{"id":425,"date":"2014-01-19T15:53:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/lifeofpie13\/?p=425"},"modified":"2014-01-19T15:59:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T20:59:07","slug":"an-experiment-in-recipe-synthesis-the-thanksgiving-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/lifeofpie13\/savory-pies\/an-experiment-in-recipe-synthesis-the-thanksgiving-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"An Experiment in Recipe Synthesis: The Thanksgiving Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we were throwing around the idea of ‘an entire Thanksgiving dinner baked into a pie’ in class, I laughed and appreciated the ridiculousness along with the rest of my baking buddies. But something about the idea took root in that part of my brain where thoughts like ‘how awesome would it be to make a \u00a0giant kit-kat bar’<\/a> and ‘I wonder if you can take cats for walks<\/a>?’ flourish. Or it might have been the fact that I missed the traditional turkey, mashed potatoes, green vegetables, something orange, and pie Thanksgiving while I was away in Turkey. Either way, the idea stuck, and even though no recipe for this existed online yet, I was not going to let that stop me.<\/p>\n

First, I had to do a bit of research. That meant looking up every vaguely related recipe to this concept and picking up ideas from them. The first mockup of my internal schema for the grand design for this pie contained a layer of bacon mac & cheese. Upon consultation with my idea guy (read: girlfriend), that part was shot down as the flavor could be too overpowering in relation to the others, it could make the pie soggy, and layers of filling was something to be avoided, if at all possible. Onto Step 2…<\/p>\n

I found the perfect approximation of what I wanted for my pie here<\/a>. Unfortunately, they did not also offer a recipe. So, it was back to the drawing board to create my own. After viewing a few more recipes, I decided on the following concept:<\/p>\n