"The site that elevates tofu to a foodstuff."

Welcome to the glorious Gallimaufry that is Flaming Pie - a collection of vegetarian recipes and increasingly deranged blether from the man known as "The Pie."

The emphasis is on Good Food. I don't go a whole bunch on the hair shirt school of vegetarianism - all lukewarm brown rice and weave-your-own muesli. This site contains some crackin' recipes which just happen not to contain bits of dead things. I try to be willfully eclectic, so you will see recipes from diverse cuisines, including (so far) Italian, Moroccan, Egyptian, Indian, Italian, Scottish, Bolivian, Lebanese, Cypriot and Welsh - As well as some from the Peoples' Republic of Pieland.

Flaming Pie started as an informal service e-mailing recipes to a like-minded collection of friends and colleagues. As time went on, membership grew and the non-recipe comment, ramblings and half-baked philosophy became an essential part of the deal as their author descended into madness. The name Flaming Pie was acquired as an ironic tribute to the late Mrs. Beatle. You may know that Flaming Pie is also the title of an "Album" of popular music by Paul McCartney. The domain name was bought with some trepidation. The dotcom had already gone, and I feared reprisals from the notoriously litigious Apple Corps. Fortunately, it turned out to be owned by a very nice man in Fran Sancisco. Anyway, it would have looked odd if they'd sued a site promoting meatless cuisine. But if you're listening, Macca, that rock 'n roll gig you recorded at the Cavern was pants!

It's all a bit messy at the moment. It's knitted together from three years' worth of e-mails, so apologies if I've dropped any stitches. That also explains why the blethery bits are mixed in with the recipes themselves. I like to think of it as "quirky." If you want to join in the fun - I'll add you to the e-mail list. Contributions are always welcome.

Meantime - happy cooking. I suggest that if you like this site or use any of the recipes, you might want to give a contribution to a suitable charity.

I 'ad that Marco-Pierre White in the back of me cab, once.

Copyright notice: All recipes and other text on this site are the intellectual property of the domain owner for FlamingPie.co.uk. Permission is freely granted to re-use or circulate material for non-commercial purposes only, provided that it is accompanied by this copyright notice, repeated in full. Oh, aye! As if you could make money with this shite!