The noted French chef Careme pronounced the vegetable torte well and truly dead by the first part of the 19th century. “Tortes are no longer fancy enough to appear on our opulent tables, for the ...

Louise Piper is a perennial pie winner at the Iowa State Fair, one of the biggest in the country, and she has been using this crust for almost 40 years. If you substituted olive oil for the vegetable ...

I think that I love pie even more than cakes. A part of the reason is how much easier they are to whip up than a layer cake, especially when you have a no-fail recipe for pastry such as my oil-pie ...

With holidays fast approaching, it’s time to roll up your sleeves and make your pie dough. We found this Olive Oil Double Crust recipe in Vegan Pie in the Sky (Lifelong Books, 2011), by Isa Chandra ...

1. In a mixing bowl, mix flour and salt with a fork. Add oil. Continue mixing until it forms large lumps, but doesn’t stick all together. 2. Sprinkle cold water over the flour mixture; continue mixing ...

Here is the recipe for the Wesson Oil pie crust that Selma Williams used to make. Wesson Oil was originally 100-percent cottonseed oil. Now Wesson makes a number of oils, none of them containing ...

Dear Lisa: I'm trying to cut down on shortening and wonder whether there is a substitute when making pie pastry. Thanks. - Patricia Dear Patricia: An oil-based pastry is just the ticket for avoiding ...

Dear Lisa: I am trying to limit certain hydrogenated fats in my diet and am wondering if it is possible to make a pie pastry with oil. Do you have any suggestions? -- Anonymous Dear Anonymous: It is ...