Day 1: Hampsons / Sayers Meat and Potato Pie

2019-09-09T12:17:43+01:00September 8th, 2019|

Somehow, seven years has passed since I embarked on my ground breaking travelogue, the Life of Pies. It wasn’t the first or only book about pies, but it still remains the only book about eating pies, rather than the plethora of attempts at books determined to teach the public as to how to make a good pie. Seems a bit illogical to me. Why bake when you can buy and keep your local butcher, baker or even a candle stick maker in business? LOL, as if people still make a living making candles. Yep, they make a bloody fortune out […]

One hundred days of pie No.39 The Pound Bakery Chip Chop Curry Pie

2017-06-15T15:29:08+01:00September 14th, 2014|

poundbakery1You might recall a few blogs back I mentioned the bad press that Greggs get, simply for their mass market domination of the steak bake sector.

 To be honest, there is another company that have emerged in the North West which has also taken a bit of stick for it’s bold, affordable approach.

But what’s the problem here? People in the North West like eating PIES and the POUND BAKERY simply makes the money in […]

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