When I visited author, gardener and cook, Judy Barrett, at her home in Taylor, Texas, she had just made a batch of Lemon sesame Cookies. She used lemons she'd harvested from her lemon tree the day before.

Once a week I go through my refrigerator and assess what produce is still waiting for my attention. This time of year, I usually find enough winter vegetables and greens to make a great soup, or vegetable pie.

If you love chocolate chip cookies and pie, then the recipe below generously provided by Bud "The Pieman" Royer, will satisfy your craving.

Chef Pamela Nevarez-Fisher adapted this recipe from an old Fannie Farmer Cookbook. She says she's put her own touches to it, and adds that because she's "terrible at pie crust, your listeners and readers should use their favorite basic pie crust."

This pie comes from Benjamin Baker, Executive Chef at Travaasa Austin. It's something he recently developed, and if he does say so himself, "It is pretty yummy." Looking at the recipe, we don't doubt that assessment for a second.

Shepherd’s Pie or Cottage pie is a savory pie made of meat with a mashed potato crust. According to Wikipedia: The term cottage pie is known to have been in use in 1791,when the potato was being introduced as an edible crop affordable for the poor (cf. "cottage" meaning a modest dwelling for rural workers). ..The term "shepherd's pie" did not appear until 1877.

Crust + filling + baking = pie. It seems like easy math, but things--little things--can go awry and there goes all hope of a perfect pie.

This recipe for Sweet tea Pie comes from Olivia/Lucy’s pastry chef Taff Mayberry, based on a recipe from Olivia chef/owners James Holmes’ mom.

Tastes can change. The proof of that is my sister Toni. When we were growing up she loathed mushrooms. In fact, we (her older and meaner siblings) could make her cry simply by waving one of the vile fungi in front of her sweet, cherubic, mushroom-hating face.

The Pie Society, is an Austin, Texas based pie bakery that offers complimentary delivery of the freshly baked pastries within a defined delivery area in town. Although, if you outside the designated zip codes, you could always ask nicely, and the bakers just might make an exception.