Sublimation Pie

Inpiration comes in many forms. For me, inspiration hit this weekend while screening the DVD of the arts-house film Waitress, a tale of love gone wrong and sublimation baking. As I watched Keri Russell's character whip up pies by the dozen, I couldn't help but want to sublimate some of my own hopes and desires in the name of pastry goodness.

My guidepost on this pie baking journey was The Little Pie Company. How can you go wrong riffing on one of their recipes?

The fruits of my labor are pictured above: an old-fashioned, double-crust Apple Pie. It's pastry is golden and flaky, encasing a treasure trove of honey-sweet Golden Delicious and tart Granny Smith apple slices, dusted with cinnamon, nutmeg and a hint of heady clove.

Waitress might not have been a brilliant movie, but it sure does inspire a brilliant pie.

Needless to say though, I have to wonder what I'll be inspired to bake after I see the film version of Sweeney Todd...