Slice of apple pie on a spatula - Food magic/Shutterstock A cohesive pie filling is as important to texture and integrity as choosing the right kind of pie crust. That's where pie thickeners come into ...

Summertime is pie time. Starting with June strawberries, steady streams of fruit, just begging to become pies, crowd around lucky northern Michiganders. My thickener of choice for fruit pies is ...

Are you making a fruit pie but are unsure which ingredient to use as the best thickener for its filling? We got to pick an expert's brain so you don't end up with a runny fruit pie. If you're thinking ...

It did not occur to me that Mary Ely's request for tapioca-thickened French oven stew and Claire Crawford's request for a dropped-dough nectarine cobbler would have much in common. But Ely's ...