It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like PIE Time!

Classic apple and apple-cranberry ipies now available for ordering on my Good Eggs webstand!

Order by Friday, December 20 for delivery on Monday, December 23.

Happy Holidays ipie fans!

Time to order your ipies for your
Thanksgiving feast!


Pre-order your ipies for your Thanksgiving feast and pick them up or have them delivered to you on Wednesday, November 27.

Available for pre-order is our classic apple ipie and apple-cranberry ipie.


This year ipies will be available for order from the Good Eggs special Thanksgiving webstand!


From the Good Eggs Thanksgiving Market page -- select Pre-Order for Wednesday, November 27


They have pick up and/or delivery locations in San Francisco, the Peninsula, East Bay and Marin!

ipies are $5 each -- minimum order one pack of 4 ipies. 

Questions?  Email us!

Please place your order by Wednesday, November 20.


Gobble Gobble Gobble...........

I spy ipie!

The happiest time of the year is finally here!  Summer fruit season is in full swing and we are baking them into luscious ipies!

So far mixed berry, blueberry and raztarine (nectarine/raspberry) have had their star turn.  And peach season is just a few weeks away.  Will there be sour cherries this year?  So far, that now-you-see-them-now-you-don't-fruit haven't been readily available in quantity but we are still hopeful!

Come see us at our weekly pop up at Just For You Cafe from 4-6 in the Dogpatch neighborhood of SF on Fridays or at the Palo Alto Farmers' Market Saturday from 8-noon.  You can also email us to order or go to our Good Eggs webstand.

And remember to always:  Eat More Pie!

ipie at Firehouse 8 this Saturday, April 20!

So happy to kick off the arrival of Spring with blueberry ipies!

We will be at the historic Firehouse 8 in San Francisco this Saturday, April 20 starting at 10 a.m.

As always, you can reserve your ipies for pick up by sending me an email.

Hope to see all ipie fans this Saturday!

Milestone for Artisan Food Producers in California! Homemade Food Cottage Act now the Law

**Update** Check out the article by Tara Duggan in 1/13/13 in the San Francisco Chronicle! 



On September 21, 2012 artisan food producers across California rejoiced!

On that day California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB1616 into law --  effective January 1, 2013 -- allowing producers of non-hazardous food products to be produced in a home kitchen.

This was a huge victory for small food producers as it takes away one of the biggest barriers to starting a food business -- finding an inspected commercial kitchen to rent.  Such kitchens are not only hard to find given the huge demand, but are also expensive to rent.

Now small food producers can first find out if they have a market for their products before they take that next business leap of renting a commercial kitchen.  There will still be a food safety test to pass, permits to apply for and license fees to pay, but this is a huge step in letting market forces determine the success of a business.

And it can only be a good thing to bring the customer and the food producer closer together.

After the excitement of having the bill signed came the reality that there was a lot of work to be done in order to have the bill implemented by January 1, 2013.  Although it is now a state law, it is up to the individual cities and counties to administer it.

I am honored to be one of the cottage food producers on the working group to help the state implement the law.  And I must say, I'm in awe of the folks on that committee --   health inspectors, lawyers, consumer advocates, city planners -- all have the same goal as us bread, pie and jam makers -- to get permits issued as quickly as possible.

San Francisco, the city and county that I live in, is still working on implementing the law and I'm optimistic that it will happen within the next few weeks.  Although I'm more than a little sad that Los Angeles beat San Francisco to the punch in issuing permits!

A big thank you to the rock stars that made this law a reality including:
Christina Oatfield and her co-workers at the Sustainable Economies Law Center 
Mark Stambler, of the L.A. Bread Bakers
Assemblyman Mike Gatto and his staff

And here are a few links if you want more information on the law:

A brief article by reporter Tara Duggan for the San Francisco Chronicle
The California Department of Health website -- great info. here
The "stay tuned" message on the San Francisco Department of Health Website

(photo courtesy the SELC)

hapPIE New Year!