The Pieble
“Give us this day our daily bread… and pie.”
— Reverend A. Lamode
15 Sacred Recipes for Sweet Salvation
Buy on Amazon Paperback & Hardcover · 122 pages, full color
There is a reason pies are made round and wide—they are never meant for one.
The Pieble is a cookbook in the voice of scripture and the spirit of Sunday dinner. Fifteen pie recipes—Classic Apple, Caramel Apple, Cherry, Blueberry, Lemon Meringue, Pecan, Coconut Cream and the rest—each delivered as parable, with Divine Ingredients, the Commandments of Creation, Words of Wisdom, and a Divine Amendments page where you record what worked in thine own kitchen.
And because no pie stands alone, the book carries a full Communion of Crusts — the all-butter master, the old-faith lard crust, a gluten-free Unleavened Offering, and the crumb-crust denominations — alongside the Sacred Sides, a troubleshooting gospel called Sin & Salvation, and a Pie Calendar for the whole year of baking.
It is reverent toward the craft and irreverent toward everything else. The crust is treated as scripture; the meringue, as a small act of faith; the cinnamon, as the incense of the household. No deities were consulted in the making, though several were thanked after tasting.
The Book of Fillings
“In the beginning was the Crust, and the Crust was good.”
The Testament of Apples
In the garden, the apple was forbidden. In the kitchen, it is redeemed.
- Classic Apple — The Genesis
- Dutch Apple — The Covenant Crumble
- Caramel Apple — The Golden Calf of Desserts
The Fruits of Paradise
Taste and see that the berry is good.
- Cherry — The Forbidden Fruit
- Blueberry — Manna from Heaven
- Blackberry — The Burning Bush Berry
- Strawberry Rhubarb — The Garden of Eatin’
The Promised Custards
A land flowing with milk and pumpkin.
- Pumpkin — The Great Gourd’s Gift
- Sweet Potato — The Humble Root’s Revelation
- Pecan — The Nut of Knowledge
The Cream Epistles
Letters from a higher pastry plane.
- Lemon Meringue — The Pillar of Cloud
- Key Lime — The Keys to the Kingdom
- Chocolate Cream — The Dark Night of the Soul Food
- Banana Cream — The Split Sea of Sweetness
- Coconut Cream — The Palm Sunday Special
…together with the supporting scriptures: Sacred Sides — whipped cream, caramel, vanilla ice cream, and the Streusel of the Saints — and The Communion of Crusts, that every member of thy congregation, gluten-free brethren included, may come to the table.
A Glimpse Inside
Every recipe arrives with its own framed illustration.
Classic Apple — The Genesis
Pumpkin — The Great Gourd’s Gift
Lemon Meringue — The Pillar of Cloud
The Ten Commandments of Pie
“Upon these laws all flakiness is built.”
- Thou shalt keep thy butter cold, for warm butter is an abomination unto the crust.
- Thou shalt not overwork thy dough, lest it become tough and unforgiving.
- Honor thy oven temperature and keep it holy (and accurate — get a thermometer).
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s pie, but thou mayest ask for the recipe.
- Remember the cooling time, to keep it patient. Rush not the pie.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness about store-bought crust (we can tell).
- Six days shalt thou eat regular food, but on the seventh, eat pie for breakfast.
- Thou shalt share thy pie with others, for ’tis better to give than to eat the whole thing thyself.
- Thou shalt not make graven images of thy pie before photographing it for social media.
- Above all, thou shalt have fun, for baking without joy is like faith without frosting — technically possible, but why?
About the Reverend
The Scribe’s Testament
Reverend A. Lamode was raised on a farm, where he learned early that good things take time — whether you’re waiting for crops to grow, eggs to hatch, or pie crust to chill.
His true seminary was the farmhouse kitchen, where his mother sent him out for apples, berries, and cherries — the holy trinity of fruit pies — and where he learned that patience is a virtue, that cold butter is non-negotiable, and that licking the spoon is both expected and encouraged.
The Pieble is the culmination of a lifetime spent in kitchens with the women who shaped him and the children who carry the tradition forward. Every recipe has been tested, tasted, and approved by multiple generations. Every joke has been groaned at across the dinner table.
— Go forth and bake.
A Gift for the Baker Who Has Everything Except Salvation
Some books are read once and shelved. This one gets left on the kitchen counter, splattered with butter, argued with, and quoted at dinner until everyone is sick of it.
The hardcover is the one to give — full colour throughout, and heavy enough to feel like it means something. It holds up to the Secret Santa draw, the white elephant exchange, the housewarming, and the relative who already owns every cookbook ever printed.
For the baker in thy life. Or for the one who merely talks about baking — both shall be well pleased.
Buy on AmazonPaperback, hardcover, and Kindle. Published by Rolling Pin Press.
Pass the Whipped Cream
Whether thou seekest enlightenment, dessert, or merely a quiet afternoon at the kitchen counter — The Pieble is for thee.
Buy on AmazonAmen, and pass the whipped cream.