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Ask Pie Bird Pies Demonstration-Making your perfect Thanksgiving pie

Ask a pie expert! This class is a unique opportunity to ask Kristen Daily, the owner of Pie Bird Pies, anything you want to know about pie! She'll be demonstrating key elements of pie making, like how to make a great dough and pie crust, plus tips on baking, storing, and serving pies. Guests are encouraged to bring their favorite Thanksgiving pie recipes and any questions they have about how to make them. We'll talk through tricks of pie making and baking from start to finish, with plenty of time to answer your questions! Plus, guests will get to taste a slice of pie and get the recipe for Pie Bird Pies' most popular Thanksgiving pie: brown butter crumble and our favorite topping: vanilla bean mascarpone whip.

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November 9th: 1:00-3:00pm

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About

Kristen Daily

Kristen Daily (she/her) is the owner and baker of Pie Bird Pies, a home-based bakery in the Drake neighborhood of Des Moines, which she co-owns with her wife, Andrea. Kristen loves to make (and eat!) pie, and she's passionate about using local and seasonal ingredients. Food has always been about connection and community for Kristen, so opening her home bakery has been the perfect way to express that care and joy. When she isn't up to her elbows in flour, you can find her in the garden or walking her beloved rescue chihuahuas, Frida and Norman.

Prior to baking full-time, Kristen worked in the nonprofit sector and taught introductory creative writing and communications courses at Iowa State University, where she received her MFA in poetry. But the pull of the kitchen was too strong to resist, and she opened Pie Bird Pies in May 2020.

Pie Bird Pies received statewide LGBTQ advocacy nonprofit, One Iowa's, inaugural Community Partnership Award in 2021. That year, Pie Bird Pies was also named one of the 33 Essential Restaurants in Des Moines by Eater. And in 2022, Kristen was inducted into Les Des d'Escoffier International, a philanthropic group of women in food, beverage and hospitality. That year, she was also named one of the Iowa Restaurant Association's 40 Women to Watch.