| 单词 | pie |
| 例句 | Which he did, as soon as he realized there was no pumpkin pie. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I noticed that there was tons of other food lined up on the counters, including a couple of already cooked turkeys, a few hams, and a whole bunch of pies and cakes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Twice I’d found the pie tin in the trap empty but I hadn’t seen him anywhere nearby. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Ma had fried some chicken and baked a couple of pies too. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z His mom led Laura Friendly to the counter and offered her a slice of apple or pumpkin pie and a glass of wine. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z We baked a gooseberry pie every tour hours for the next three days. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Harry didn’t enjoy his shepherd’s pie as much as he’d thought. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Mr. Derby is horribly cruel. He probably tripped you on purpose! How could he beat you like that? It was just a spilled pie!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the tables in the front of the hall had gotten rabbit pie. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Pineapple. It’s almost as good as pumpkin pie.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But this is key lime pie we’re talking about, so I do. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Not yet. Now you tell me something. Are your guests paying? I’m not giving pies away here.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Nobody works like an owner, Lourdes thinks, as she places fresh doilies under the chiffon pies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They saved me some tortilla española in a pie pan on the counter. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Then she thrust the pie into Ivy’s hands, turned away, and fled. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z There were lamprey pies, capons glazed with honey, a whiskerfish from the bottom of the Greenblood that was so big it took four serving men to carry it to table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If Lkossa had been designed like a pie—a circle cut into thick, even slices—then this had to be its center. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They fed us thick-crusted pie and corn on the cob and took Polaroids of us with Smokey the Bear, with balloon hats on. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z In the house the godling grudgingly accepted cheese and bread and cold meat and pie and coffee and a piece of chocolate cake. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The innkeeper puts a plate of cold pie down in front of the boy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Today, no smells of dressing and sauce and pie drifted to his room—only the strong silent smell of fear and secrets. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabelle and Matthew scampered about the large room, giggling, while Kira wrapped the pie she had baked and placed it in a basket she had adorned with daisies and ferns. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She gave him a piece of cold meat pie, a flat loaf of rye bread, dried apples, and ran down cellar to fetch him a flagon of cold ale. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean colored cooks know white people don’t want them using their dishes and things. That’s why they all drink out of jars and eat out of old plates or pie pans.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There's fruits and crackers and cheeses and cakes and noodles and weird-looking salads and chicken and pie and potatoes and macaroni. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Ammu was repelled by the medicinal smell of stale alcohol that seeped through his skin, and the dry, caked vomit that encrusted his mouth like a pie every morning. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z All I know is I will eat my mom’s cran-apple pie forever. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I can’t even say ‘hair pie,’ ” I told him, “unless I’m talking about an actual pie made out of rabbits. Cool driving gloves.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He put down a glass of some hot drink and a plate of chicken pie. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Dr. King at the dinner table, eating chicken pot pie from our good china plates. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z His sister—the one who had brought the pie—stood next to him, eyes downcast. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I must have seen her make a million pies as I wandered through the kitchen, and it had always looked so easy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z She ended up with a weed digger and another pie tin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She dared to look at Amari, who lay deathly still, and at the carpet, stained with both blood and pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I was about to ask about Dad’s pie, but I swallowed the question. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Peering in through the glass door, I saw that Mamá was standing at the counter, slicing pie with a heavy knife. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Jamie was working a wedge of coconut cream, and he didn’t take his eyes off the pie but jerked his chin in the general direction of the dwindling crowd around the dwindling fellowship fire. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Even the food is surreal: corned beef and cabbage with pumpkin pie that’s still frozen in the middle for dessert. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Even tho’ the Queen can’t come, the officers always hold a ball in her honor,” Hannah said as she rolled out the pie dough. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Turner brought up a turkey, and Mrs. Strawberry and Zella made salad and pumpkin pie. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As an act of good faith, Daryl opens the plastic wrapper of my pie and hands it back to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There was peacock pie, jellied eds, Devonshire cream, curried porpoise, iced fruit salad, and two thousand side dishes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Milady Kelly phoned me at work. They're all off for pie and chips after work ’cause it's somebody's birthday, so we've got room for one more.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Usually, this place is bustling as employees toss pizza dough in the air, yell out orders, and slide pies into the oven. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The pie was no burden to Grandma because I was carrying it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z At home, I was given a warm salt solution, and when I washed out my mouth I showed Bailey the empty holes, where the clotted blood sat like filling in a pie crust. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Roza took the dog and the pies to her chambers in the tower, broke the pies into pieces, and offered them to the dog. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Our mouths were probably open and full of pie and milk when we saw it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I arrived at his place on a Friday night and noticed the pie baking in the oven. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t gelled up like the cafeteria cherry pie. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting for Wishbone to eat hot dogs from the pie tin. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He left me sitting there, went to the truck, and came back with a hamburger, milk, a small wedge of apple pie. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’m using the fresh one for meringue pie,” he added in English. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The menu board itself still offered eggs, hash browns, seven kinds of pie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then he said the items, starting with girl and working back to cockroach, and I swear he looked just like a great big baby that had just made a superduper mud pie. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Now Mrs. Weidenbach was plucking at Grandma’s arm, and it was time to enter the pie into competition. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He shakes his head and throws down a pie, obviously bought from a local service station. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When no one responded, Teacher ordered the pie thrown away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari and Polly rushed out of the kitchen and up to the big house—their first trip back since the night of the spilled pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z There was quite a bit of pie filling oozing around the edge of the crust in 1945. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “The best pie you have ever tasted, my lords,” the fat lord declared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then they have all kinds of cakes and pies and puddings. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Maybe she’ll have found somebody else to camp with,” I suggested lamely, and pushed the pie away. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z During a pie supper one night, he wanted to bet a dime that he could whip me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In math class he made a pie chart of the winningest World Cup jersey numbers of the past fifty years. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The awesome power of the neutron star is lurking in the nucleus of every atom, hidden in every teacup and dormouse, every breath of air, every apple pie. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Her main interests are baking and church. She thinks her piecrust recipe is a personal gift from Jesus himself. If you ask me, the crust is the worst part of a pie. Nan cook much?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z A nice hot apple pie did sound wonderful in this cold, snowy weather. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, no,” murmured Celia, pausing from the pie dough she was rolling out. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked down the highway into the darkness again, carrying both duffel bags in my left hand and feeding myself the tasteless pineapple fried pie with my right. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I took my five fish, my fishing tools, and my pie and started home again. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z "My old lady'll be out here with some hot sweet potato fried pies." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I lean against the counter, smiling at Poe as he pulls a freshly baked pie out of the oven, totally in his element. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z "Let us say that I am as American as pizza pie. I did not originate here, but I am here to stay." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z “A smorgasbord. Yeah, my mom says what really convinced my grandpa was when he heard about the smorgasbord, all the pies and Swedish meatballs and stuff. ’ The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z My mood is as light and sunny as a lemon meringue pie. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It looks like a pie sliced into twelve equal wedges. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His mother decided not to roast a joint or make a set of pies because most would remain uneaten. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Aw, go get you a piece of pie,” said I. Propped on my elbow, holding up my head with my hand, I grinned at the three of them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It would be hard to prove him wrong, as I didn’t know of too many other pie cherry trees in these parts, least of all any that grew from anybody’s roof. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Nefzger had the grippe but sent three of her raisin pies. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z He tells her about how he and Sonia occupied the kitchen on Pemberton Road for a day, stuffing a turkey and rolling out dough for pies, things his mother did not particularly like to do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When I did, she had me carry in two of her meat pies plus a tankard of ale, which I set before Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The smell of mincemeat pie floated in from the kitchen. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The air is filled with laughter, John Coltrane, Jay-Z, and the smell of salmon, plus scents of every pie and cake imaginable. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Without Mother there were no homemade pies now, no mashed potatoes, no roasts that sent good smells throughout the house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Lydia bakes pies and cobblers with berries picked by hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Folks had already brought over more cakes and pies, and platters of fried chicken and ham, and their good china bowls full of string beans, butterbeans, okra, and tomatoes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Liza lifted the pale sheet of it and laid it over one of the pie tins and trimmed the edges with a knife. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Alyce had just finished watering the beer and was kneading sawdust into the pie crust when she heard the rumble of a cart on the inn path. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I will hear the sound of seagulls, taste slumps and pie and homemade ice cream. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z As we tucked into big slabs of sour cream raisin pie, Grandma observed, “They’re putting on a talent show. We might look in on that. We won’t have to stay till the end.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I hear Marie up front, slapping fresh hot pies into boxes and slicing them, and I claim the order, even though it’s not my turn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “You want to walk back together?” asked Leafie, scooping up her last bite of buttermilk pie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I peeked into the oven where the pies were baking. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z There was a glass of iced tea and a piece of pecan pie on the kitchen table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But these were wide, flat, and shallow, like baking pans for enormous pies. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When she got to her own pie, Grandma froze. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I go over the first hurdle, easy as pie, just like in practice. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z After dessert, after I’d picked up every morsel of that delicious key-lime pie with my fork tines, I said to Ben, “Hey. How about showing me that new hamster you got for Christmas?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z And there he had fried chicken, julienne potatoes, hot biscuits and honey, and a piece of pineapple pie and blue cheese. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Bubbe usually takes over our kitchen and cooks turkey, chestnut stuffing, mashed potatoes, two types of pie, and Jewish apple cake. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z After Will had gone Lee brought out one-third of a lemon pie and cut it in two. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Gramma always seemed to have something baking: biscuits, com bread, cookies, cake, pies. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Hot fried pies, I thought sadly, moving away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and I made three pies with wild blackberries that Teddy and I had picked. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the pie was finished, Henry cleared his throat and wiped his mouth with his napkin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “All worked up over them toads. Sorry, Hattie. Let’s stop in Charlie Mason’s café and have us some pie and coffee.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Toomer, tell me some way I can repay you for the flowers. Let me fix you up an apple pie over the weekend.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Pick me up an old pie tin, too. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was festive, and we were surrounded by the aroma of mincemeat and sweet potato pies cooking in the oven. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Wash and the twins shared the last pie and the milk. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She’d gotten flustered while baking, so her pie crust design looked messy. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “It smells like pie, apple or pear, or maybe turnovers, or a crumble. God, I love crumbles. Of all unfairness. Who knew she even knew how to bake?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z As Sukey dried and Johnny ate his pie, Mr. Adams watched him, noted him, marked him, said little. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm hurried through the meal and burned his mouth, but soothed it with a piece of cold plum pie and cream. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z For my next visit I saved my own helping of mince pie. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Why had he bought each of them a crystal pen and taken them to the zoo in Cincinnati and made sure they received lemon pie and ice cream? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z His mahogany top split into four pie slices, which elongated into wooden blades. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Pig slop,” she said as she emptied the pie dishes into the trough inside the first pen. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Wonderful smells of coffee and apple pie and hash and—would it be fish?—wafted through the house from the magical stove as though to prove how many separate wonders it could perform at once. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The pie baking was only about half done, but his mother was not in the kitchen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z After the ham, macaroni and cheese, fried okra, biscuits, green beans swimming in butter, and sweet tea, Mama and Aunt Lena cleared the table and brought out the pies. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z This is the kind of thing people eat now, people who eat in places like this: Toronto is no longer the land of chicken pot pie, beef stew, overboiled vegetables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I told him, ‘Just taste the soup, it’s vegetable, and not out of a can. I made it myself. The pie, too.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z On the kitchen table was an apple pie, and beside it were three envelopes: one for Phoebe, one for Prudence, and one for their father. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z If she hadn’t rushed to help me, she wouldn’t of lost the bucket, and I knew those blackberries weren’t picked to make a pie with or to put up as jam or jelly or wine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The little pieces of pastry Sister Fenella had left after trimming her rhubarb pies were formed into clumsy crosses or fish shapes, or rolled around a few currants, then sprinkled with sugar and baked separately. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The healthiest things on the menu are the peppers and onions you can add to a pie. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When their table was full of plates, they moved to another one, where they ordered desserts — apple pie, cherry pie. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They grinned back, and Smiley kind of joshed my shoulder as they moved toward the dining room, where Aunt Carrie and Miss Sarah, French Gordy’s wife, were slicing cakes and pies. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sam stared at the last of his pork pie and gave a feeble shake of his head, too scared even to talk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Fill the pie tin with water so’s he’ll have something to drink. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, the pie can wait. If we go pick up the items on your list, will you let me schedule an appointment for you to meet with someone?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then I saw that the piece of Ma’s peach pie was gone too. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The tastiest thing Theon found to eat was an onion pie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Poe carefully carries out his beautifully made pie with a sea of candles sitting on top of it and we all start to sing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Right now it’s telling me ye can’t wait to get this tour over with so ye can get back to that slice of sweet potato pie ye got stashed back in your room.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They stayed that way long enough for me to wonder—should Rosaleen and I leave the room?—but finally they unwound themselves, and we all sat with the smell of banana cream pie. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The others went in for white bread and gravy mix sandwiches, lukewarm baked beans, pies made from cardboard and glue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Please give the aunties my love, and tell Auntie Eliza that I’m expecting a pecan pie when I return! Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Go on with you, fleabag. Find us a pot of porridge or an apple pie.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to scream at him for even thinking of taking Mom’s pie and making it his. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Stack up all the black parts, next to the Indian part—” Fern said, “And you got a whole pie.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Not that pie in the sky stuff, not a preference for optimism over pessimism, but rather “an orientation of the spirit.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He winks at me, taking his oven mitts off, and I watch as he confidently twirls his chef’s knife, deftly slicing the pie into eight even pieces with a flourish. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Oma. Get it? Remember when she made pie and I ate and ate?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z “It sounds like—oh, I don’t know—a pie made of sausage.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z So he said, “At least my mama can shake and bake. Your mama can’t bake a pie because your mama don’t exist. Your mama’s the invisible mom.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s run that pie over to the Domestic Sciences tent and get it registered,” she said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Teenie took that moment to cut each girl a large slice of pumpkin pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Since my mom and stepdad thought it was gross, we usually only got those toppings on half a pie. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I tell them about our famous pumpkin soup and Pri reminds me that the pumpkin was supposed to be for pumpkin pie. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When we consider cutting an apple pie, continuing down beyond a single atom, we confront an infinity of the very small. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Once his slice of pie is gone, Erin and I go up to my bedroom and climb out onto the roof. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The fish and bean pie place run by the Black Muslims. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled out three worms of dough and curled one on top of each pie as instructed. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He then sits down again and resumes eating, dipping the last crust of pie in the big pool of sauce on his plate. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And by the time that cran-apple pie did come around, Mom was smiling and eating and asking Grandma questions. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z What had my son to do with money, who had not a pie of his own! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “After all that pie crust I rolled out.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In the fall, pumpkin pies and frosted cupcakes with toothpick turkeys. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Martha arrived, bawling, kicking, and full of pie and doughnuts. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of talking about helping with the cows or having apple pie, Vonetta recited a small bit of our newly learned family history. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “A friend on the pie car owed me a favor. I figured we could all use a little forgetting tonight.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Look at my frog!” said Avery, placing the frog on the drainboard and holding out his hand for pie. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A serving girl laid a blood pie in front of him, and he attacked it with both hands. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Mrs. Brown had the pies resting on a table near the back window. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My pie fork paused in midair on its way to my mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Roll your eyes at this, Billy! Meat pies, looks like, and fruit tarts— and a brace of roast pheasant! We'll eat like kings!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Every time, too, there was apt to be pie afterwards. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Now you just step right into de kitchen and I’ll dry up dem close—and you can eat an apple pie as I dries,’ pleased him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We ran through breads, breads/fancy, pies/fruit, and pies/otherwise, and then he began on the handiworks. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “This sheet says his favorite food is mutton pie. I literally cannot think of a more boring food. He’s like a cardboard cutout of a person.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mama told her that she could take a nickel and buy a stale pie if she could get one that wasn’t mashed too much. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As I wandered among the stacks, I kept hoping I’d stumble upon him reading about the life of Rimbaud or searching the pages of cooking books for a great lemon meringue pie recipe. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z At the moment when life as he had known it changed forever, Alex Morales was behind the counter at Joey’s Pizza, slicing a spinach pesto pie into eight roughly equal pieces. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “We’ll do something else instead,” Eleanor said; I can play bridge, she thought; I like apple pie with sour cream, and I drove here by myself. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z She said this in a cheery voice, but afterward, in the small silence, when no one commented on her pies, she gave a soft sigh and looked down at her plate. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Used to be it was just Mrs. Ellison and her banana bread, but found me a ham sandwich today in Nora Klingle’s box and half a baked pie in the Saunders’. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yesterday was kidney pie and stale almond cake, sir.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z "Built around 1780...a two-hour train ride from Paris...the neighbor keeps his horses in my backyard...pies made with apples from my own trees..." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Liza was rolling out pie crust on the floury board. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What else kind a pie you thinking about?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Want some pie?” he asked, backing out of the refrigerator with a glass dish. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Look, you want to run over to Sylvia’s for some pie?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z Someday I’m going to buy me one of those meat pies — one that’s hot — and eat the whole thing, all at once. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z When the committee reconvened in April, there was no longer any question of denying it a piece of the Bevatron pie. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I tell Heather she should push the fashion envelope just a teeny bit to be an ironic reflection of the 1950s, you know, innocence and apple pie. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Grandma sold her sweet potato pies and her shortbread, as well as the crocheted doilies she made. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z If my parents were a pie chart, they would look a little something like this one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z My guess is that he had taken—if he had taken anything at all—some Saltines or a can of cherry pie mix and that the motive for taking it was hunger. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Would he do something to make her die because her hands and arms were dirty from the mud pies? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She discovered that Enoch loved baseball, and she saw the photo of Leanne Washington holding a pie when it was still hanging in the church reception hall, not hidden in a dark, dusty closet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was his own business and he never told: certainly not one pie was ever lost. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She took a few more bites of blueberry pie. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not mind that there were so many things Isannah could not ‘keep down’—like pork gravy, mince pies, new beer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, at six A.M., they slogged through mud to the transit camp mess hall and ate canned figs and white bread from pie tins and drank coffee out of tin cups. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I ran inside the house and got the pie tin of table scraps I’d been saving. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z At least it was Thursday; the twins would be eating pies at Wash’s house and so would come home happy. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You’re my clever boy,” she said fondly, giving Matt an extra slice of apple pie. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Once a voice came down from a high window: “Orphan pie!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z From this spot, you could spy Jim’s soddy—at least the roof, from which grew a cherry tree that Jim swore bore the best pie cherries in all of Montana. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Lucy,” said the man, “I know how much you enjoy rabbit pie.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Servants appeared and brought rabbit pie, which was delicious. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Well, ma’am, it seems to me I’ve already given a ride to a man who won first in pies,” he said. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Next day I carried a basket of eels from the fish market to Wall Street, thinking only of hot eel pie for supper. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Moushumi had gone out and bought a rolling pin, made an apple pie for the first time in her life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want to help me with my pie?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I ordered my usual of a cheeseburger, milk shake, and lemon meringue pie for dessert. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until I set out the pies for dessert that Joseph spoke again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Dale was walking along the perimeter of the yard with a pie tin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Rosaleen made banana pudding, banana cream pie, banana Jell-O, and banana slices on lettuce leaf till August told her it was all right, just throw the blooming things away. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, she sat at the curb fitting the bread and the pie into the paper bag. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It only took me a cou- pie of weeks to read my sixth-grade textbooks cover to cover, and now I’m hungry for more. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a dessert station with an assortment of pies, cakes, and ice cream. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I’m grateful for pie! And good sounds,” I add, thinking of the list I began with Mr. Skerritt. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z It is surprising all the things you remember just by eating a blackberry pie. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z When I grow up I want to be a pioneer girl and help Ma make Christmas pies. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z We pulled up to a ranch house painted the color of key lime pie. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Ooh-wee, this was a good idea, Georgia,” Mrs. Spencer told Stella’s mother as she finished her third piece of pie. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Dell finishes my pie while the waitress runs his credit card. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “We make butter and cheese. Bread and biscuits, jams and jellies. But we are especially famous for our molasses shoofly pie.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people had gone back for more helpings of food—potato pie, ribs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ask a lot of questions. Stalk him online. Call him out for not liking pie or having facial hair or something.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As soon as he finished his apple pie, Papa grabbed his newspapers, sat down in his favorite chair, and began reading intently. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For my people, the pie was never in the South. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was filled with candy, cupcakes, pies, even a pack of butterscotch Krimpets. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s say what we’re grateful for,” Mom says as she brings out the pie. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The kitchen table is covered with food—my favorites, potato salad, lemon meringue pie, pork chops. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Just a little more beseeching, a few amens, and we’d head home for cold pigeon pie and sour pickles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t seem to mind her when she’s giving you pie for breakfast. Two pieces.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z We also had mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, corn, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The cook was so delighted to have someone to cook for, she prepared two eel pies. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She also did various hair products, swirling her white mane into a cow pie on top of her head, “For today’s new look of luxury!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night George had eaten two plates of roast beef, veal and ham pie, carrots sweet as candy, and a mysterious dessert called meringue pudding. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z At the bake sale he had never seen so many pies at once, more pies on the endless table than soldiers buried in his backyard. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Larry asks, squatting a little to see all the pies and figure out what goes on whose pile. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Glancing back, I saw Rosaleen holding the pie pan in her hand, missing the whole point. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Spurge played with the half of his chicken pie that hadn’t been chopped by a battle-ax. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z No matter how I slice it, I still get the same lumpy, squashed-up, unfair slice of pie. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Then came lamprey pie, honeyed ham, buttered carrots, white beans and bacon, and roast swan stuffed with mushrooms and oysters. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Samuel, what’s the matter with you? You’re up to something. I can see it in your face. Now tell it, and let me get on with my pies.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z For a while we lived above a Jewish store in Glens Falls, in upstate New York, and the kind Jewish people who ran it baked us pies and gave us apples. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z We had a nice lunch and a slice of pie that came in a white bakery box. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z My sisters, Cecile, and I would eat egg rolls, white rice, bean pies, and fried fish before we spent another penny in the stores of the no sayers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She went out and bought a roasting chicken and a bakery store pie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” I said, and was thinking about the pie so much I didn't hear another word the girl said about Amish cooking secrets. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The nuns sold their best specimens and kept the less perfect ones to eat themselves, though Malcolm thought Sister Fenella’s pies tasted pretty good, whatever the apples looked like. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Did I ever tell you about when I ate my first slice of apple pie and ice cream?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z A week before the party, they prepared the banquet: half a steer roasted in the courtyard, kidney pie, chicken casserole, various com dishes, eggfruit, and the best harvest wines. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s got a good fifteen pounds on our squad’s heaviest flyer, so working out with her makes lifting those chicks easy as pie. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z My gaze fell on my pie, and I realized I didn’t want it any longer. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I will not take one pie under seventy-five rupees. Take it or not as you please.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But I can't neglect the other 25 percent of that pie chart. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z After I took my fourth breath, I was smelling as much fish as I was smelling pies, so I opened my eyes and commenced breathing regular. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Can we do a chocolate pie this time? I love chocolate pie.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I tried to cut slices but mangled the job and ended up spooning out pie that looked more like cobbler. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z By the time Turner went to bed that night—having had his supper after his blueberry pie—the silver moon had set, and the racing stars had puffed out their fiery white chests. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Thet’s all I need to know,” said Grandpa, finishing up his pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z "Those who do not think it is of general interest may leave the table and go to their rooms,” Dad said coldly, "and I understand there is apple pie for dessert.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Nervously, Mrs. Weidenbach said to Grandma, “What a nice, moist consistency your pie filling has, Mrs. Dowdel. I’m sure it will be noted. How much water did you add to the mixture?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Later on, I bring her a tray of chicken pot pie. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The manual continues: “Look on the ground for hedgehogs . . . porcupines . . . mice . . . wild pigs; in the trees for bats, squirrels, rats, and monkeys ...” Anyone for mouse pie, bat stew, porcupine soup, or squirrel souffle? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “No taste for pork pie, my lord? The best pork pie we ever tasted, our fat friend would have us believe.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The pie was in a box between my feet. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Turkey, mashed potatoes, greens, stuffing, cranberries, corn, biscuits, pies and cakes, and a special tea she made to go with it all. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry that or it’s liable to scar worse,” she’d said as she handed Naomi an enormous piece of pecan pie. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z When I asked her if she had done what they claimed, she looked at me with a mysterious smile and said, “Rebellion is as American as apple pie. And so is fascism.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z We shared a thick cheese-and-onion sandwich and a wedge of pecan pie and a canteen of water. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Just in time for a piece of blueberry pie,” said Mrs. Zuckerman. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z She’d take us berry picking and help us make pie or something she called a slump that we’d eat that night. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “Grandpa,” I said, “why don’t you go get you some lemon meringue pie? I’ll sit with Granny.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z How could she have bangles, who had not a pie of her own? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “So she was seventy when you were born. I bet she was thinking, ‘Holy cow pie. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The waiter arrived with three slices of pie and said, “Dessert is on the house.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Monday’s mom wasn’t the sweetest pie, but she wasn’t bitter greens either. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z There are no avocado and sprout sandwiches, the coffee is not espresso, the pie is coconut cream and no worse than it was then. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z You suppose a pie be worth a perch?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Miss Renfro say she know it was Miss Hilly who ate that pie.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I keep eating, but now the pie tastes dull and cold like baby food. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember coming into the kitchen one time and seeing Sookie and Mom sharing a whole pie, laughing about something I didn’t know anything about. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The boy, Ronan, eyes me the way you would an alien stepping out of its spaceship and asking for pie. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The large woman standing before her was, surprisingly, not a cake at all, but rather a blackberry pie. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Just as she decided to return to the attic and search for a hidden door, Kendra noticed Dale coming from the direction of the barn with another pie tin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They found him bent over a tankard of ale and the remains of a pigeon pie, more than a little drunk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I figured out that each angle has to be about 51 degrees to have seven equal pie pieces. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a piece of warm sweet potato pie with some white fluffy stuff called whipped cream swopped all over the top of it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z It’s not as good as Gram’s apple pie, but it will have to do. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was like when the teacher was going to throw the pumpkin pie in the wastebasket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, a second’s there to take over if you die,” said Ron casually, getting started at last on his cold pie. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Some of it I don’t recognize, but there’s a list on the refrigerator door: stuffing, cranberry sauce, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, black-eyed peas, sweet potato pie, Haitian rice and beans. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Don’t you ever, ever, spoil a piece of pie for me again. Do you understand?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Just as soon as he swallows his last bite of pumpkin pie, Rod leaves. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She rose to return her emptied plate, to get herself a piece of pie, and looked over to the table where the boisterous young boys were sitting together. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He continues to eat his pie like he's afraid someone might steal it from him, one arm curled around the plate, the opposite hand shoveling food into his mouth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z On the grass behind the hedge rested a large pie tin full of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It took me a good ten minutes to finish putting three pies together. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Suppose you take an apple pie and cut it in half; take one of the two pieces, cut it in half; and, in the spirit of Democritus, continue. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And with blueberries or huckleberries, there might be pie and then muffins for breakfast besides and maybe pudding for lunch. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The nurse said, “There he is. Doesn’t he look nice? He’s my darling. He’s my sugar pie.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All I can do to calm down is take another bite of pie. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Madam’s list of required delicacies was endless: gingerbread, pies of brandied peaches and preserved cherries and mincemeat, macaroons, blancmange, Jordan almonds, sugar candy, as many kinds of cake as there were fingers on both hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh well,” Grandma said, “if I have an extra pie and it’s not raining that day . . .” “Mrs. Dowdel, I knew you would stand and deliver!” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He dispersed the crowd very simply by telling them he’d send for the pie wagon and take them all down to the station house if they didn’t twenty-three skidoo. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She never mentioned the cholesterol in all those pies and brownies her mother made. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Well, we got half a pie for dessert tonight, anyways,” Dad says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Her crisp meat pies and cool lemonade, when joined to her miraculous ability to be in two places at the same time, assured her business success. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Dudley had even looked up from his pie to gape at his parents. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Oh, very poor. They didn’t have anything to eat for three days and just would have died, the doctor said, if I didn’t bring them that pie.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s someone sitting in my kitchen eating pies, which they’ve taken out of my freezer and cooked up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The metal bed warmer lies open like a pie without a crust. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Have we got any more of that lemon pie we had for supper?” he asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She brought me a vast, viscous, canary-yellow wedge of lemon pie. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Since the hour he had arrived in the Red Ke^p, Lady Tanda had been stalking him, armed with a never-ending arsenal of lamprey pies, wild boars, and savory cream stews. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I may not remember my name or what country I live in, but you and that pie is something I will never forget.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "At supper, there were still places on the bench when he got his pie, but he was too scared to come sit with us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That other world was suburban and endless, organized around pot roasts, blueberry pies, fireworks, ice cream sundaes, immaculate bathrooms, and small toy trucks that were loosed in wooded backyards with streams and glens. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “It needs a rhyme with something like ‘pecan pie,’” Vonetta said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Master and Madam both filled up on the onion pie and hardly touched the fresh-baked bread. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Guess I did fool Betty Jean, though, because she went over and cut me a piece of apple pie. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She sat back in her chair, ordered coffee and chocolate cream pie, ran a hand through her black hair. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Fadi gulped down his mouthful of pie and sat back in surprise. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “H-H-Hilly won your pie. And she accused me of signing her up for it. Playing some... trick on her.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Us convincing June’s mom to share her super-secret recipe for cinnamon apple pie and then getting into a flour fight in the kitchen. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “War wound,” Basil muttered as he demolished a plateful of quince and elderberry pie. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “All I had to report was that we ate a lot of pumpkin pie.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But I just stare at my chocolate peanut butter pie with the two missing bites and wonder how it all came to this. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There would have been macaroni and cheese, collard greens with smoked ham hocks, and sweet-potato pie with a side of vanilla ice cream for dessert. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I baked the cinnamon apple pie that June and I made last month. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He looks like a homeless guy begging for change on a corner, but instead of an empty can, he’s holding a pie plate buried under a mound of whipped cream. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “The next season I had enough ripe red ones to fill a pail and make a pie—long as I added sugar!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He did not seem to be enjoying it near as much as he had the pork pies at the wedding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She would leave room, though, she thought, for a slice of blackberry pie. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He made them taste Mrs. Hile’s pie and share Sam Gardiner’s candy; he showed them the book on English usage and told them about the cartoon in the paper relating to General McClellan’s late demotion. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “So,” said my convict, turning his eyes on Joe in a moody manner, and without the least glance at me,—“so you’re the blacksmith, are you? Than I’m sorry to say, I’ve eat your pie.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Percy was eating a piece of pie, which for some reason was completely blue—filling, crust, even the whipped cream. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Pynto was in a jolly mood and gave her a cup of watered wine, a chunk of stinky cheese, and half of an eel pie. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, you got time for a piece of pie, now, don’t you, Mr. Randolph? It’s cherry today.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “It means someone who’s so stupid that he’s eaten all these pies and gotten really sick—sick like he’s going to throw up all over himself. That sick.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I ate the pumpkin pie because the lady said it was in season, and Patrick and Sam smoked more cigarettes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Voices and music float from New Clairmont, where the aunts and Granddad are eating blueberry pie and drinking port. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z ‘Johnny, here’s half a mince pie for you. You’re a real smart boy.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I trudged up the back steps to the kitchen, hoping Gramma would offer me another slice of apple pie when I got inside. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z But then this other girl Lindsey went home instead, because her pie crust was still raw. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I’ve had hit men eat pies in my kitchen and lay me out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z On the kitchen counter this morning is indeed an apple pie with a golden roof over it and a plate of turnovers. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Slices of mango glistening on a pie, small brown cakes swelling with raisins. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Coach brought us to a no-frills pizza spot near the hotel and ordered seven large pies for the team. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z You could do this dance on a pie plate. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Kendra hurried to the closet, selected a bottle, unscrewed the cap, dumped the contents, and filled it with milk from the pie tin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I think he liked the fields ’cause if he saw a fresh cow pie, he was in heaven. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After supper that day, we had blueberry pie for dessert and I got to make my wish. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was only after he had unpinned and handed over the five dollars, and after he had eaten two pieces of pie, that Jody started for home again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I bought a fried pie, a loaf of bread and five Milky Way bars. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think there’s anyplace left in the world with pumpkin pie?” she asked. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z That night, Bertha made a special supper of meat loaf and lima beans, fried green tomatoes, and sweet potato pie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “And you’re going to learn a thing or two about pie crust.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z In New York at the Waldorf-Astoria a few years into the new century, several dozen young men in evening clothes gathered around a gigantic pie. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The sight of me standing there with my nose pressed against the glass made Mamá clench her mouth, and she cut through the crust of that pie like she wanted to kill it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The bag of coffee was at his feet; the wedge of pie, the book, and the newspaper were placed safely on the seat beside him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the windows were rolled down, the smell of fried chicken and sweet potato pie lay unmoving, and there wasn’t enough room to stretch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She broke the pie into four pieces and handed them out. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z "A hundred men are hungry, they must be fed, the lord commands hot broth. A girl must run to the kitchens and tell her pie boy." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She grabs my hand and we skip across the street to Ray-Ray and Eddie’s, and she orders a pie for delivery to our house, and we caught a ride home with the delivery dude.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And then she'll bake us all a lemon pie and kiss our widdle wounds and make them better, the dwarf thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Anyway, are you saying my pot pie’s not good enough for Dr. King?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crumbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in butter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z An iridescent hummingbird hung suspended over the pie tin, wings a faint blur. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She set the pie down and opened her arms. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He used to sit at the counter and order blueberry pie. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I filled the bucket with potato scraps and mutton fat, and put the pie on top. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A few minutes later, she held out a tray of pies to them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The guard took the pie, as I had hoped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The pigs and venison steaks, ginger pies and cornbread cakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And the sweet potato that I boiled was supposed to be for sweet potato pie. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There were apple and mince and dried-berry pies, little spicecakes with maple sugar frosting, candied fruits and nuts, pitchers of sweet apple cider, and great mugs of steaming flip for the men. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “And what we have here, what you have so graciously delivered to me, is definitely a rabbit, but the best chef in the world would be hard- pressed to make him into a pie.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “Listen. I poured my own coffee. Served my own pie.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I sat down too, and she pushed the pie across the table to me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A compromise was reached, and I am pleased to report that vanilla yogurt makes quite an edible topping for apple pie. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I remembered the recipe for lemon blueberry pie that was inside it, so I picked up a container of the blueberries. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Sarah had cooked it in advance: a sirloin of beef, smoked ham, onion pie, and a plum pudding for dessert. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z To get my slice of life, she said, I had to go where the pie was, get my knife out, and cut it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z At one point he summed up his argument with “Cut the pie any way you like, ‘meanings’ just ain’t in the head!” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Make sure the pies in the oven don’t burn,” the woman told me, handing me a long, shovellike wooden tool. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Andy got six kinds of meat, ten dinner rolls, and four pieces of apple pie. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Trotter watched us gobble down the pie, her own cheeks rising in little, hard apples. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Joe looked forward to the lean, scrappy end-of-week meals, but hated the Sunday one: a baked ham, a sweet heavy pie to follow it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And come to find out, Grandma was famous for her gooseberry pies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z "A few more blackbirds, and we should have enough to bake a pie. I'll save you their feathers for a hat." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The elfin scholar had picked up the half of his chicken pie that remained on the table and was eating it. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Dessert choices were the pie of the day, ice cream, or Jell-O. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Her house had to be thoroughly cleaned, chickens had to be plucked, cakes and pies made, and for weeks she, her friends and her daughter had been sewing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Although aware of the possible consequences, Bill couldn’t resist the smell of cakes and pies, and began to spend a good deal of his time in the kitchen. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Lemon chiffon pie, with a dollop of whipped cream. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Good thing I didn’t have a mouth full of pie. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “She’s not making sense, she called me a—a liar, and now she’s accusing me of signing her name on that pie and...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Of course, no knife could be sharp enough, the pie is too crumbly, and the atom would in any case be too small to see unaided. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The conference table is completely covered in desserts—tall frosted cakes, huge plates of cookies, steaming pies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In a burnt apple pie, the char is mostly carbon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he leaned closer and said in a completely different tone of voice, “If you’re not going to eat that pie, can I have it?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The list of good sounds fills me up as much as pumpkin pie. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z They talked pie, and new adventures, and the Ellisons all the way home with the love of cousins. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “No, sweetie pie, I’m remembering. This is where your dad asked me to marry him.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Ma had put some okree and potatoes and dandelion greens and a big piece of Mrs. Brown’s cherry pie on the plate. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “It was a good day. And good pie.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She sails back and forth behind the bakery counter, explaining the ingredients in her cakes and pies to her clients. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Around them, the forest was divided into six pieces, like a pie. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s a key lime pie with Skittles sprinkled all over the top. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I used a rolling brush and it was as easy as rolling pie dough: Back and forth. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Fern cheered when she saw that our snack was a slice of pie and warm milk and had nothing to do with animal meat. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z She had fixed Jordan a steak dinner and an apple pie, and Monique was not known for her good cooking. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell her what else I put in that pie for her.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "If I could fly, I'd be back at Castle Black eating a pork pie,"- said Sam. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They chose custard pies off the gleaming dessert cart. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I told her I wouldn’t give my sister any of my pie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was not long before the level of milk in the pie tin had markedly fallen. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “She can bake shoofly pies for all I care,” Big Ma said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Four hamburgers. No, make that eight. Four large orders of fries. That’s all for now, but we’ll probably have dessert. Do you have any apple pie?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I've been in trouble before, but somehow the gun pointed at my back and the heavy irons on my wrists make me think that this is much worse than stealing a pie from the kitchens. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I want six loaves and a pie not too crushed,” she screamed out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She used to throw snowballs at them and help them steal pies from the kitchen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Somewhere off to the right, another voice sang counterpoint to hers, some baker’s boy shouting, “Meat pies, three pence, hot meat pies here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Have a piece of pie and a turnover. I won’t tell your sister.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Never did they want people, especially white peo- pie, to think that their lives were so much touched by anything so dark and brutal as Bigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Momma bought two huge pies from Sal’s on the other side of the freeway. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then Kasim says, “Dray’s mom makes the meanest sweet potato pie, right, Donna?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A diet of pork chops, pie a la mode, and chocolate was obviously better for your skin than healthy, nutritious plankton. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine eating rice and meat and fruit and cakes and pies. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A tremendous effort by kind, old Mrs. Jacobs from the accounts payable department She brings an apple pie — but wait a minute. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the heat that glued her skin to the plastic chair, not an outing to the beach, not even a movie followed by a beef pot pie at the Automat. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She watched as a variety of tiny winged animals came and went, feeding from the pie tin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Prizes were awarded for the best peach pie and peach jam. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Back at the apartment, Heather takes some premade pizza dough out of her fridge and explains how to make personal pies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One evening a stranger from one of the houses gave me a piece of meat pie, and I brought it home without eating it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Cold chicken, crisp pickles, butter biscuits, and peach pie were laid out on the table. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Appalachian Trail runs for 230 miles in a northeasterly arc across the state, like the broad end of a slice of pie. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes recognizes a passerby, a heavyset woman with a veiled pillbox hat who praised her Boston cream pies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Not exactly a warm slice of Gram’s apple pie, but it’ll have to do. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It tasted good to them, after weeks of Cousin Eunice’s frozen dinners and pot pies. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, “Yeah! Work at the stand. Sell apples. Sell pies. We can use the help. Holy cow, Shayleen! It’ll get you outdoors.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Mondays and Wednesdays are always pie, but it’s Fridays and Saturdays that can be killer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I choked on a piece of pie crust. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I know you wanted first prize on the pie. You wanted it bad. And I thought you'd switched the card on Mr. Pennypacker’s pie with yours so you could win with his pie.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Pie is good and if I don’t want it I can always trade a slice of pie with someone at my table for some cookies or cupcakes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eat your pie, Magister Spurge. In an hour we will go see the goblin play Lovebirds in the Cavern of Doom. I have purchased tickets.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z If he had only known it, the hot dogs, huckleberry pie, strawberry pop and worms squirming on the hook weren’t doing them much good. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind the plants lay a large pie tin full of milk where a crowd of hummingbirds were feeding. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She could go on and in her sorrow put a pot of beans in the oven, bake six pies, and plan to exactness how much food would be necessary properly to feed the funeral guests. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then I did the ironing for her one week to say thank you for the cake, and she baked me a strawberry rhubarb pie to thank me for the ironing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The fluorescent light knifes me in the eyes, and the smell of pies and sauce makes me want to vomit. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z There’s a man in a balaclava sitting at the table, eating a meat pie with sauce. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Jay and I gathered up pecans from our tree as Mama made the crust for a pecan pie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But "Let's do drugs together!" was his leading parental philosophy on the subject of illegal substances, and it definitely fit into the "Super Cool" part of the pie chart. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Three slices of the marshmallow chocolate cream pie, please.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z We sit at the table and eat about some of the best apple pie I ever had. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Says right here, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, and a roll, with a choice of sweet potato pie or pumpkin pie for dessert.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Every year, once we’re done with Gram’s apple pie, we come and see the lighting ceremony. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z For an apple pie that can last for generations, you need the printing press and the Industrial Revolution and maybe even a poem. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The few times when Big Ma was sick, Uncle Darnell brought in a pizza pie. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z She finished plating the slice of pie before she left the counter. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Everyone on the trail dreams of something, usually sweet and gooey, and my sustaining vision had been an outsized slab of pie. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’d video her doing something silly like riding her bike or baking a mud pie or something, but it always felt so vital to me. Like I was recording a piece of history.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well, have fun playing with your new friends, sweetie pie,” she said and kissed him on top of his head. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A pie chart with equal slices in all areas of life for maximum happiness. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Since Viola had calmed down, and the blood was flowing freely, Kendra cast aside the pie tin and retrieved the silver bowl. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Once we caught a wounded blackbird by throwing a blanket over it and figured we could make a blackbird pie, like in the nursery rhyme. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The last two pieces of pumpkin pie from Thanksgiving dinner, I bet. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She remembered making mud pies with Lysa, the weight of them, the mud slick and brown between her fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he pours it out in two mugs and serves us each a piece of the blackberry pie Gloria brought after the funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I don’t know if it’s the pie or the thought of two hours of his face on the screen that makes me feel light-headed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The two of them look at each other now, and one takes another bite from his pie. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She handed me a spatula to lift the tops from the rolling board onto the pies, which was easier said than done. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z For example, at one point Mrs. Winterbottom said, “I believe I’ve made more pies in the past week than I can count.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Is not to worry. Now, back in there, we have pie,” she said, and she took the pie from the oven. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Was he responsible for the other gooseberry pie? A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She was smart and beautiful, with eyes that could captivate a room, and sweet potato pies that were the best in the county. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z There were pies and corn bread and chicken livers and ham and dandelion greens and grits. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z She leafed through the report, looking at the pie chart for “The Varieties of Citrus Grown in Tangerine County” and the bar graph for “The Decline of Citrus Acreage in Tangerine County.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In New England it was used to make baked beans, brown bread, and pumpkin pie. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z ‘Cold liver pudding and chicken salad sandwiches and pie.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “That was such a tiny pie,” commented Teacher gently, “to save two lives.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Considering all the ingredients I left out, I thought they might make a jumble pie,” Lena said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She cut two pieces of blueberry pie, then sat down at the table. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “The baker’s daughter likes the lad who works the press. She brings him extra breads and pies. Go ahead, eat.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She is just cutting into the lemon meringue pie when we hear the knock. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A happy home meant having everyone under one roof, sitting around the table, eating a peach cobbler or pecan pie. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z A cauldron of stew hung above the Fire in the hearth, and two fresh pies were cooling by the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I stare at the beautiful wedge of key lime pie and my mouth waters. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When he got a piece of pie you always got half or more’n half. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z And the pie was almost as runny as the syrup. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Aaronson, who baked pies for the inn, opened the screen door so I could go inside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “They have wives who make pies for them.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “I made some apple pie tonight and thought maybe you and Langston might like some.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I bought us our drinks and a piece of marion- berry pie with two forks. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z While I served out the pie and poured me some sweetmilk from the pitcher on the table, Grandpa slipped into our company room closet for you-know-what. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Minny made us put the pie story in to protect us. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Now they do, but a lot of their business still comes from people who go there to hang out and buy a slice or a pie. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she set to work, kneading dough for bread and rolling out dough for cookies and pies. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z A few people are sipping coffee and eating yellow and white pie—lemon meringue or banana cream—that matches the building. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, it’s tomato soup, roast beef, and blueberry pie?” said Violet Beauregarde. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The thought of a pie made out of shoes and flies was amazing me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Cora had met a few of them on Valentine and didn’t care for that regional peculiarity, even if they knew how to bake a good pie. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They gulped down their breakfast, then set off upstairs, Kreacher bowing them out and promising to have a steak-and-kidney pie ready for them when they returned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “You want me to make a picnic for you next time? A turkey sandwich, a plate of potato salad, a couple of Cokes, and a big slice of apple pie? Wouldn’t be too hard...” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The rest had just pie, with no rabbit inside—despite what the servers were calling it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I saw seven maggot pies today, Palomides. They were flying along like frying pans.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they had finished their apple pie, the after-effects of the Cheering Charms were wearing off, and Harry and Ron had started to get slightly worried. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I unwrapped the cream pie and bit into it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Monday morning, she showed up carrying a box loaded to the top with two loaves of banana bread, two pies, peanut butter cookies, corn muffins, a dish of macaroni and cheese, and a lasagna. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z To make an apple pie, you need wheat, apples, a pinch of this and that, and the heat of the oven. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They put on salt-rising bread and butter, bowls of stewed pumpkin, pumpkin pies and dried berry pies and cookies, cheese and honey and pitchers of milk. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sweet-sour smell of cherry pie filled the kitchen where the four of them sat around the table without appetite for food or speech. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Dasch greedily ate two salads and a hearty slice of coconut cream pie. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z But when it came time to swallow, I panicked and reached for the milk, taking large sips to wash down the pie. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z When he finally pushed his plate aside and attacked the apple pie, he wondered that anything so unspeakably delicious could ever have come his way. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z She gave Tam Lin an entire pie for himself. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "Hot Pie yelled hot pie. He must have yelled it a hundred times." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Derby finished a last glass of wine, then lit his pipe and stretched his long legs out from his chair just as Amari was walking by with the final platter of leftover blackberry pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s made a big vat of dough and is weighing it, shaping it into balls, and plopping it into trays that will go into the freezer for tomorrow’s pies. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We are going to dine tonight in our rooms, with our family, sharing hamburgers, french fries, and apple pie a la mode. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe there’d be a cherry pie for the Fourth of July picnic on Wolf Creek. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Ron had a piece of steak and kidney pie halfway to his mouth, but he’d forgotten all about it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Big piles of nachos, cheeseburgers as wide as plates, cherry pie, potato chips, all the good stuff. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The pie in my hands would win first prize since nobody but Grandma would take a chance with gooseberries. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z That woman gone spend the rest a her life trying to convince people she didn’t eat that pie. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Instead, he apologized for hurting peo- pies feelings by reading their private thoughts aloud, and he sent us to the library. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “You must know,” said my sister, rising, “it’s a pie; a savory pork pie.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Robert chuckled and reached for his pie. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Since I only had one perch for her, I picked the smallest pie and dropped the fish off the stringer into a big basin. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Though not enough for meat pies. We could perhaps afford a jacket potato.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if he got out of school early, he would attempt his mother’s favorite: apple pie. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She spotted an empty pie plate on a red dish towel. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The yellow enormity was squirming in his litter, a look of annoyance on his huge pie face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He held up a finger, buried the axe in the stump, and ran around to the front of the house to make sure that the twins were still busy eating his mother’s pies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z By the time I pulled myself together Mrs. Deebs was saying, “Okay, everyone line up for a little piece of shoofly pie before we go to the garden, and later to the barn.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I centered my eyes on my feet and my thoughts upon a slice of eel pie. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “That was just a joke. We’re going to have potato salad and smearcase and cold chicken and apple pie and lots of other good things. We’ve been cooking ever since your father called.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After a piece of pie, I was glad to get back on the train. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma and Mrs. Holton gave us all big servings of good things then Ma carved up some pieces of her peach pie and dropped one on everybody’s plate. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes it just seemed easier to blurt out what Mom calls my pie chart: half Mexican, half fill-in-the-blank with the names of a bunch of different European countries. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Shortly afterwards, Cornflower arrived bearing a tray of breakfast for them both: nutbread, salad, milk and some of Friar Hugo’s special quince pie. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At lunchtime, Daisy Hempstock brought by a small pot of shepherd's pie for them both, and Bridget Comfrey brought them each a mug of spiced ale. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Rosaleen flung open the oven and yanked out the pie to find every last meringue tip scorched. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A third girl held a basket of apples and the fourth held a five-cent pumpkin pie which was the size of a small saucer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And really, I didn’t care if they made their pies out of sweat socks and wiggle worms, as long as they turned out this sweetsmelling I’d eat them. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Washed and unwashed alike supped on hot pork pies and baked apples. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z No morning passed that he didn’t freeze a ton of meats, vegetables, and lemon cream pies, enough to last ten years, until the rockets came back from Earth, if they ever came. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to share this summer world with Lindsey when she came, all of what was best about Miles City in July spread out before us like a picnic table heaped with pies. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Several NPC employees stood behind the counter, tossing dough and slicing pies. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Ever day another person say they know it was her that ate that pie and Miss Hilly just fight harder. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z To make a thing as simple as an apple pie, you have to create the whole wide world. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She located a large pie tin, the kind Dale used to leave milk around the yard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I asked, still holding the pies in my hands. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Beloved cut his eyes at her as he put the pies away in the fridge. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He selected three pies from the cooling racks lined with newspaper. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “My mother’s rhubarb pie. She made it every June when my sisters and I were young.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “Oh, don’t,” I half pleaded, and distractedly pushed the pie a half inch farther away. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Tables groaned under joints of venison and pork, smoked fish, and meat pies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “So is pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, but I prefer pineapple rhubarb,” said Mr. Lemoncello. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z But Jamie had given up helping and instead was breaking thick hunks of crust off the disheveled pies still hanging around the dessert table. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Neeley finished off his last mud pie, watering it with his tears. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked inside and pulled out a piece of pie crust the length of my finger. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z If I was ever going back, I would check to see if they still had the pecan pie at Papa Joe’s. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of cars, we would become manufacturers of hamburger platters and Greek salads, industrialists of spanakopita and grilled cheese sandwiches, technocrats of rice pudding and banana cream pie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then she’s the one to get the company, the Wives rustling up the stairs, clucking and cheerful; she gets the cakes and pies, the jelly, the bouquets of flowers from their gardens. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside and on the way home, the people played in their magic, as children poke in mud pies, reluctant to tell themselves that the game was over. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time Mom brings her raspberry pie to a church reception, the back of my throat starts itching. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I sat up and said I was ready for a piece of pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Her nostrils quivered at the smells of roasting meats and fresh hot bread and pies stuffed with pork and raisins, but her guts still trembled with excitement, and she was content just to smell. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Around ten a.m. he would make six pies for the day. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Beside her, a cigarette burned down to ash in an aluminum pie plate. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Then there were stuffed birds, popinjays, and maggot- pies and kingfishers, and peacocks with all their feathers but two, and tiny birds like beetles,'and a reputed phoenix which smelt of incense and cinnamon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Gram is rolling dough for a rhubarb tart, back and forth with the big rolling pin, dusting the yellow dough with handfuls of flour, stretching it to cover the brimming pie dish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z His face contentedly deep in fee pie, his toes curled inward and his bare soles together, he sits and chews and swallows while his daemon becomes a mouse and grooms her whiskers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The pie—it was an apple pie—had been bought in a store and oven-warmed, and was very, very good indeed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He wanted to taste all the food: the pigeon pies, the honey tarts, that suckling pig with the apple in its mouth, and the jugged hare. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Ma sold her pies, Mrs. Charles played cards with neighbors, while Monday and I ran around, eating hot dogs, dancing by the DJ booth, and playing in the bouncy house with August. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Besides that big piece of pie, she fixed me a glass of lemonade and some for herself, and sat down to talk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I manage to get down a few small bites of the pie. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Teenie, making crust for a pie, was shuttling back and forth, carefully watching over Polly, who was peeling apples, and Amari, who was stirring a mixture of apple juice and brown sugar over the fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I had ran into them on several occasions during pie suppers and dances. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother’s blind? And she can make pies like this?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z JimmyTrotter laughed a good laugh, pie and milk in his open mouth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Spurge kept scratching at his skin while Werfel went to their baskets of provisions and pulled out an eel-pickle pie and a bottle of gorgonbladder wine. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I took charge of unpacking the pie and getting it registered at Fruit Pies and Cobblers. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Soup and scrambled eggs and hot marmalade pie were yet to come. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Which meant this was the pie Mom made for Thanksgiving every year after her mother died. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Jolene urged that they sample the pie at once—no nonsense about leaving it to cool. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “And a slice of apple pie and a glass for milk for my son.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z They are easy as pie, and I tell her so. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z We would race to see who could open the most nuts the fastest, but it didn’t matter who won, because we all would have some of Mama’s pecan pie after dinner. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They brought in great platters of fried cod, hash, potato balls, pumpkin mush with huge pitchers of cream, toast and butter, apple pie, and pitchers of coffee and milk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The slicing of society’s pie is more unequal than it used to be, but most Americans have a bigger piece than they or their parents once did. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z They carried little silver knives and miniature trowels for sampling the cobblers and pies. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z To take his mind off the thing, Francie took him down into the yard and they made mud pies. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am so cowardly. I will not put my finger in any human pie.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Many’s the time I’ve seen him peel off his hose to show me his legs — as if every frog I’ve ever put into a pie didn’t have better legs than his! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Some pies were still too sour, other; gritty with too much sugar. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, I know. Rabbit pie is a true delight, one of the pleasures of our existence.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z “You got that turned around in your mind. He won in Sausage and Headcheese. Don’t I look more like a pie baker than him?” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think this girl would care much about my pie chart. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She sawed off the head and set it on a pie plate. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “Let’s give Mom a chance to blast some music while she’s making a pie.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z She licked the bright gold filling from the edge of her pie. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The table was just full of good things folks had brought in, and I ate some fried chicken and a piece of lemon meringue pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That’s when Miss Walters, she say she getting a mite hungry too and ask for a piece a that pie. I tell her, ‘No, ma’am. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how to cook no chocolate pie,” I lie. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And then I passed a window and smelled that sweet pie again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I loves a good mince pie,” he said as he unlocked the door to the prison, pie crumbs spilling from his mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z People were forever eating apples or putting them in pies. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They started the next morning, with lunch at the nearby Eagle Pub and some gooseberry pie. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The two of them sat in Jack’s parlor and talked into the night while Jack cooked big plates of soul food, macaroni and cheese, sweet potato pies, and biscuits for us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “A pie made out of shoes and flies and molasses?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually when she cooked, the food had the house smelling some-kind-of-good, and they’d scheme ways to get an early spoonful of banana pudding or sneak a slice of sweet potato pie. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For a really good apple pie, you need the arts. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z When she was done grinding the unusual ingredient, she spooned its fine white particles into a miniature sieve and dusted the top of four freshly baked pies with it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He was chewing the pie blissfully when suddenly he stopped. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Jonas carried the pie basket and Matthew rode atop his father’s shoulders. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A black-and-chrome motorcycle was parked nearby, but each of the wheels had a big pie slice removed from the spokes and rim, so that they resembled Pac-Men. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “He’s a useless guard dog, though,” says the one still finishing his pie, dunking it in the sauce on his plate. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Thought I’d come down and heat up some warm milk and pie. That’s what your gram always did for me when I was a kid.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Basil Stag Hare dropped a half-eaten apple pie on the bedside table. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I pinched my way around the pies with my good thumb, and they did look better, although no one would be fooled into thinking they were Viola’s handiwork. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Ma had already put on her Sunday dress and was carrying that pie she’d baked. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The afternoon they brought them in, I made six apple pies and baked some bread and all the while kept track of the goings- on down there on the Square. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z That pie is almost a week old, slick mold is growing in the crust, it’ll make him sick. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I ordered fried chicken and chocolate pudding and pecan pie, and no one said a word about me not selecting a single vegetable. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard Mr. Hubble remark that “a bit of savory pork pie would lay atop of anything you could mention, and do no harm,” and I heard Joe say, “You shall have some, Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “You eat like you’ve got to finish a pie for a ribbon.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z After my ham sandwich, pie, and coffee, I put fifty-five cents on the table and stepped back outside. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Our selection is actually quite large. And I believe there is still some freshly baked apple pie available, if that interests you, for dessert.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z At one of the large markets, Dicey bought a pie on sale and four bananas. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back after a while walking sideways, carrying hot dogs, huckleberry pie and strawberry pop. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z These turnovers were an institution, and the girls called them ‘muffs’, for they had no others and found the hot pies very comforting to their hands on cold mornings. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z If you cut off the pointed end of a slice of pie and save it for last, you can make a wish when you eat it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Well, what about that peach pie you did that time?” she says, pouring a glass of milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "I saw him eat a pork pie," Toad said, smirking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Grandma’s pies had to be mincemeat because that’s what her grandmother did. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Arya sipped at her tankard cautiously, between spoonfuls of pie still warm from the oven. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Gooseberries are so tart that more sugar than fruit goes into the pie. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I wandered the streets of Greenwood for about an hour, came back, alone, and had some pie. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley had sent him a scarlet sweater with the Gryffindor lion knitted on the front, also a dozen home-baked mince pies, some Christmas cake, and a box of nut brittle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I couldn’t afford a drab for an apple and meat pie, so I had snuck some barley bread and a gristly sausage out of the Mess. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was finishing the last of the pork pie the cooks had served up for supper when Jon sat down across from him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z That night, I couldn’t sleep, and when I came downstairs, Gram was there, already putting a slice of apple pie on a plate for me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Last week I didn’t eat the pie and Mom got mad at me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Grandma peeled the apples for one of her delicious pies. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Not yet,” Hannah said, carefully laying the dough in the pie plate. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “We had planned such a lovely day. And Mercy has pies baked already.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast she packed a basket: chicken, peach pickles, fresh tomatoes, butterbeans in a jar, the leftover biscuits, and half a pecan pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Cool Jay, acting like a kid, with mud pies. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I go upstairs to notify Garrett that he won’t be put up for adoption, sent to a forced labor camp, or cooked into meat pies—but he’s nowhere to be found. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I had not eaten eel pie since Momma died, Miss Mary Finch not being fond of it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I can still remember that old dog rolling in a fresh cow pie. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They might have a bit of cookie dough, too, to make little cookies, and once Laura even made a pie in her patty-pan. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “My granny always used one of these, every time she made one of her blackberry pies. Baked it right inside with the filling, and the hot air funneled out the beak.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z This is what I have, coffee and pie, sitting in one of the purple booths, watching young people exclaim over what they think is the quaintness of the past. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was just the thing atop a slice of my chokecherry pie, even if I do say so myself. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “About so much, all right? I’m helpless before your cherry pies, Mrs. Trotter. Totally helpless.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z I thought it was odd that she baked all those pies when she seemed so concerned about cholesterol. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She popped a hunk of pie into her mouth. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Hold-Your-Nose Billy popped a clove of garlic into his mouth, ground it between his yellow teeth, and helped himself to a veal pie. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z The next morning I was sitting in Miss Love’s kitchen, eating hot apple pie and cheese and hoping she wouldn’t pick a fuss with me like she had with everybody else. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I love the slimy texture, getting greasy up to my elbows. Like playing in the mud. We’ll have delicious pies afterwards.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I just finish baking three cherry pies, ’Lijah, and Mr. Brown tells me he been having a powerful yearning for some perch. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Steak and kidney pie. Wash your hands. Look at you! You’re soaking wet! You make sure you change into something dry after you’ve eaten. And don’t leave your wet things on the bedroom floor.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We went back to Gus and Bertha’s a few times to check the trap, but the table scraps were still in the pie tin. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Why, congratulations, Hilly. I didn’t know you were such a fan of Minny’s pies!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Smoky collards, turnips, sweet potato pie, and the rest of the kitchen’s concoctions sat in the Valentines’ nice dishes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I pull out my pie dough, want to get it ready before I go to the store. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I unhook the wire, push the fence open, and lead Shiloh to the stream for a drink, filling the pie pan with fresh water. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He leaned forward so his spittle would hit the emissary’s chicken pie. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Blocks of ice cream in every flavor you could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts', trifle, strawberries, Jell-O, rice pudding ... Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Philadelphia cousins brought apple pie and tried to pretend nothing was different. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I got a apple pie ready to bake, gone do my biscuits in the morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Whether it was her conscience or the unfamiliar flavor, she didn’t enjoy the pie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa could tell I put one and one together and knowed where the pie was at. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I could hear the sizzle of meat frying on the stove and the open-and-close of the oven as she checked the biscuits or corn bread or pie or whatever she was baking for supper. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Once out of sight, they sat on the grass to eat, breaking pieces of apple pie off with their fingers and licking all the sticky sauce before seizing another portion. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Pitying his desolation, and watching him as he gradually settled down upon the pie, I made bold to say, “I am glad you enjoy it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “But my shoe doesn’t fit anymore so they can have it for their pie.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She brought another wedge of pie, in a brown bag, and handed it to Jethro. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped for gasoline and coffee and slabs of pie. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The swing moved back and forth, creaking on its rusted chain, and it was like that old nursery rhyme, Little Jack Horner sat in the corner eating his Christmas pie. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I suspect it was the promise of Perilee’s pies—raisin and chokecherry and plum—that kept the crews working steadily. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I took a small bite of the blueberry pie and chewed carefully. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The men who belonged to the Nation were easy to recognize, standing in front of their storefront mosques with their bow ties and bean pies. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I took the third and fourth pies, and we snuck outside quickly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “But first years never — you must be the youngest House player in about —” “— a century,” said Harry, shoveling pie into his mouth. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He ate one pie, then the other, and belched contentedly. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to Edward, pie tins hung from the pole. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z Henry ordered an enormous dinner—pea soup, roast beef, a salad, mashed potatoes with gravy, coffee, pie—and ate it silently and with a great deal of methodical relish. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “He said his slice of the American pie is too thin in this town.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His mother had been a baker before she died, and he'd pushed her cart through the streets all day, shouting “Hot pies! Hot pies!” A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She held the paddle in both hands and stirred carefully, because if the pumpkin burned there wouldn’t be any pumpkin pies. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure was nice meeting you all. Listen, Naomi, you mind getting my blueberry pie tin when the picnic’s all over? It’s on a red dishcloth. Has a Clabber Girl stamp on the inside.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She envisioned a chain of Yankee Doodle bakeries stretching across America to St. Louis, Dallas, Los Angeles, her apple pies and cupcakes on main streets and in suburban shopping malls everywhere. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z August went back into the kitchen and returned with three aluminum pie pans and handed them out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Polly breathed as the platter flipped and the pie careened to the floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He carefully sits down in the recliner, pie plate in his lap, and digs in for the first bite. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I pushed the pie tin way back up into the corner of the trap and said, “Okay, now all we have to do is wait.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “And it’s not just Johnny, she called me a liar, accused me of getting her that.. .pie” She bangs her fists against her knees. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Maybe some brownies. Or some of that blueberry pie he likes.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z The way Ma had cooked meat pies for supper. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Have you happened to miss such an article as a pie, blacksmith?” asked the sergeant, confidentially. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z While his mother was out delivering pies, Wash copied the address from her desk drawer and headed out along the highway toward Tyler. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He dodged every rubber band, coconut custard pie, mud clod, and wadded-up sock ball they flung his way. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Francie put the bread and pie away and folded the bag neatly to be used the next time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The power beam you get when you hit level-99 in Final Fantasy and learn the Ultima spell that goes through the crust of the planet like it’s the crust of a pie. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “It’s just sometimes, it sure seems like Black folks get way too big of a helping of that unfair pie.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z The stories of Herr Thiessen continue through dessert, interrupted only by a discussion about why the cake is called a pie when it is clearly cake. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They almost forgot about eleven o’clock, the mud pie making was so beguiling. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The pot roast, collard greens, sweet potatoes, and baked apple pie. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Hilly, you just won Minny Jackson’s pie! Congratulations,” says the woman to her left. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Like when cartoon skunks smell a pie on a windowsill and float uncontrollably toward it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Coffee, homemade sausage sandwich, and strawberry-rhubarb pie,” he says to the woman behind the counter. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If you can put rainbow sprinkles on ice cream, why not Skittles on pie? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z So we had salmon and bean pies when I was little.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I was better fed this time, for Libby had provided me with all manner of victuals—fruit, meat pies, clapbread. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z No one knew exactly how many pies his thumb had explored, but it was known that he was a clever and comparatively rich man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He squashed the entire pie in his mouth and chewed it contentedly. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Harry got the wishbone, and while we waited for SanJuanna to cut the pies, he got up and walked around the table to share it with Travis. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Calder made two pumpkin pies that afternoon with his mom, and played three games of solitaire. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Finn smelled cake and apple pie, and his stomach turned him in the direction of the refreshment stand, the goat trailing behind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She also makes an amazing strawberry-rhubarb pie that won a blue ribbon at the county fair a few years back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The strawberry is completely transformed into an intricate, beautiful rosette, which he puts on the side of the pie. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She shovels her pie in one bite after another with no time to chew. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The makeshift table was soon overflowing with food—oatmeal cookies, cheese grits, hot biscuits and honey, a sweet potato pie, Apple Brown Betty, black-eyed peas, fried chicken, corn pudding, pulled pork, and pickled pigs’ feet. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z La Llorona removed the lids from the footed pie dishes, picked two of them up, and pointed to the others for me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z They ate suckling pig that night, and pigeon pie, and turnips soaking in butter, and afterward the cook had promised honeycombs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They lined the underbelly of the building’s colossal cathedral ceiling like glowing slices of pie. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It was like someone handing him a lemon meringue pie and telling him not to throw it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Cool. If it’s pie, you can have my slice.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Pa would get pretty excited if I showed up with one of Mrs. Brown’s pies. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Uncle Al is in the pie car, sitting behind a plate of steak and fries. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z But that night, when the cook asked if she would like some eel pie for dinner, Roza said, “Yes. Thank you very much.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Lots of ladies brought cake or pie—like if somebody had died. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I get someone to teach me to make barrels or rope or meat pies. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Used to be where Grandma set all the apple pies and crisps to cool. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Mom has a job as a waitress in a spa town, the kind of place where rich people like an actual human in an apron to serve them chocolate pie and call them “Hon.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He drank the ale, and then more leisurely began on the pie. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She admitted that in Little Rock nobody was going to give me a knife or let me anywhere near the pie of abundance. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So over our gooseberry pie we looked at the pros and cons of one, two, three, and four chains, quickly dismissing one- chain helices as incompatible with the evidence in our hands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z After we each had a piece of pie, Grampa leaned back and sighed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z But to my astonishment I saw one or two had dropped pies into his bowl. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In with the pies and the blanket and the fan from the National War Savings Day parade was something that would no doubt surprise everyone at the picnic. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Because there is that case full of pies in the diner and my brain just umm took the wrong bus on that. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Impressed by her intensity, the counter man shoved six loaves and the least battered of the rejected pies at her and took her two dimes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Grandmother’s friends had given us a basket of apples, so there was apple strudel, apple pie, apple butter, baked apples, and apple jelly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While I bolted down my pie, Grandpa blurted out that Son Black had come in the store that morning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew Kira would have made a pie, and there would be thick cream swirled with honey to mound on top of it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I decided this was what I was going to do: I would get my slice of the pie by becoming a singer. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Monday following, Teacher saw her in the hall before class and asked her how the poor family had enjoyed the pie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m beginning to realize that their respect isn’t as sim- pie as it seems. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The food was eaten with a lot of praise and wine, the fried chicken, the greens, the pies. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Where were the knickknacks, the jukebox, the glowing shelf of pies, the deep maroon booths? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The kitchen yielded no lemon cakes, but they did find half of a cold strawberry pie, and that was almost as good. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He knew as a Negro he wasn’t going to get a big slice of the pie. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Paul played the piano while I ate a slice of rhubarb pie, which his mother made and left at the church for us every day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Usually I find her there, stirring milk on the stove and heating up a slice of apple pie. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Altruism,” he concluded, “is the kind of pie best eaten with a lot of gravy and little inspection of the kind of kidney it’s stuffed with.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There was one challenge where Ruby had to make pie, and she ended up in the bottom two. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She looked nervous, and she held a pie tightly in both hands. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She cut two pieces from the apple pie and gave them to Ruth and me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Pecola slid in the pie juice, one leg folding under her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “Would you like more zucchini, sweetie pie?” and “Did I make enough potatoes, honey bun?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She said, “Good thing I baked this here pie. I hate to go for something like this barehand.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Campbell offered the Americans food now, steaks and mashed potatoes and gravy and mince pie, if they would join the Free American Corps. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris said the people with the best jobs at the Fair were the judges who got to taste all the cakes and pie s and loaves of bread and cookies and everything. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The pies for the week were apple, lemon meringue, pear, pineapple, cherry, and egg custard—for Tuesdays through Sundays. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was a hot day, but there came a chill in the air as I finished my pie. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Grandma Post let us have leftover peanut-butter pie for breakfast while she played solitaire, occasionally looking up through her thick glasses at the Perry Mason rerun she had on, the volume blasting. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z “She’ll be all right. Maybe you’d better climb off and go up to the house for a little. You could get maybe a piece of pie up there.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He shunned the lamprey pie and tried only one small spoonful of the stew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She takes food, a cake or pie or loaf of bread baked by Rita, or a jar of jelly, made from the mint leaves that grow in her garden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Hermione refused, with a pained look at the way the elves kept bowing and curtsying, but Harry and Ron loaded their pockets with cream cakes and pies. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z And we had to sample them all in search for the perfect pie. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t dare show her pickles, but she wanted some reflected glory in case the gooseberry pie won. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He picked up a flat piece of wood, shaped like a fourth of a pie. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie just hands me my change envelope and my Pagoda Phone and eight pies in hot bags, and rattles off four addresses. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Our protection—our insurance, it’s gone if the pie secret is out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Well. Wasn’t that sweet? Someone must’ve signed me up for that pie.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Yesterday we had mashed potatoes, grapes, chicken glass of milk each ice cream each a big sauce dish full awful good too lemon pie cake don’t you think that is pretty good.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Girard was a rich Frenchman with a finger in every pie; he was a merchant, an importer, and a banker. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I doubts that. Sweet bread is pure. But a pie is the worse thing to give anybody ailing. I’m surprised Jimmy didn’t know better.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He belonged at home—home, where his mother always let him have the first piece of apple pie because he was there and the other boys were away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z If you make the ninety-first cut of the apple pie, if you slice a carbon nucleus, you make not a smaller piece of carbon, but something else—an atom with completely different chemical properties. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After I ate that little pointed piece of pie and made my wish, I went out front to watch Gus do some weeding in the vegetable garden. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Watching the Warrens live was like watching a magic trick, as miraculous as transforming an empty soda can into a silver pitcher, or pulling a steaming pie from a silk top hat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I said, “My mother don’t bake no pies. My mother writes poems about the revolution. My mama exists. Your mama’s invisible.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Hush now,” Rhoda said, but she gave him another pie and offered seconds to the twins, too. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Sam gave up halfway through her chocolate cream pie: the slice was half the size of her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z With that, determined to show us she wasn’t going to let us spoil her meal, she put a piece of pie in her mouth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mid-Atlantic gang devoured their pepperoni pies the fastest and then nailed every single question about When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He set down his oatmeal creme pie ... and noticed that his fingertips were turning to smoke. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z After eating these he still felt hungry and told Claudia she could have twenty-five cents more for pie if she wished. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Kendra raised the weed digger, holding the pie tin in her other hand. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “That’s not the point—whether you swing a hammer or not, daughter. The point is one day you’ll step out on that back porch and smell Elijah’s new wife’s pecan pie cooling from her windowsill.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Someone said, “Ovens? Are they baking pies for us?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She hummed what she recalled of Verdi and bumped her elbow on an old pie tin pretending it was a tambourine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Colonists grilled the birds, stewed them with salt pork, and baked them into pies; they plucked their feathers to stuff mattresses, pickled them in barrels as a winter treat, and fed them to livestock. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She baked vinegar pies and dried-apple pies, and filled a big jar with cookies, and she let Laura and Mary lick the cake spoon. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you didn’t, sweetie pie. Jo, you can’t scratch anymore, okay? If you have to, pat it, like Matthew said.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Dwight and Cotton hooted and hollered, slapping their knees and saying, “Squirrel pie?” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Next she was stumbling past the dead men on their gibbet, while Hot Pie told their captors he'd bake them pies and tarts if they didn't hurt him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They ordered two steaks medium rare, baked potatoes, French fries, fried onions, succotash, side dishes of macaroni and hominy, salad with Thousand Island dressing, cinnamon rolls, apple pie and ice cream, and coffee. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Francie couldn’t stand it; that beautiful pie thrown away and she had never tasted pumpkin pie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Toomer. I’m gonna have to bake you some sweet potato pie and bring it down to you sometime this week.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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