This is the peak of baking season.  Pies, cookies and, cakes oh my!  Today we’re talking PIE!  Men like pie!  Given the choice of any dessert, a man will pick PIE!  I don’t know why, but they do.    Pie crust is tricky.  Everybody knows it.  That’s why Pillsbury makes a refrigerated one that isn’t horrible.  The frozen ones are not terrible either. Calling a pie homemade that uses a store bought crust and a can of fruit filling is a great big, fat lie.  We call that assembly, not cooking.  Ok, now that you’ve been properly scolded let’s talk about said pie crust.  If you’ve gone to the trouble of making a real one you certainly don’t want to burn the damn thing.  The old fashioned remedy is wrapping foil around the edge of the pie in its pan.  If you’ve ever tried it, you know that it’s as easy as nailing jello to a wall.  You cut strips of foil, crumble it up so it forms to the edge of the pan.  As soon as one fits, the others fall off.  You need this when 12 people are coming for dinner, right?  The modern remedy is the silicon pie shield.  It is four pieces of silicone made to fit on the pan, no matter its size, happy to kiss up to his friend next to him.  They all sit there guarding the sacred crust from high temperatures.  Voila! Perfect pie!  These little darlings then go right into the dishwasher for cleaning to be used again and again.  They sit together in one little bunch in your drawer waiting for the next pie making extravaganza.