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Acknowledgments
Creating this book was a labor of love for us, and we owe a debt of gratitude to so many people who helped make this journey possible. First, to our families, thank you for believing in us along the way and encouraging us to be the best people we can.
Kim Severson wrote so eloquently about us and our baking adventure, and Kevin D. Liles took such wonderful photos of us for the New York Times. Thank you both for the amazing feature that started this book adventure for us.
Our fabulous agent, Joy Tutela, is one of the best. Thank you for having confidence in us, guiding us, promoting us, and standing up for us when we needed it. We could not have done this without you.
Our outstanding team at Clarkson Potter was a great pleasure to work with. Thank you to our incredible editor, Raquel Pelzel, for believing in us right from the very start, taking a chance on two bakers with some wild ideas for pies, and working so hard to make this the best book it could be. Thank you to both our book designer, Mia Johnson, who created the stunning layout to showcase our pie recipes and make them shine, and to Marysarah Quinn, who provided such wonderful guidance and direction in making this book such a beauty to behold. Also, thank you to our hardworking book production team of Mark McCauslin and Kim Tyner, and to Carole Berglie and Lisa Lawley for your careful, detailed, and kind edits. Additionally, our thanks to the PR and marketing team of Kate Tyler, Erica Gelbard, and Stephanie Davis. Thank you to both Aaron Wehner and Doris Cooper for your valued leadership and support of our book. Finally, thank you to Andrea Portanova and the rest of the Clarkson Potter/Crown/Penguin Random House team, for making sure that everything gets done behind the scenes.
To our recipe testersScott Hocker, Jessica Battilana, and Kristin Donnellyyou are the best, and we thank you so much for providing such useful feedback to make sure our recipes work for everyone. Your hard work is very much appreciated. Also, thank you to Kimberly Mace, Matt Weand, and Kathrine Tan for your generosity in testing recipes for us and always providing detailed evaluations on so many of our pie creations.
To our talented photographer, Andrew Thomas Lee, thank you for working so hard to create some of the most innovative pie photographs weve ever seen. Your creativity is matched only by your kindness and good spirit. To our prop stylist, Thom Driver, thank you for using your discerning eye to style our photographs and always giving us sound advice when we needed it. To our food stylists, Kaitlyn Hardwick and Philip Meeker, thank you for working so hard to create beautiful food for this book and teaching us both along the way. To Savanna Sturkie, thank you for your assistance during the photo shootyour hard work made the long days easier.
Thank you to Linda Hoskins, the American Pie Council, and our pie friends and fellow competitors at the National Pie Championships; you make us better pie bakers because of your commitment to pie baking. We would not be the pie bakers we are without you. Also thank you to Rhonda Hitch, Miss Virginia, and your hard-working team for making the baked goods competitions at the Georgia National Fair one of the highlights of our year.
To our friends (many of whom are like our family), thank you for cheering us on and acting excited (even if you really werent!) when we showed up to your dinner party with yet another pie to taste. Finally, to everyone who has helped us over the years by tasting our never-ending parade of experimental pies, we thank you for expanding your palates (and your waistlines) in our perpetual pursuit of pie perfection up and down the Eastern Seaboard.
CHRIS TAYLOR and PAUL ARGUIN are doctors by day and pie contest winners by weekend. Self-taught, the two have won more than 500 ribbons for their pies and other baked goods, including Best of Show in the 2017 National Pie Championships. They live in Atlanta, Georgia.
Sources
INGREDIENTS
All-Purpose Flour
King Arthur Flour www.kingarthurflour.com
Grocery stores and online
Barley Malt Extract Syrup
Barry Farm, www.barryfarm.com
Boiled Apple Cider Syrup
King Arthur Flour www.kingarthurflour.com
Bubble Gum Syrup
Amoretti, www.amoretti.com
Candy Coating
Merckens, www.cargill.com
Wilton Candy Melts www.wilton.com
Cake-decorating supply and crafts stores and online
Cane Syrup
Steens, steensyrup.com
Canned Food Coloring Spray
Wilton Color Mist, www.wilton.com
Cannoli Shells
Alessi Large Cannoli Shells www.alessifoods.com
Select grocery stores and online
Caramel Extract
Watkins, www.jrwatkins.com
Chipotle Powder
Simply Organic www.simplyorganic.com
Chocolate
Ghirardelli, www.ghirardelli.com
Callebaut, www.callebaut.com
Grocery stores and online
Chocolate Pearls
Valrhona www.valrhona-chocolate.com
Grocery stores, specialty food stores, and online
Cocoa Powder (Dutch-process and black)
King Arthur Flour www.kingarthurflour.com
Confectionery Lace
SugarVeil, www.sugarveil.com
Flavors (including Bubble Gum and Cake Batter and Raspberry Emulsion)
LorAnn Oils, www.lorannoils.com
Cake-decorating supply stores and online
Freeze-Dried Fruits (including raspberries, blueberries, and bananas)
Grocery stores, specialty food stores, and online
Frozen Sour or Tart Cherries
Food Service Direct www.foodservicedirect.com
Glycerin
Wilton, www.wilton.com
Gold Leaf (edible)
Global Sugar Art www.globalsugarart.com
Golden Syrup
Tate & Lyle Sugar www.lylesgoldensyrup.com
Grocery stores, specialty food stores, and online
Lingonberry Jam
Hafi, www.hafi.com
Meringue Powder
Country Kitchen www.countrykitchensa.com
Cookie and cake decorating supply stores and online
Muscovado Sugar
India Tree, www.indiatree.com
Grocery stores, specialty food stores, and online
Piping Gel
Wilton, www.wilton.com
Cake decorating supply and crafts stores and online
Pocky Sticks
Pocky, pocky.com
Grocery stores and online
POP ROCKS (chocolate-coated and uncoated flavored)
POP ROCKS , www.pop-rocks.com
Popping Sugar (uncoated unflavored)
Modernist Pantry Carbonated Candy, www.modernistpantry.com
Root Beer Concentrate
McCormick, www.mccormick.com
Grocery stores and online
Soda Syrup (including cream soda, root beer, and Welchs Concord grape)
SodaStream www.sodastreamusa.com
Department stores and online
Thai Tea Mix
Pantai Norasingh Online
Vanilla Extract
Nielsen-Massey www.nielsenmassey.com
Select kitchen supply stores and online
Xanthan Gum
Bobs Red Mill www.bobsredmill.com
Modernist Pantry www.modernistpantry.com
Grocery stores and online
EQUIPMENT
Airbrushing
AIRBRUSH GUN
Creative Cookier
www.creativecookier.com
Cookie Countess
www.thecookiecountess.com
Artfully Designed Creations
www.artfullydesignedcreations.com
AIRBRUSH (WATER-BASED) COLORS
AmeriMist Airbrush Color
www.americolorcorp.com
Chefmaster Airbrush
www.chefmaster.la
AIRBRUSH (ALCOHOL-BASED) COLORS
Spectrum Flow Available from cake decorating supply stores and online, including How Sweet Is That (www.howsweetisthat.ca)