Deep thoughts on circles and beginner friendly flaky pie crust+ strawberry sweet balsamic filling at www.gofeastmode.com/p/flaky-pie-...
#foodsky

Pretty happy with this crust y'all.

Only like my 3rd try. I think I've got a good beginner method to practice.

#whatscooking

I need to work on letting go and letting time and space do their work. For pie, at least 😆

Most early mistakes with pie dough come from trying to fix it.
Smoothing it out.

Making it uniform. Working it until it looks “right.”

But laminated texture lives in that slightly unfinished, shaggy space.

Strawberries + balsamic is the same idea in flavor form.

Something at its peak meeting something that’s been aging, concentrating, deepening over time.

Fresh meeting its own future for a second.
#whatscooking #🍽️ #🍜 #foodsky

When you roll the dough into something roughly round and shaggy, you’re not chasing perfection.

You’re looking for equilibrium.

Circles show up everywhere systems are trying to work, from ovens to cells to the way we organize space and attention.
#foodsky #deepthoughts

Flaky Pie Crust and the Discipline of Thoughtfully Doing Less Cold butter, strawberry meets sweet-balsamic, and the cohesive intelligence of circles

I feel like what we need to learn now is when to just stop.

Ok, yes it's just a beginner friendly flaky pie crust + delicious filling

but also something bigger about circles, containment & how change actually happens.

🥧 Full piece: www.gofeastmode.com/p/flaky-pie-...
#whatscooking #🍽️ #🍜 #foodsky

A pie is a small, edible system.

A boundary made of flour and fat that holds ingredients together just long enough for change to happen.

Heat circulates. Flavor concentrates. Nothing leaks out too soon.

It's baking and maybe also a life lesson:

Flaky crust is very much about restraint.

Those good-good layers come from leaving space. Cold butter stays intact, releases steam, and lifts the dough from the inside.

It’s not something you mix in.
It’s something you allow by leaving room.

Words "Flaky pie crust and the discipline of thoughtfully doing less" over a strawberry sweet-balsamic pie with flaky cold butter crust.

Sometimes the best thing you can learn in the kitchen (and in life) is when to stop.

Tasty pie recipe + deep thoughts on circles and butter goes live at 4p EST 🍓🧈

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#foodsky #🍽️

I made this one with broccoli, cheddar, lemon, and tarragon.

Tarragon is… surprisingly incredible. Slightly floral, wakes everything up.

Feels like early spring showing up in your kitchen.
#🍜

Play-Dough Energy, Pie Crust Results Low effort, big payoff + a surprisingly delicious savory quiche filling for 6 people under $20

Full recipe + a whole spring pie series about “edible containment” (yes really): www.gofeastmode.com/p/the-easies...
#🍽️

The filling is just a ratio:
3 eggs + ~1¼ cups dairy
From there: cheese, vegetables, herbs, whatever you have

It turns into something sliceable, filling, and honestly kind of impressive.
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This is a press-in pie crust.

You mix flour, butter, salt (and a little sugar if you want), then press it straight into the pan with your hands.

That’s it. No equipment. No precision.

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Play-Dough Energy, Pie Crust Results Low effort, big payoff + a surprisingly delicious savory quiche filling for 6 people under $20

I have been alive for several decades & had no idea making pie crust could feel like playdough

When life feels overwhelming & expensive, let some things be easy

This pie: ✔ feeds 6–8
✔ costs under $20
✔ requires 0 special equipment

#foodsky #whatscooking #🍜 #🍽️

www.gofeastmode.com/p/the-easies...

Play-Dough Energy, Pie Crust Results Low effort, big payoff + a surprisingly delicious savory quiche filling for 6 people under $20

This pie crust requires: – no rolling pin
– no chilling
– no emotional stability

#foodsky #cooking

www.gofeastmode.com/p/the-easies...

If you've been injured in a malicious banana peel incident or by an unlawfully thrown cream pie, call Torkelson McGonigle and Dingler.

I honestly cannot stop eating this pie.

3 ingredient crust is ready to bake before oven preheats.

Low effort, plus such a delicious flavor combo for a quick quiche to impress your friends for probably under $20

Recipe goes live on gofeastmode.com Friday afternoon 🍽️🥧

#foodsky #whatscooking #🍽️ #🍜

Ooh, this sounds like a good combo. Planning to make one this weekend.

Looks delicious 😋

A lesson in boundaries and atmosphere, an exploration of flavor.

A Pandan Coconut tart with citrus. Recipe and nerdy pandan deep dive at gofeastmode.com

I baked a very green, pandan coconut custard tart to mark the moment,

and to think about what kind of boundaries and atmosphere I want to create this spring 🌿🥧

Recipe, Pandan deep dive and some deep thoughts on all of the above at gofeastmode.com

#whatscooking #foodsky #🍜 #🍽️

Early spring has two holidays that rarely share a table.

Pi Day (for mathematicians)
and the #springequinox (for the planet).

Both celebrate boundaries in their own way.
#PiDay

A pie is little boundary that lets fragile things like custard transform and hold together.

I tried a few citrus variations while testing it.
Lemon was great.
But I keep thinking lemongrass + makrut lime leaves maybe the real final boss version

Details and a deep dive on #pandan in the post #piday

A New Atmosphere with Boundaries: Pandan Coconut Custard Tart A slice of bright green custard pie scented with pandan and citrus, a meditation on gentle flavor and containment.

If you think about it, pie is like a very OG technology - they’re edible containers.

Today’s I made a pandan coconut tart with citrus. Equal parts calming, surprisingly green and ready to help you think about your own boundaries.

#foodsky #🍽️ #🍜 #whatscooking

www.gofeastmode.com/p/a-new-atmo...

A very green #pie is coming later today.
Pandan, coconut custard, citrus, and some deep thoughts about why boundaries make flavor better. 🌿🥧
#foodsky #🍽️ #🍜

Extreme close-up of black cat inspecting phone. Tortie cat closely inspecting leaf of pandan plant in terracotta pot.

🌱
1. Score two pandan plants at the Asian grocery store 50% off
2. Put them in my room so I can keep an eye on them
3. Wake up in delicious fragrant cloud of pandan aroma, like Heaven's bakery...what's that funny noise?
4. Remember who ELSE likes plants with long strappy dangly leaves
5. DAMMIT CATS

Glad they're on your radar! Definitely worth the visit when it works out.

Custard was really great and had really fresh, flavorful toppings.

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The restaurant brings together chefs from different cultures to share their food with the community, and the menu travels all over the world in the best way.

Mera Kitchen Collective
More little restaurant finds like this from everywhere we go on our food maps at
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#foodsky #goodeats

Baltimore friends: if you haven’t been to Mera Kitchen Collective yet, put it on your list.

I stopped in the other day for pozole, horchata, and a rose-cardamom coconut custard called mahalabia that absolutely ruled.
#foodsky #baltimore