In Germany, a country known more for kuchen than pie, one baker has become a sensation for her design-savvy, American-style pastries. Karin Pfeiff-Boschek makes three pies each week, posts pictures of ...

Years ago, I read something in a newspaper article that has stayed with me ever since: "When you bake a pie, you are in the kitchen in the company of ghosts." Instantly, the many pies of my childhood ...