hands under the watchful mentorship of his grandmother while growing up on a farm in the rich Red River Valley in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Winner of numerous competitions and blue ribbons at the National Pie Championship, the Food Network Pie Challenge, and the Minnesota State Fair, John Michael is a chef, author, and a popular cooking instructor, conducting sold out exclusive pie classes and demonstrations throughout the Twin Cities and beyond. Visit the author’s website: www.gardencounty.info

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