Every time I see a good cook buy a packaged pie crust I want to grab it from the grocery basket and shout “Never!” There are many tricks to just about guarantee a flaky pie crust. Pie crusts can be ...

Ring the bell, it’s time for Last Call, where JK Grence, bartender at Shady’s, serves up booze advice and recipes. Got a burning question for your bartender? Leave it in the comments and it might be ...

Add vinegar (or vodka) to ice water for an ultra-flaky crust. Add herbs (and cheese!) in the dough for a flavor boost. Grate frozen butter for an ultra-flaky crust. I mixed each dough using my go-to ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Becky Lane, aka Becky the Bakester, gave us a lesson in pie crust-making and shared her secret ingredient: vodka. Use a half water, half vodka mixture instead of just water, she said.

Cooks Illustrated‘s so-called vodka pie dough. And while he won’t take full credit for the recipe, Christopher Kimball will admit that he and his team at Cook’s Illustrated popularized the now ...

Homemade pies are delicious but notoriously tricky, mostly because of the crust. Fortunately, baking the crust upside down ...