The Four & Twenty Blackbirds Pie Book is by Melissa and Emily Elsen, the sisters who are third generation pie bakers from South Dakota and proprietors of the wildly popular Brooklyn Pie Shop and Cafe, Four & Twenty Blackbirds. The cookbook contains over sixty delectable pie recipes organized by season, with groundbreaking and mouthwatering pie combinations such as Salted Caramel Apple, Green Chili Chocolate, Black Currant Lemon Chiffon, and Salty Honey. There is also a detailed and stunning techniques section.

The book has photos and illustrations of the Elsen sisters’ beautiful creations. And the photographers are Gentl & Hyer, two of the best food photographers in the country today. Pie may be the ultimate comfort food in these recessionary homemade times. This may not be your mother’s pie book, but it’s one you’ll want to bake from and share with loved ones again and again.