Pies - ruddy, warm, with heat from the heat - it is always a holiday, home, warmth, comfort. A good hostess, if necessary, can create a pie very quickly and literally "out of thin air," and if there is enough time and you want to amaze the guests with something extraordinary, it is quite possible that a real culinary masterpiece will appear. Using the recipes in this book, you can please yourself and your friends with a wide variety of pies, pies and cheesecakes.