Traditional pie-making with a contemporary twist. ✨
At Sister Pie in Detroit, @lisalouiselud transforms local seasonal produce into unexpected flavor pairings — from Gouda & Apple to Blueberry Blossom crumble pie.
Because pie is always better when shared.
Break out your bench scrapers and rolling pins, bakers! The recipes and accompanying videos for making, rolling out, and crimping all-butter pie dough are up on Your Weekly Slice of Sister Pie (link in bio!). 🥧
The fabulous @katiebarkel of @formation_films created this little series with me and we’re filled with ideas for future vids! Special thanks to @jennyandjackiemusic for providing the tunes! 🎥🥰🎵
I planted pansies in April to commemorate a decade of SP on Kercheval. A somewhat reckless embrace of my own complicated relationship with nostalgia, it’s hard to look away from that younger me in the second slide — toothy, beaming, optimistic...albeit a bit naive. 😉
I’ve been avoiding an attempt to share what the past 10 years have been, how it’s felt, and what’s on the horizon. Leading up to April 24, I spent weeks mining our social media accounts for the feel-good moments of the past. All of this “remember when?” illustrated something that I’d already known and was desperate to communicate — the incredibly stark difference between the first 5 years and the last 5 years.
The first 5 years weren’t easy, but they were ELECTRIC. Lines out the door, creativity bursting at our seams, a cookbook, profit growth year over year, inspired pursuit of the Triple-Bottom-Line business model, and an endless amount of hard work for everyone involved. Still, I’ve always grappled with the concepts of journey vs destination, with vision and strategy, with “work-life balance” and the meaning of success.
And then, on a global scale, the pandemic happened! And a whole lot of other terrible stuff! The last 5 years have nearly broken me, broken us, broken Sister Pie. The lines have slowed, the creativity has waned, and the profit simply doesn’t exist. But we’re working harder than ever. What the heck?! My ever-present mental health challenges often leave me feeling immobilized and hopeless — how can I support a team and a business to thrive when I can barely hold it together?
That’s not to say there hasn’t been a whole lot of goodness, too. There are regular moments of triumph and celebration with our sweet, dynamic team of bakers, with the encouraging, supportive customers, with the breathtaking produce and flowers from farmer friends, just to name a few. Not to mention my own circle of support — the family and friends who hug me and hear me and love me through happy and sad tears. I am grateful for all of you.
I’m gonna try to embrace the dichotomy of owning a business as I plug away. I sincerely hope SP has many decades ahead, and I hope you’ll be there too. ❤️
Yesterday I celebrated one year without alcohol. What started as saying “yes” to an NA beer at a pal’s turned into the answer to years of questioning, anxiety, and unhappiness with my relationship to booze.
It took me the time it took to get here because I would always convince myself that the quantity I was drinking didn’t merit some dramatic commitment to quitting. But whenever I drank, no matter how often or how much, I felt physically and emotionally disconnected from myself.
Here I am, one year later (and quite freshly 40!), with so much to show for it. A big smile, deeply supportive friends and family, a beautiful relationship with a loving man, clarity, mindfulness, energy, focus, and far fewer headaches. I’m proud. ❤️
Dearest Reynolds 😭❤️ Thank you for spending the vast majority of Sister Pie’s first decade by my side. We danced, we laughed, we argued, we cried, and we worked really damn hard to get this special lil’ business to where it is today: a constant work-in-progress, the bane of our existence, the passion and joy of our lives. The older I grow, the more I’m finding value and ease in letting go of any story for the future. We’ll figure some of it out together, we’ll figure some of it out apart. 👯♀️ I love you not like a sister but AS a sister. See you later today probs. 🤣
