Pie Lovers Unite!

I'm really not one to join groups on Facebook and usually ignore any and all requests to be a member of much of anything. However, out of random curiosity I just did a Facebook group search for "pie lovers." Result: 447 groups meeting that criteria!! Is that insane? I knew lots of people share my adoration for crisp, flaky, buttery crust and a parade of fillings, but I sincerely did not realize so many people want to talk about pie or read what other people say about pie. That's AWESOME! Now I feel justified in my desire to publish a cookbook/coffee table book about the pie phenomenon. If only I had more time to make actual pie instead of daydreaming about it.

On a non-pie sweet note, I decided on my special Valentine's Day dessert for the restaurant . . .

Wildflower Honey Souffle Glace
Warm Raspberry Crush
with Blood Orange and Vanilla Bean
Citrus Lace Tuile

I tried to use several passionate words in the description . . . wild, flower, honey, warm, crush, blood, lace . . . did I get my point across? And I know what you're thinking - what, no chocolate? Well, since we already have two killer chocolate desserts on the menu right now, I needed to go in another direction. I'll report later on how it actually turns out.

And while we're thinking pink, thought I'd mention that we're now on round #2 of drops for "pink eye". Graham had it last week and now Finn and, as you can imagine, trying to get drops in a little guy's eye while he lunges and jerks in protest is a formidable task to say the least. But, other than that, we've all been fairly healthy this winter - knock on wood - and it's almost mid February. I don't care what Mr. Groundhog had to say, bring on Spring!