Friday is PIE DAY!

My dear friend Lisa came to visit this week.  She arrived from Virginia just in time for our first blizzard of the year, and I thought that devotion such as that deserved a waiting slice of pie and coffee.  We have a history of making custard pies when we are together, especially when I visit her, because they have fresh eggs at their farm.  This time, I decided to change it up a bit.  I have been on an orange zest kick all week -perhaps it's the pleasure of that burst of fresh citrus taste when it's cold and snowy outside-so I added a good dose of it (one medium orange's worth) to my classic custard pie filling.  After pouring the filling into the pie shell, I topped it all of with a pint of fresh raspberries.  It was a delightful treat, and I'm going to help myself to the last slice right now, and wish that Lisa were still here to share it with me.

Christine