Sometimes my mom seems absurdly perfect. She never sweats, no matter how hot it is, and when you go to her house, she has pies like this just sitting on the counter. It's ridiculous, really.
This peach pie was perhaps the best pie I have ever tasted -- in large part due to the peaches themselves, which have been outstanding this summer. But the crust was so flaky and light that my brother-in-law likened it to elephant ear cookies, which, when good, are puff pastry-esque. The secret is frozen butter. It's no secret, really, but it's the key.
If you want to someday be like my mom, start practicing now. She uses Jimmy Dodge's all-butter crust from his book Baking with Jim Dodge. He says, and my mother implores, that the peach skin should remain on. Break a leg, bakers.
'Summer Broadway Festival'
Broadway tunes associated with the Tonys, the Oscars, and the Grammys are trumpeted in this... More>> Town Hall,
Mon., July 13, 8:00pm,
$40-$115
Aimee Mann
An upscale wine bar (with seats) is definitely the way to hear Aimee Mann these days: Though... More>> City Winery,
Mon., July 13, 8:00pm,
$30-$60
Bill Carothers Trio
Making a home in the shade of upper Michigan's Porcupine Mountain ain’t the... More>> Village Vanguard,
Daily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 9:00pmDaily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 11:00pm,
$30-$35
Chuck Mangione
With the possible exception of Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain, Mangione's Feels So Good did... More>> Blue Note,
Daily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 8:00pmDaily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 10:30pm,
$20-$35
Jucifer
Fifteen or so years in and grunge-era reprobates Jucifer still have not really broken out... More>> Cake Shop,
Wed., July 15, 9:00pm,
$8
Bill Carothers Trio
Making a home in the shade of upper Michigan's Porcupine Mountain ain’t the... More>> Village Vanguard,
Daily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 9:00pmDaily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 11:00pm,
$30-$35
Lovvers
The second band in a trend of "double V bands" (you’ll have to thank Wavves for that),... More>> Cake Shop,
Thu., July 16, 8:00pm,
$10
Bill Carothers Trio
Making a home in the shade of upper Michigan's Porcupine Mountain ain’t the... More>> Village Vanguard,
Daily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 9:00pmDaily from Tue., July 14 until Sun., July 19, 11:00pm,
$30-$35
Grand Duchy
Duke Black Francis of Pixiesshire and his Duchess, Violet Clark, are the two chief citizens of... More>> Maxwell's,
Fri., July 17, 10:30pm,
$15
'Pop...with PizAZZ'
Jack-of-all-musical-trades Johnny Rodgers and his band perform mostly the fellow's own works. He... More>> Feinstein's at the Regency,
Fri., July 17, 8:30pmSat., July 18, 8:30pm,
$33.09-$49.85
Siren Music Festival
Even "Shoot the Freak" is feeling the recession nowadays, but a few things at Coney Island are... More>> Coney Island,
Sat., July 18, 12:00pm,
free
Twelfth Night
She played a princess and a family fuck-up, sang like an angel at the Oscars, and looked... More>> Delacorte Theater,
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., June 10 until Sun., July 12, 8:00pm,
free
Lincoln Center Festival
The crowning achievement of last year's Lincoln Center Festival, the massive production of... More>> Multiple venues,
Daily from Tue., July 7 until Sun., July 26,
HOT! Festival
The homos are feelin’ hot, hot, hot again, and they’re letting off steam at Dixon... More>> Dixon Place,
Daily from Wed., July 1 until Thu., August 6,
$15-$18
This World and Nearer Ones
Looking for the perfect island getaway? We know one that won't cost you a penny. Take the ferry... More>> Governors Island,
Every week Friday, 11:00pmEvery week Saturday, Sunday, 12:00pm,
free
Black Acid Co-op
Like their first project, Hello Meth Lab in the Sun, which explored the seedy nature of drug... More>> Deitch Projects,
Daily from Tue., July 7 until Sat., August 15,
free
Stephen Shore
Who doesn't wish they could go back in time for a peek inside Andy Warhol's glamorous tin... More>> 303 Gallery,
Daily from Tue., July 14 until Fri., July 17,
free
Intersections Intersected
David Goldblatt didn't choose to photograph a racially segregated society, he just happened to... More>> New Museum,
Daily from Wed., July 15 until Sun., October 11,
newmuseum.org
Looking at Music: Side 2
We know, we know—downtown's not what it used to be. But for those of us too young to... More>> MoMA,
Daily from Wed., June 17 until Mon., November 30,
$12-$20
Singing Her to Sleep
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, where castles grew out of flowers . . . Sounds... More>> Giant Robot New York,
Daily from Sat., June 27 until Wed., July 15,
free
Stephen Shore
Who doesn't wish they could go back in time for a peek inside Andy Warhol's glamorous tin... More>> 303 Gallery,
Daily from Tue., July 14 until Fri., July 17,
free
Stephen Shore
Who doesn't wish they could go back in time for a peek inside Andy Warhol's glamorous tin... More>> 303 Gallery,
Daily from Tue., July 14 until Fri., July 17,
free
Pig
To say the group exhibition presented by the Pig was in the realm of chaotic would be a huge... More>> Deitch Projects,
Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Sat., April 25 until Sun., August 9, 10:00am,
Unica Zurn: Dark Spring
The Drawing Center scores again with this exhibit of unnerving dream visions inked in the 1950s... More>> The Drawing Center,
Every week Saturday from Sat., April 18 until Thu., July 23, 12:00pmEvery week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from Fri., April 17 until Thu., July 23, 10:00am,
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