February 6, 2008

Crust Fund Baby

Pies by Jenny

Recipe for Pies by Jenny

1. Start with love of baking.

2. Hone skills working in beloved Seattle restos like Le Pichet and Brasa.

3. Convince Brasa chef Tamara Murphy to let you use her ovens during early morning hours.

4. Set up shop at farmers market with ridiculously good pies like Mount Rainier apple, huckleberry, and Holy Mole (chicken, chilis, Mexican chocolate).

5. Keep experimenting with recipes but stick strictly to organic ingredients sourced from fellow vendors like Tiny’s Organic, Whistling Train Farm, and Rickman Gulch.

6. Donate $1 from every pie to the Good Farmer Fund.

7. Prepare to draw crowds.

Recipe for Pies by You

1. Buy Jenny’s pies.

2. Smudge flour on forehead and tell everyone you spent all day in the kitchen.

3. Serve.

Available Saturdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., University District Farmers Market, 5031 University Way Northeast, at 50th Street (seattlefarmersmarkets.org).