Friday, March 14, 2008

A Pie for a Pi

Mathematicians observe Pi Day today due to Pi being 3.14 (or extended as, 3.1415926535...). While you could commemorate the occasion with some clever calculations, I might suggest another formula. Check out some pie titles from Steenbock’s cookbook collection!


A few examples:

Title: Blue-ribbon pies / edited by Maria Polushkin Robbins.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, c1987.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TX773 B62 1987


Author: Chattman, Lauren.
Title: Icebox pies : 100 scrumptious recipes for no-bake, no-fail pies / Lauren Chattman.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Common Press, c2002.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TX773 C473 2002


Author: Cherkasky, Lisa, 1956-
Title: The artful pie : unforgettable recipes for creative cooks / by Lisa Cherkasky and Renée Comet.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TX773 C5218 1993


Title: Farm journal's complete pie cookbook; 700 best dessert and main-dish pies in the country. Edited by Nell B. Nichols, field food editor, with the assistance of the food staff of Farm Journal. Photography supervised by Al J. Reagan, art director.
Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday [1965]
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TX773 F33 1965


Author: Olstein, Judi.
Title: Desserts : pies, cakes, puddings, tarts, crêpes, sorbets, ice creams & cookies for the sweet tooth in all of us / Judi Olstein ; photographs by George G. Wieser.
Publisher: New York : Triangle Group, 1993.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: TX773 O68 1993


Pi Day or Pie Day? Hmm!

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