Book Review of Cathy Barrow’s “When Pies Fly”

Hi, Angels Working On Earth Family!

Cathy Barrow, a food writer, cooking teacher, and pie maker, was beautiful to interview. Barrow writes a column in the Washington Post’s Food section called “Bring It.” She has written for the New York Times, Garden and Gun, The Local Palate, Modern Farmer, Saveur, Southern Living, NPR, National Geographic, and other publications.

In Conversation With Cathy Barrow

Her first cookbook, Mrs. Wheelbarrow’s Practical Pantry, won the prestigious IACP Award. She gave great advice about pitching recipe ideas to publishers. She spoke about the importance of pitching to food editors. She gave practical tips to those interested in pitching to publishers. The pitch must sing and be no more than 200 words. It is essential to get to the point. Be sure to include a link to previous works and an end date.

Most importantly. Barrow spoke about valuing your work, which meant not working for free!

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