With Hands and Heart: The Joys of Making, Sharing, and Learning Life Lessons From Pie

Kate McDermott's berry pies are a celebration of summer, best made with love and shared with loved ones, as all pies should be. Andrew Scrivani

Kate McDermott, pie maker, teacher, and lover, remembers very clearly the most important pie she ever made in her life.

She grew up in a multigenerational home, with her grandmother—affectionately known as “Geeg,” in her stubborn refusal to accept any label indicating elderliness—a seasoned home cook and baker who grew up on an Iowa farm. She had a knack for pie making; McDermott learned the craft at her side.