Pies & Sweets

The Northwest's berry and orchard harvest is the backbone of this collection: marionberry and blackberry pies, summer cobblers and crisps, and apple and pear desserts that carry the region's fruit from July flats to winter storage crops. Recipes are built around the fruit that's genuinely available — fresh in season, frozen the rest of the year — with thickener amounts adjusted for each. We are specific where pie recipes are usually vague: exact crust hydration, chilling times that actually prevent shrinkage, starch-to-fruit ratios for juicy berries, and the internal cues that separate a set filling from a soupy one. When frozen fruit changes the math, the recipe says so.