Never let it be said that I don’t take my pie seriously. Pie, like most of the food I make, I like to make from scratch. Call me a slow foodie, call me obsessive compulsive, just don’t call me late for pie! So here, days before Thanksgiving, I start my meal preparations not with brining a turkey (a practice I frown upon, btw), but with the most basic of ingredients for that most essential of dishes: the pumpkin pie spices, (1) cinnamon, (2) ginger, (3) nutmeg, and (4) allspice.

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