Meatball Pie is adapted from Warren Brown's "Pie Love: Inventive Recipes for Sweet and Savory Pies, Galettes, Pastry Cremes, Tarts, and Turnovers." (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/MCT) ...

Stuffed with savory meats and veggies — think steak and ale, chicken and leeks, lamb and pork — these simple classics are the perfect comfort food, and oh-so delicious with their butter and/or ...

Tourtière, a French-Canadian meat pie native to Québec, always is served in Nancy Horn's family on Christmas Eve with a dollop of chili sauce. / Tim Dunn/RGJ As a little girl in braids, I ...

Louisiana is home to dozens of food-themed festivals, but few are named for as specific a dish as the Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival. The festival is held each fall in ...

“Brian Zenner, my Meat Fight buddy and I, were inspired by the bromance between Chewbacca and Han Solo in the cult classic film Star Wars,” says Sarah Green, pastry chef at the Joule. So the ...

Meat pies In ancient Rome, early meat pies used dough merely as a vessel for preserving the meat’s tenderness, not for eating with the filling.

On Christmas Eve, many French-Canadians will gather after midnight Mass for reveillon, a lavish dinner party that lasts into the wee hours. The traditional centerpiece is a savory, spiced meat pie.

And I do like the pastry-meat combo, even if it is veggie. Now I think about it, I remember I’m eating a really ancient food item: folks have been baking and eating pies like this for just about ...