Text and Artwork by katherine sandoz
Ask anybody who knows anything about pies and pie-making and invariably, each one characterizes the knack with this summary, “It’s in the hands.”
What does this mean? Based on interviews, it goes a little like this:
a. salt
b. berry picking
c. “more” talent
d. desire
e. sweet aprons
f. measuring know-how
g. grandmother stories
h. sugar
i. imagination
j. “good” flour
k. pie tins
l. love for making
m. lard: butter, leaf lard, & more lard!
n. lattice/decorative cutting skills
o. time
p. momma stories
q. quick wit, just in case
“pie palmistry”, 9” x 8”, mixed media on index, 2012
original Salted and Styled artwork available here
