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Beyond pumpkin pie: Thanksgiving baking tips with pastry chef Gesine Bullock-Prado

Overhead view of three mini pies - apple pie pumpkin pie and pecan pie / Thanksgiving Desserts
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This hour, we discuss all the different Thanksgiving pie options and how to make them flawlessly.

Live call-in conversation: One of the best parts of planning a Thanksgiving menu is picking out pies. Will you play it safe with a store-bought pumpkin, or try baking something unexpected, like, say, chocolate bourbon pecan pie?

This hour, host Mikaela Lefrak talks with a celebrated pastry chef about favorite pie recipes and baking tips.

Our guest is:

  • Gesine Bullock-Prado, pastry chef, instructor and cookbook author who lives in White River Junction; host of Food Network’s Baked in Vermont

Broadcast live at noon on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here and Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
Tedra worked on Vermont Edition as a producer and editor from 2022 to 2024.