One hundred days of pie: No.19 The Crusty Pie Company

2017-06-15T15:29:05+01:00August 9th, 2014|

crusty1Bit of a daft name really isn’t? Surely by default a pie should have a crust otherwise it’s not a pie; nor is it crusty. 

Anyway, sweeping aside that minor pedantry, if you head to Market Street in Manchester at the minute you’ll find a load of market stalls. It spread around our place like wildfire “THERE’S A POP UP PORK PIE STALL NEAR THE ARNDALE” and indeed there was. We don’t get this kind of […]

Growler Watch

2014-03-05T22:41:59+00:00March 5th, 2014|

arjonesI make no apology as to where I come from. The town of Wigan is notable for many things in many spheres, indeed an almost remarkable amount for a town of it’s size. Most recently for a quite stunning portrayal of haute cuisine on Come Dine With Me. In a culinary sense though, it’s always been about the pies. 

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Disaster strikes…..but redemption taps in the rebound

2013-04-26T15:43:44+01:00April 26th, 2013|

StanforthsMarch was a good month for eating pies, according to my records I had 19 of them. Good work eh? Well, yes and no.
I’ve probably alluded to this in the past but the way I operate when I go pie hunting is that I take a camera along with me to get a photo of the goods and I […]

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