Neal Rubin
Kids learn to bake pies in fundraiser for autism
It seems to Renee Clark that pie-making has skipped a generation. Grandma can bake, but mom can no more roll a crust than she can roll a hoop down the street with a stick.
Given that Clark owns the Grand Traverse Pie Co. (GTPC) franchise in Sterling Heights, you'd think she would be glad about that. The fewer pies cooling in kitchens, the more being taken home in boxes from her store at 44951 Schoenherr Road.
She's a traditionalist, though, and if you're truly devoted to pie, you want everyone to have more of it. So from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, she and the GTPC Kids' Make and Bake Road Show are inviting children to create their very own pie, free of charge.
The bakery and café company, based in Traverse City, unveiled its mobile kitchen at the National Cherry Festival in July. It lets 60 young bakers per hour craft and cook a 6-inch pie -- in this case, an ABC, short for Michigan-grown apple, blueberry and cherry.
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The target audience is pre-school through age 12, but as long as there's time and space, no child will be turned away. Donations will be collected on site for the Macomb Intermediate School District Autistic Impaired Program.
Clark being a generous soul, she says she'll also tally up her Friday and Saturday receipts and cut the program a slice.
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