 Mikey Perillo loved peanut butter pie. I never met him, but I know that much about him. I also know that his wife Jennifer Perillo - a food writer, editor, recipe developer, and mother to their two daughters aged three and eight - loved that man beyond measure and would move heaven, hell and everything in between to serve him another piece of that pie. She never will. This past Sunday evening, Mikey Perillo collapsed to the floor and died of a heart attack. It happened too cruelly and swiftly for Jennifer to even have a chance to say goodbye or tell him that she loved him one last time. He'll never laugh, sing, hug, dance with his daughters, or sit down to one of his wife's lovingly home made meals again. It's no accident that her vocation is feeding people. It's what she does with her hands, heart and spirit. So it was no surprise to see, as the devastating news of Mikey's death rippled through the online food community, that friends - even those she'd never met - reached out to hold onto Jennifer as she fell. "We're so sorry." "I can't wait to hug you." "What can I do for you?" "How can I help?" "Can I feed you?" That's what the food world, the restaurant chefs, home cooks, farmers, craftspeople, servers and writers know how to do. They feed people. And that's what Jennifer wants them to do for each other and for Mikey's memory. On her blog In Jennie's Kitchen, she wrote:
Jennifer provided the recipe on her website, and my colleague Sarah and I will both be making peanut butter pies to serve to people we love. Join us - and hundreds of people around the globe as we celebrate a man who made the world a sweeter place for everyone around him. You never know when you might have a hungry heart of your own that needs feeding. Join the Facebook event Peanut Butter Pie Friday for Mikey and Jennifer Perillo and follow the hashtag #apieformikey on Twitter. If you make a pie and blog about it, please leave a link in the comments below. |
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Jennie got over $70,000 raised for her, but she's out spending it all on dinners at Gramercy Tavern, $600 shoes, new furniture. Many food bloggers are angry and calling for an accountability check with the charity Bloggers Without Borders. CNN needs to follow up on this "poor widow" story.
Would someone please tell me what kind of cookies? It just says chocolate and I'm not sure what kind to get.
The chocolate wafers – Nabisco – but any chocolate cookie would do.
We made a pie for Mikey. And I hugged my boys and husband and told them I loved them. You just never know when your time will come.
Love and healing vibes for Jennifer and her daughters, and a pie for Mikey.
http://lisamichele.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/a-peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey/
To Erin,
I am sending you a care package containing sympathy, empathy and reading comprehension. Please take the time to fully read AND understand an article before making moronic comments that show no compassion for a woman who is trying to honor her husband. And to think we all wonder what is wrong with our society. Lack of compassion perhaps? or just bad educational system?
Thank you for sharing this. We made a pie for Mikey as well, http://www.harvardcommonpress.com/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey/, and are so amazed by what the food blogging has done here.
http://probablycooking.blogspot.com/2011/08/pie-for-mikey.html
Made this pie tonight. Thought of Mikey while making it. RIP Mikey.
I came here today at the suggestion of a friend on another food board. I also just lost my beloved brown eyed man. He was killed by a drunk driver. Like Jennifer, I cooked for him and it was an expression of love, our meals were our sacred, personal time-outs in busy lives.
Yesterday, when time began again after a two-week stand-still, I found my cookbook still lying open to the next special meal being planned for him and I thought I'd never be able to enjoy corn fritters and dried cherry chutney again as long as I lived. But Jennifer has given me a better way to remember him, and has reminded me that sharing our love with others is more important than guarding it within. Love is a gift, meant to be shared. When you share your love and your sorrow, you heal.
My heart goes out to Jennifer, knowing that words cannot heal but hoping in the future, happy memories will make her journey through the day a little easier.
To Jennie with love, and to White On Rice with appreciation for so beautifully expressing what we are all feeling.http://youvegottotastethis.myrecipes.com/taste_this/2011/08/show-love-with-peanut-butter-pie.html
My husband and I made our pie with our 14-year old son... it was a lovely expression of our warmest thoughts and wishes of peace and comfort for Jennie and her girls.
http://www.fresheatsathome.com/a-pie-for-mikey-and-jennie/
I made a pie with love. http://fiddleheadforaging.blogspot.com/2011/08/pie-for-mikey.html
That pie looks very delicious. Just looking at it is making me hungry.
A day late. A dollar short. My pie for Mikey. http://mamieknits.blogspot.com/2011/08/pie-for-mikey.html
Jennie, please know that your husband knew that you loved him and did not base his love for you on that peanut butter pie. I, too, lost someone and spent months agonizing over things I wished I had said and/or done. When all is said and done, there are SO many other ways you showed your love that the pie or lack of it should not define your relationship with him. Remember all the wonderful moments. Push aside the things you might not have been able to get to. Erin–you could die tomorrow from any number health problems no matter how "healthy" you eat. I have seen that happen, too. Grow up Erin, and learn compassion and sympathy. Hopefully you will never have to deal with what Jennie is living through. If you do, pray people will be kinder to you than you have been to Jennie. Shame on you.
wake up and realize that the world isn't flat and wasn't created 5000 years ago, obviously even healthy ppl die however the likelihood of dying due to coronary artery disease is much MUCH higher if you eat an unhealthy diet and lead an unhealthy lifestyle so shame on you for propagating stupidity and why don't you get an education and learn that the world isn't flat
Wake up and realize that, thank the gods, you don't make decisions for everyone. Pretentios blowhard.
I have to say I think that the comments equating eating a peanut butter pie in memory of someone's life to smoking in memory of a lung cancer victim are completely missing the point of Jennifer's post. Her story broke my heart and I cannot even begin to imagine what she is going through. I believe her post was intended to encourage people to honor Mikey by doing something for someone that you love NOW instead of tomorrow because most often, like she has said, these gestures are on our "to-do list". We never get around to it because we can't imagine that there won't be a tomorrow. It isn't about a peanut butter pie, it is about reminding the people that we love in our lives every day how much we love them and striving to never look back and think "if only I had...".
I've never met Jennifer, and I hadn't read her blog until I noticed someone else's post about the pie but the support for her has been truly inspirational. Sending her family much strength and courage...
Made a pie and shared it with my husband and some friends:
http://spikessmoresandcouture.blogspot.com/2011/08/creamy-peanut-butter-pie-apieformikey.html
My husband has cancer, which was unexpected. Many of the methods used by the food business are not healthy. Take your choice: cancer, heart disease, stroke, vascular disease, non-alcoholic liver disease. I respect the loss, but celebrating his life with a peanut butter cream pie is like smoking in honor of a lung cancer victim. I'm sure that he didn't eat the pie every day, but what about the rest of the diet? There is not one health conscious dietician on the food shows.
He looked like a quite healthy man. Everyone enjoys a little treat once in a while, so what's the big deal? Maybe he also loved celery – but I highly doubt you'd get quite the same response telling everyone to eat celery.
those of you reading this article & making assumptions about the connection between what her husband ate and how he died might want to actually take a look at her blog. you'll notice that most of her recipes are actually very healthy, full of vegetables and other fresh ingredients. this just happened to be her husband's favorite dessert, and her intentions with her request was to encourage people not to hold off on doing nice things for the people they love because they might not be here tomorrow. the fact that people would act this way about a grieving widows request is unbelievable...
Made the pie, shared it with my family. It was amazing, and heartbreaking. http://glutenismybitch.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/gluten-free-creamy-peanut-butter-pie-for-all-the-wrong-reasons/
Great post, Kat.
Very heart breaking story. What a genuine couple, that really deserved better than that. I love my wife the same way, so I can relate. God bless you Jennie, you're a good women.
Jennie is loved all around the world.
http://feistyfoodie.com/2011/08/14/a-pie-for-mikey/
Peanut Butter Pie as a symbol of comfort #apieformikey http://wp.me/p1F0Wx-18V
i am sorry for your loss. i am going to make this pie for my family today. my thoughts are with you and your family, and may you be blessed for uplifting our hearts with your story. thank you for your kindness.
Pie for Mikey
http://ironyofbaking.blogspot.com/2011/08/pie-for-mikey.html?spref=tw
To Jennifer and family: You have my deepest sympathies in the passing if Mike. Loss is never easy, but it sounds like you have many, many wonderful memories of him to share. He will continue to be a presence in your lives because of that.
To those spouting off statistics of America's unhealthy habits: I respect your opinions, however, this may not be the place. Many of you do sound like you know what you are talking about, so please act on your knowledge, Get involved in your community. Many communities/cites have begun initiatives to get their cities healthier. Spouting off on message boards doesn't really change anything. Taking action does.
Lastly, like many other commenters, I want to share my peanut butter pie story! My grandfather loved anything peanut butter, especially peanut butter pie. Unfortunately, much like Jennifer, we didn't always make one for him during the holidays (although he said they tasted better then!). Since he passed in 2005, we now make one (or two) of the pies each year. While we are sitting together enjoying our peanut butter pie, we inevitably begin sharing memories of my grandfather. We've now realized that he meant it was "better" during the holidays because we were all together as a family.
agreed
I made a pie. I shared it with my neighbors. I shared the story and thanked them for being a part of our life. I modified the recipe and shared my story on facebook. Now, I have people asking for my peanut butter and nutella pie. Food made with love and shared is one of the greatest gifts of all.
I made a pie for Mikey! http://www.foodgoodlaundrybad.com/2011/08/pie-for-mikey.html
Your husband was a pie?
yes, sweetie pie
The irony, eating a fatty unhealthy pie that can lead to atherosclerosis and heart attacks to remember someone who died of a heart attack...
You are an idiot....and that is NOT irony!
^5 Susan, I totally AGREE !
i'm the idiot, while you're the fat slob sitting behind your computer eating a pie contributing to the obesity epidemic causing heart attacks and strokes to be the #1 and #3 causes of death in the US... ;)
oh and fyi for your puny minds sake the #2 cause is cancer and I guarantee you your fatty cells are contributing to that as well, just read up on pubmed a little instead of calling people idiots...
Dear Idiot@Truth-seeker.
Anybody can google 2007 facts and figures. The true facts are...Cancer rates are down,yet Dementia rates are UP,which means your Pube-Med stats are NOT factually correct. Next time you leave Mommy's basement,you might have Mommy take you to Compassion class at your local YMCA.
RichardHead, the reason cancer rates have been declining are due to preventative measures including pap-smears and smoking cessation programs (causing a decrease in cervical cancer and small cell lung cancer respectively)... so why not encourage habits that decrease heart attacks instead of promoting the very act that probably resulted in her husband's demise... oh and as far as compassion's sake I would much rather donate money to a foundation preventing a disease as opposed to promoting an act resulting in that same early demise...
and just for clarification her husband most likely died secondary to coronary artery disease from too much fatty deposits in the coronary arteries, young athletes who die secondary to a heart condition do not die because of a heart attack but due to arrhythmias from abnormal cardiac morphology
anyways i'm sorry for her loss and to make his death not be forgotten eat one less pie instead of one more pie!
RichardHead the reason dementia rates are on the rise is because uneducated old farts like you are living longer ;)
Douche my friend..I must say you have many probably's in your supposed scientific ranting. Youth demise can always be attributed to genetics from past generations including heart disease,stress and too much sexting while in Mom's basement. Do your thumbs hurt? Old Farts rule,that is why Polio,small pox and Trojan condoms were invented. We care about others,which is why I Love Cherry Pie. I guess those of us over 40 are now considered Old Farts...
Illnesses caused by fat are not down. If you want to eat to celebrate a life, choose something that is more healthy. It is irresponsible to smoke to celebrate the death of somebody with lung cancer, but people who might notice the similarity are called names. I'm dealing with a husband struggling to survive cancer; it isn't being friendly or supportive to gobble something that could make you sick.
Susan, you are a moron who clearly lacks a dictionary. That is practically the definition of irony. Let's all celebrate the untimely death of someone who loved to eat deadly food by making more deadly food and eating it. As they die we can repeat and... what's the word for that? Viral?
And you get the "Star of the Show" award for being a callous miscreant.
What a mean person.
For the love of....can you find an ounce of compassion???? Cold cold person...wait until something happens tragic in your life...see how much you will appreciate responses like yours.
Are you familiar with the concepts of tact, consideration and discretion? In making your point, you have revealed either (1) your lack of knowledge as to what is and is not an appropriate time to express such a thought or (2) your complete disregard for the feelings of others.
You and Elizabeth that posted else where here are colossal morons.
Thank you so much for your post. I've spent much of this week with Jennie and her girls on my mind. I've written about and I have a list of many of the pies and tributes created on my site. Please leave a comment on my site if you've made a pie. I'll add it.
http://www.thetomatotart.com/life/peanut-butter-love-loss-pies-for-mikey/
I have never heard of Peanut Butter Pie.
I've heard of MOLE' (pronounced MO-LEH)...a Latin chicken dish made with peanut butter.
The Pie looks delicisous (and fatting- all the better!)... I'm trying to gain weight.
May your Husband rest in peace...
And to Everyone enjoying a slice of Peanut Butter Pie... Remember Each Day with Our Loved Ones is a Special Day...
Don't Let "LIFE" get in the Way of that.
A lot of mini-pies to share . . .
http://foodfreakforlife.blogspot.com/2011/08/lets-make-pie-for-mikey.html
also, please remember to be sweet. . . the rude and snide comments have no place here. . . live with a little compassion so that you will get some in return.
Bringing this back, we made the pie last night and can't wait to have a slice today! http://www.amillionbox.com/2011/08/pie-for-mikey.html
My post on "For Mikey: Jennifer's Peanut Butter Pie" is on http://www.asianinamericamag.com
I met Jennifer Perillo at 'Eat Write Retreat" in DC last May. She was so warm and kind. Best of all, she encouraged me to keep cooking, writing and blogging about my Mom's recipes...urging me to never stop doing it, because it kept my Mom's memory alive. And so without hesitation I baked a Peanut Butter Pie yesterday Fri., for Mikey, and for Jennie and her girls. A pie and a hug to the ones we love....thanks for those messages, Jennie. Blessings to you and your family.
My peanut butter pie for Mikey and Jennifer: http://effiesfoodblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey.html
Much love. x
Heart out goes out to Jennie and the girls. Here's a pie for Mikey http://wannabetvchef.com/?p=7456
A Creamy Peanut Butter Banana Pie for Mikey and loved ones in our lives... http://joelens.blogspot.com/2011/08/creamy-peanut-butter-pie.html
I made the pie, we ate it and we sent our love to Jennie and the girls and all those that loved Mikey. The power of the internet is amazing, look past the trolls and see the good.
http://www.curiouswhy.com/2011/08/support/
A pie for Mikey shared and enjoyed with loved ones as we counted our blessings and sent our love and support across the Atlantic to Jennie and family.
http://littlemisscupcakeparis.blogspot.com/2011/08/for-jennifer-mikey-perillo-peanut.html
My other half does a lot of work related traveling. I always worry every time he leaves. I always pray for his safe return but then again, I can never be sure. He loves pies but he's also diabetic. He can splurge once in a while so I will make this pie for him and share it as well with our friends. My condolences to Jennifer and her family and thank you for inspiring us with this sad but wonderful love story.
For Mikey, with love. http://truesouthernelegance.blogspot.com/2011/08/today-i-made-pie-creamy-peanut-butter.html
My thoughts are with Jennie and her family.
http://2monkeysmomma.blogspot.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-pie-friday.html
My heart goes out to Jennie and her family. Here's my peanut butter mousse pie for Mikey. May he rest in peace, and may the family find only support, strength, peace and much love during these difficult days. http://urbanblissdesign.com/life/peanut-butter-mousse-pie-for-mikey-and-a-hug-from-the-online-world/
A pie for Mikey shared with my husband. http://kimberlymurrayphotography.com/a-pie-for-mikey/
My spouse's name is the same, and he also works long hours as noted in Jennie's blog. I have been very afraid of the exact same thing happening to us.
I had just gone to the store a few hours before I read this article. I went back and bought the ingredients and made the pie for my spouse. The thing is, the sentiment is exactly right, do it now because you don't know what tomorrow will be. Whether it be pie or a hug or a visit or just kind thoughts.
Wow ! this brought tears to my eyes ! I don't know you jennifer nor did I know your husband but I have been in your shoes 20 years ago . wish I could give you a hug right now . God bless you and your little girls .
P.S , b4 I had even read this I had just finished making my son a peanut butter pie !
http://t.co/3Ly9R9L
Thank you Eatocracy for sharing the story and for joining us in support of Jennie. Hug the people you love, do it today, don't let the opportunities slip away. Here's my pie for Mikey and Jennie: http://andreasrecipes.com/2011/08/12/peanut-butter-banana-pie-with-nutella-with-love-for-mikey-and-jennie/
Jennie is an amazing and strong woman. I'm so sorry she lost her love so suddenly. Here is #apieformikey and Jennie that I posted.
http://www.cakeduchess.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-pretzel-tart-for-jennie.html
http://allpossiblethings.typepad.com/possible_baker/2011/08/peanut-butter-pie.html
My hearts and thoughts go out to Jennie and her family at this time. She will always be on my mind whenever I make a peanut butter pie.
I am so honored to be a part of this – there is nothing I wanted to do more tonight then eat Peanut Butter Pie. My heart goes out to Jennie tonight. Here is my blog post:
http://www.themodchik.com/2011/08/mikeys-creamy-peanut-butter-pie/
Here's the peanut butter pie I made for Mikey and Jennie. http://eatingcleanrecipes.com/2011/08/recipe-vegan-chocolate-peanut-butter-pie-ice-cream/
i made a pie, and shared it with my beloved boys today. thinking good thoughts for jennie and her girls.
http://southernfriedgoodness.blogspot.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-pie.html
I had to make this pie. I can't stop thinking of Jennie and her girls, it just breaks my heart. My family loved Jennie's pie and I loved making it for them. http://www.missinthekitchen.com/2011/08/13/peanut-butter-pie/
Here's my post: http://www.saltyseattle.com/2011/08/how-a-pie-for-mikey-made-a-birthday-for-bentley-perfect/ How a Pie for Mikey Made a Birthday for Bentley Perfect
Jennie, I feel your pain. My husband also collapsed and died of a heart attack. My condolences to all of you.
I was incredibly touch by this article and the message of appreciation for all the people who make life worth living. I've made my peanut butter pies and intend on sharing them if only virtually with the friends and family that mean the world to me. http://nikkolee.squarespace.com/journal/2011/8/12/life-is-short-make-it-sweet.html
Made a Peanut Butter Pie for Mikey http://www.oneapron.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-pie/ - With love
I think it's less about the pie, but more about spending time with your loved ones today. Taking the time to do the things you keep putting off until tomorrow before there is no tomorrow. To those freaking out about the unhealthiness of a sometimes food, I feel one must induldge in life sometimes, then sit down and share a salad with your loved ones instead.
And Jennie, my thoughts are with you and your family today.
I made a different version because I didn't have all her ingredients on hand –
'Mini Nutella Whipped Pudding Pies for Two'
http://www.wishfulchef.com/2011/08/for-your-special-someone-mini-nutella-whipped-pudding-pies-for-two/
We made a pie for Mikey and Jennie:
http://coconutoilcooking.com/coconut-oil-blog-posts/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey/
A tribute to Mikey amd a celebration of love: http://www.breadandputter.net/love-and-pie/
Aw, how sad. Best wishes for his family. This pb pie idea is really great.
http://www.notesfromhomeplates.com/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey/
Well done! I loved reading the story and reminding me to say those 3 little words more often...
For Mikey and Jennifer:
http://www.melecotte.com/2011/08/nutter-butter-pie/
My heart is with Jennie and Mikey today: http://www.healthygreenkitchen.com/a-pie-for-mikey.html
I've had a chance to meet Jennie at a few food blogger conferences. This news was just so shocking and sad. Here's my post about the pie that I made:
http://www.theexperimentalgourmand.com/2011/08/12/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey/
Jennifer and her family have been on my mind a lot this week. I had to make a pie for her, for Mikey, for her girls, and for my loved ones.
http://poetinthepantry.com/2011/08/12/creamy-peanut-butter-pies-apieformikey/
I made a pie for Mikey and my family. We will share it today with a lot of love and laughter.
http://blackgirlchefswhites.com/wordpress/2011/08/12/a-pie-for-mikey/
I like your variation of the pie. I'm going to try both! Thanks!
Many condolences to Jen and her family. The pie sounds wonderful but it is not the same recipe as the photo depicts. For example, the recipe calls for a chocolate pie shell......that's not a chocolate pie crust in the photo. Or am I missing something?
It's a stock photo. I'm making my pie when I get home.
CNN, like most news organizations, probably has a subscriptions of stock photos. Likely they just used one of those. It happens a lot that the picture doesn't match the photo. Google the uproar over one of the vegetarian news groups using photos of meat that had been photoshopped for example.
doesn't match the recipe. Sorry, lol
Too funny, I just sent a note to my colleagues because I'm sharing my pie with them, and one replied back that she was just reading this article. A really touching story indeed. Here's a brief post on my experience: http://gogastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/08/delicious-dedication.html
My heart goes out to Jennie and her family. http://londonfoodieny.com/2011/08/12/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey/
Oh, h*ll, then make a tofu pie! The point, the REAL point, is reminding someone and yourself that you love each other. Shut down the computer, shut off the TV, share a piece of pie or split a brownie or drink a glass of water. (Actually, wine would be preferable. Red wine, to be healthier.)
its quite sad to see that the whole point of the story/post is lost on many of the posters here. the message is: tell your loved ones that you love them...however you convey that message. whether its a bite of their favorite treat, a day out at their favorite museum, or a quiet nite at home playing pinochle with the family. seize the moment and tell your loved ones that they're loved. life is short. take advantage of the time you have today. and this is for you trolls: dont waste it by being hateful about something/someone you know nothing about. breathe, and go eat a carrot.
You go eat a carrot! I'd rather eat some peanut butter pie!
Just wow.
Anyone else read this story thinking it was about Mikey from the Life cereal commercials?
Before I clicked the link to read the story... honestly... yes, I thought she was probably talking about that Mikey. :)
While ignorant people are posting that this man had a heart attack because of poor eating habits, it's amaizing that you base his heart attack because he loved peanut butter pie. WTF! Maybe he healthy food all month and he decided to give himeself a treat. Some of the so called "healthiest" people I know have health issues. WE ARE ALL HUMAN and when it's time for our a$$ to die, we die. We are all born with an expiration date. RIP Mr. Mikey Perillo. I'm going to make that peanut butter pie recipe you so dearly loved this weekend in honor of your memory. Heck I may even have 2 slices in one sitting!
But the expiration date can be hasten or extended by good eating habits, exercise and regular medical checkups. I'm not saying Mickey didn't do these things but any 3 of the aforementioned might be a better tribute.
those ignorant ppl are replying based on the logic that >90% of heart attacks are due to atherosclerotic fatty deposits in your coronary arteries causing a sudden emoboli completely occluding any blood flow through those arteries resulting in death, but hey go knock yourself out and have 10 pies, you're just hastening your own death
I will eat pie!! Healing thoughts and prayers for Jenn and Family,
RIP Mikey
Ok, I've been watching this bloodletting for a while now, and if nothing else, this should show us ALL, just how fleetingly short a time we have to walk this planet. Find the time to actually LOVE your loved ones...You really never know when you will lose them. If a peanut butter pie made this man happy, then by all means, ENJOY IT! Better to have had a life of happiness than one of deprivation. My heart just goesout to this family.
You could also die of being hit by a bus, but no one wants you to comment about that either. The point here is not to put off doing things to show you care for your loved ones. And her way of showing love was to "occasionally" (from her comment about putting it off until it was too late) make her husband his favorite treat. Reading comprehension, people. She's not suggesting you subsist on a diet of peanut butter pies. She's suggesting you show the people you love how much you care about them TODAY, because who knows what tomorrow holds. My heart goes out to Jennifer and her children, and I will strive to show my love for people as often as possible, because that is more helpful than harmful.
Excellent post!
Deep down, we all want to believe that by making all of the right choices, eating the right foods, exercising enough, etc., we can prevent ourselves from a a fate similar to Mikey's. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Otherwise healthy people develop diseases all the time, and it's very narrow minded for anyone to suggest that such diseases are deserved. Sure, making good food choices can help many of us extend our quality and length of life, however, this article gives very few details about the lifestyle of this family. Surely, I wish people would think before they type such narrow-minded comments.
Thank you for sharing Jennie's beautiful message. Today will be filled with pie, glorious pie, and I will share 12 small gifts with friends. May we all find the beauty in feeding our souls and honor Jennie's husband.
Erin,
The lack of animal fat has obviously effected your cognitive abilities. There are many reasons for heart attack including low body weight and lack of nutrition. How arrogant of you to think you can control life and fate by what you choose to eat.
You, Erin, cannot control life.
I am sorry no one ever baked you a pie.
And no, you don't get a piece of pie today.
But you can, to a certain extent, control your health which is a HUGE part of your life. To say it's all up to fate is naive.
I'll go for a 20 minute walk to honor Mikey.
The healthiest, hiking, mountain climbing, salmon instead of beef eating member of my family has three stints... Almost as many as Chenney. So fate IS involved. is it ALL up to fate? Maybe not. Is it ALL up to tofu? Not anymore than it is up to a piece of pie.
Wow, I am horrified by how judgementel and hurtful some of these posters are. She obviously hadn't made the pie in awhile and if you took the time to even read one of Jennifer's posts you'd see that a recipe like this was far from a regular occurrence in her kitchen.
Please think of the family that people are doing this in honor of and maybe take a minute to look at your own life and why you feel the need to be so hurtful about a husband and father you didn't even know.
I made this pie for Jennifer, her girls and for mikey. I place to share it tonight with my husband and make sure to tell everyone who is important to me how much I love them.
http://piccantedolce.blogspot.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey.htmlhttp://bit.ly/qr6nT2
A few facts: Jennie Perillo is a chef and very talented home cook who cares deeply about what she feeds her family. That's why she buys most of her produce locally, from farmers markets, and cooks almost everything from scratch. She's the type of cook who will make homemade dijon mustard, just because. In addition, she does not feed her family processed food, a primary source of heart disease. Jennie is person of grace, compassion and courage, and she and Mikey shared a beautiful, loving relationship for many years. He was a young, fit man - watch the video and you'll see for yourself. His tragic, untimely death should never breed the type of insensitive, entirely inappropriate comments I see here.
Thank you, Maria.
amazing what a small firestorm Erin started with one comment...but did anyone else notice that making this pie had been on her to do list for a long time? in other words she HADN"T made it for him in a long time so he wasn't eating like this one a regular basis.
what a touching story about appreciating your loved ones while you can. that's always a good thing to keep in mind.
My heart broke for Jennifer and her family when I heard the news that her husband had passed suddenly. Though I don't know her personally, as a fan of Jennifer's work and her blog, I made a peanut butter pie in honor of her, Mikey, her children and their love.
Here is my post: http://foodpluswords.com/2011/08/mini-peanut-butter-pies/
How can anyone find anything negative about this? Ohh thats right! The ones saying negative things are the very unhappy people that like to throw stones from the security of a computer...
so true t, sad but true
Wow... some COLD people running around, or is it just that you can be a brave troll on here? I think they may feel differently if it were them or their loved one. My dad died of a heart attack at 40, and I would knock your teeth out if any of you had the guts to repeat this to my face. My guess is that you wouldn't.
To Everyone that thinks this guy "dropped dead from things like this pie": Go to her website. Click on "one last dance." Does this guy look like he was begging for a heart attack? He looks average, maybe even more fit than average. Even if he had been do you think this was the place to say these things. Watch him dancing with his daughter. This is the guy you are criticizing and making fun of. I hope it makes you feel righteous.
Condolences to Jennifer. I'll be printing out a copy of this article to slip under the pie I'll be making tonight for my fiance.
Some of you folk really need to understand compassion is free. Be nice. It's good for the soul.
That pie sounds delicious!
It is amazing to me that so many insensitive people would even be a part of this blog. A family is grieving and you post insensitive mean things that only lonely, mean, and miserable people without friends would write at a time like this. If you really want to be accountable for your angry and cold comments, post your full name, address, and phone number.
I think the problem is that CNN blogs are not differentiated from articles, so people feel no need to be sympathetic or polite.
If they changed the background more, people might realize it is a blog and not a CNN article.
Erin, so sorry for you, you must lead one unsatisfactory life to be so pompous. You and your never ending assinine comments need to go away, pray for your dirty little soul nothing like this ever happens to you. you clearly do not have the heart to deal..... to bad for you!!
I'm sorry for your loss. It's so sweet that you are holding on to his memory like this. Remember, as long as people remember Mikey, he is never really gone.
I, along with many many others have made a pie for Mikey today. Out of our love for Jennifer and our desire to share with our loved ones this one dessert that Mikey favored.
http://www.creative-culinary.com/creamy-peanut-butter-pie-apieformikey/
That being said, it has been hard to read this commentary. To hear the critics that accuse and condemn based upon this effort. For if you knew Jennifer at all, you would know that this type of dessert would be the occasional indulgence. That her life's work, literally, was to provide not just her family, but others with the information and tools to prepare healthy home cooked meals. That she made it a point of knowing the resources for the food she prepared for her family that she loved so dearly. She brought her personal experience to her professional career and shared that with others daily.
So to those who just felt compelled to throw out a hurtful sentiment with a touch of self righteous indignation, maybe you should have done more than just watch Mikey dance with his daughter. A trip through Jennie's blog would have made this information clear; all you have done is prove even more clearly why ignorance really is not bliss.
Barbara, thank you so much for that :) Your post on Mikey's pie is wonderful :)
Indeed, Barb. Thank you.
Barbara,
Thank you for leaving your post link here. I agree with your comments. So sad. I was so saddened to see some of these that I nearly didn't leave my link here, until I saw yours. I made a pie for Mikey, Jennifer, and my family as well: http://mamameglutenfree.blogspot.com/2011/08/creamy-peanut-butter-pie-and-living.html
Wow! Look at those ingredients in the peanut butter pie. Nice way to advertise another "heart attack on a plate" to everyone.
I bet your a fatty. Just like Michelle Bachmans husband who cures gays. Doth protest too much!
Have you no heart for a beautiful person who has just lost the love of her life. You do not know her. How dare you judge. Who ever you are you are one mean, bitter person who obviously has had no love or happiness in your soul. Poor you. You are one bitter person and your only power is to be mean to other people who have a wonderful live. Get lost and go to counselling.
Well, given your distaste for pie, why not have a large steaming cup of STFU instead.
I'm going to make this pie for my parents! How sad this story is–my condolences to Jennifer... :'-(
Sorry to hear of your loss. I plan to make it this weekend. I have copied the recipe along with this story so, in the future when I make it, I'll give a nod to Mikey and you.
I was always taught if you haven't something nice to say don't say nothing at all.. Some people on this website should take this advice. To assume that one favorite food of a person is what killed them is just completely dumb. Some people eat right,are fit, don't smoke or drink and they still die of a heart attack. I know we live in a society that over indulges don't just assume everyone is overweight and unhealthy. And if you read the article correctly it said As I spend Friday reflecting on the love and life that was gone in an instant, I'd like to invite all of you to celebrate his life too. Mikey loved peanut butter cream pie. I haven't made it in a while, and I've had it on my to-do list for a while now.And finally to the people who keep saying to do something healthy stop being so clinical and impersonal It's about her husband not your opinions.
Jennie is a friend of mine. If she wants a pie, I will bake her a pie. http://goo.gl/fb/Gn7VK
I'm makin' the pie .... it's time to stop judging and start living and loving!
My heart goes out to Jennie and her girls. I hope you feel the love and compassion coming from everyone in the food community and beyond.
The blog Excerpt was nice but the article was written like you were writing about a piece of furniture that willnever get polished again. Very poorly written. Wifes entry was beautiful
"willnever " And you want to criticize someone elses writing? KUTGW!
You mean because I missed a space? That makes me a terrible critic? lol
Nope. It makes you a critic that makes typos.
Since I invented the Internets,I will shut this Blog Down if you people don't start being nice to each other !!
Mikey doesn't look so out of shape to me. In fact, he looks like he's pretty fit and healthy, even in spite of the occasional peanut butter pie. I really feel for Jennie. I admire her tribute. The polarized argument here in these comments is like the issue itself: lacking a moderate middle path. No need to vilify Jennie or the pie. Make the pie, enjoy the pie, savor it in Mikey's memory, just don't eat it every day, get off the computer and go take a walk.
Could we please stop acting like we know people when we don't. Unless you know "Mikey" – is that an adult name – or Jennifer, I'm not sure why you would care unless you have some morbid fascination with the deaths of others. Spend a little more time loving the people around you and little less loving people you don't know. Just a thought. Have a good weekend everybody.
I find it terribly shameful that I find this beautifully-written article about an event that I've been sharing with my friends and I have to tell them "But don't read the comments." as I send the link. I'm new to the world of food blogging and I'm sharing the experience with my friends and family. The day this tragedy occurred, I was shocked at how quickly the love poured out from the food blogging community. As my family and friends follow along on my food blogging journey I want them to see what it means to be a part of the blogworld and all the love and friendships that can be made. And then I see these comments. I have been planning for "Mikey's Friday" for a few days now. For me it was supposed to be a day of family, friends, food, love, happiness, joy, and celebrating life because it is so fragile. I wish that had been your plan for Friday as well, but from some of the comments I can see it was not.
My wife is allergic to peanuts.
I'm gonna make her one of these.
She must not have loved him that much if she never ONCE found time to make it for him when he still walked the earth. What a lame story.
...fuk face...
Boring troll is boring.
The article starts off "Mikey loved peanut butter pie," and in the next paragraph it states that Mikey suddenly dropped dead of a heart attack. Am I the only one who's not surprised here?
You and Erin are the two biggest idiots here, just sayin'....
@Jerome Sclamone- don't forget Lila and risk hurting her feelings! Although I do suspect she IS Erin and Nutritionist Devil
Um no, I have been posting under one name on eatocracy for quite awhile, however, your name doesn't look familiar.
APieForMikey: http://chocolateandcarrots.com/2011/08/creamy-peanut-butter-pie
For Mikey and Jennifer:
http://mybakingheart.com/2011/08/12/a-peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey-jennifer-john/
Jennifer, I'm making peanut butter pie and saluting Mikey and you on a wonderful marriage, as well as sharing it with my husband and son who are recovering from the throws of our teenage son's kidney failure and subsequent transplant. Life is short and you never know what's around the corner, so doing something simple and happy today and every day is definitely the way to appreciate all that is precious in our lives. May you celebrate a little of Mikey each day. All my best to you, your children and loved ones.
"PEANUT BUTTER PIE WILL GIVE YOU HEART ATTACKS AND KILL YOU"
That's what this article should have been titled.
That you Jdizz??
I cannot believe that you came from our Daddy's loins,tho obviously the brains part dribbled down Mamas leg.
I went to her website and there is a video of Mikey. He wasn't overweight. Maybe the stress of his job was to much, it's a shame.
You don't have to be "overweight" to have your arteries clogged from years of a poor diet.
Stress does a lot to even a healthy body, so someone who's not eating right or exercising gets another whammy with stress. I firmly believe that with so much emphasis these days on diet and exercise, the management of stress gets shunted to dark corners so that it's not properly dealt with. And our world is much more stressful these days – partly because many people are expected to do more with less, but more insidiously and even less noted because they have given themselves longer and longer commutes to the stress.
For all of you who want to claim that poor diet and exercise is what kills people please keep in mind that Jim Fixx, one of the world's greatest marathon runners, died of a heart attack.
Heart disease is genetic more than it is related to eating poorly.
BS. If heart disease is "genetic," then why aren't there chimpanzees and orangutans dropping dead in the jungle of heart attacks and strokes. It is caused by our diet and lifestyle. Get a clue.
perhaps you share genomic chains with chimps and what not but last time I noticed, Human is not the same as monkey!!
What a *ucking idiot...
You're here to annoy people and argue, based on every post of yours I've seen. This isn't the time or place. Go be a jerkoff somewhere else.
Jerome, you should not make a comment about something you know absolutely nothing about. There are many causes of heart disease and diet is but one small factor. Genetics is a large factor. Many seeminly healthy, active people die of heart attacks every year, some avid runners who exercise every day and eat well. You would do well to actually learn something about the causes of heart diseast before you post to something like this. You're arrogant but clueless.
Jim Fixx was also genetically pre-disposed to die of heart disease. Fixx's father died at a young age from a heart attack, and heart disease ran throughout his family, so he was already at risk...Even if you eat right, exercise and are of normal weight, genetics or not, a heart attack can take you down. Fixx may have added 10 years to his life by becoming a jogger.
I'm happy to say that my husband and I have a date set for next week. It will be our first attempt to actually make a frequent attempt at date night. Our lives are so incredibly busy with both of us operating on academic calendars and two children under 4, that we've stopped waiting for things to slow down. We'll make time for each other just as we make time to exercise and stay healthy.
I should also add, hope others will do the same. Treats made from the kitchen are such a great way to show affection for eachother. Just this morning my husband sliced some extra strawberries just for my lunch; what a nice gesture.
I'm sorry Jennie for your loss. I can't imagine.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/08/09/granderson.date.night/
I usually agree with Granderson, but this article was not one of them. Couples need to make time for one another, and if date night is the only way, then that's the way to go. His complaint was that it was on the same night every week and got old. Well, the answer to that is don't make it on the same night, don't even make it every week, but definitely make time for one another and have a date night, sans kids, without work creeping in as it tends to do. And for heaven's sake, make a peanut butter pie for them if that's what they love.
OH COME ON NOW! If you're gonna write a story about peanut butter pie with a picture, at least include the friggin recipe...GEEEZZ!!!
She posted the link that you get the recipe from, "GEEZ"
You obviously didn't really read the article or you'd have seen the link to the recipe. GEEEZZ!!!
There's a link to the pie recipe where it lives on Jennifer's site. It's her recipe and I wanted people to go to her site to get it.
http://www.injennieskitchen.com/2011/08/for-mikey.html
A powerful touching statement from the food blogger community ... Just posted my #pieformikey for brave strong Jennifer http://www.passionateaboutbaking.com/2011/08/no-bake-upside-down-mango-quark-cheesecake.html
Kat-it's a beautiful post and thank you for alerting me to the Facebook group.
It's funny – I had actually already planned to make Peanut Butter Pie today – I'll cherish every bite with my husband, my son, and my family & friends – without guilt and with love in my heart.
I spent years in the kitchen with my Grandmother learning to make her "Black Bottom Pie" I was the only one who ever took the time. Everyone in my family loved it but never bothered to learn how. Now that she is gone, when I make this pie, it is almost a spirtual experience, it takes time, a day almost. I don't make it often, but when I do, I feel if almost as if she is there. I only make it when I want to share a really special thing I can do with someone important to me.
I am so grateful to have that time and I understand why she feels this way about "Mikey's Pie". It is a lovely and sweet thing.
I don't know, but I think your pie sounds delicious... does it have chocolate on it...? mmmmmm
I'm the only one that knows how to make my grandmother's buttermilk biscuits. She even said one time that mine were better than hers, which made me very proud. I only wish I'd gotten my other grandmother's rice pudding recipe before she passed away. I've never found one like it. I'm also learning how to make my neighbor's traditional Slovenian recipes because she has no one to pass them on to. It would be a shame to lose those things, and I intend to pass them along to my daughter.
I'm hungry.
Seriously? Man dies of heart attack earlier than expected, let's commerate him by making an unhealthy, heart attack contributing food that he loved to eat. Is this a joke?
No, the joke is you thinking that “harass” is two words. it, fitting username.
Your name fits you perfectly. Why don't you go to h@!! you moron.
it are my initials.... you ok there? taking opinions quite a bit personally? never heard of irony? when did your hospital's psych ward get a computer?
You missed the point. Go away.
you people are beyond rude. this is a beautiful story and a pie didnt contribute to the tragedy that befell this wounderful family. morons!
I was going to use low fat ingrediants, but now just on principal, I am gonna go ALL out- yeah i'll have a smaller piece, but just to say Screw u to the tard known as "Nutritionist Devil" and then I am going to smear the rest of the pie all over myself and dance around naked hoping my skin will absorb all the glorious calories my belly couldn't.
Jennie, all kidding aside, I am so sincerely sorry for your loss, may your memories bring you all comfort. Peace be with you.
THANK YOU!!
Low-fat is overrated anyway. If I was going to try to make this healthier I'd do it by cutting the sugar and substituting Splenda or stevia. It'd still taste awesome and still be a treat.
Country with one of the highest rates of heart disease in the world: India. South India more than North India–and the southern half has the most vegetarians. You do the math.
Well said, Jeff. I too will be making that pie for ALL my loved ones that are close enough in distance to come share with me and have e-mailed the link to those that are too far away to attend. My oldest son lives 11 hours away and asked for a peanut butter pie at Christmas last year. I didn't have the ingredients to make one and I have wished everyday since that I could make one for him, and he is a very healthy weight that works out regularly and still plays all the sports he enjoyed as a child. He also is an avid runner. I pray I have many more days to let all those around me know how much they mean to me and to let them know that ALL things in moderation can be enjoyed - especially the dreaded peanut butter pie. I follow Jennifer's blog and wish her well and the ability to ignore rude and cruel comments. Some people are just not happy unless everyone around them are as miserable as they are.
this recipe seems to have contributed to his heart attack. There is Nothing Healthy about it.
Kiss my azz, byatch!!
Wrong time, wrong place. And you know nothing about this family or the circumstances. Go make ignorant comments somewhere else if you can't find some restraint or common sense.
So "cute" to make that kind of statement here. You are so intelligent you would take out a home improvement loan to buy a new camper shell. Moron.
Please do everyone a favor and please kill yourself.
You must be a complete joy to be married to. Probably why your hubs is banging that woman he works with.
@Observer, I am sure he would be, if a troll like that would ever be so lucky snag a dude.
Is dessert supposed to be healthy? If so, then it woud be BORING!!! I suppose if you ate the ENTIRE thing in one sitting it wouldn't be healthy but one piece wouldn't hurt. The whole focus of the article – for those of you without a heart or soul – is that you never know how much time you will have with loved ones so don't put off doing special things for/with them. Geez, lighten up already.
Erin is an effing PIG. Jennifer–my condolences to you and your daughters. May your good memories of your husband help you through this time. And have another piece of pie. Life is short–eat dessert first.
This story brought tears to my eyes... My sincerest sympathies go out to Jennie and her family. The thought of making something out of love for someone else is a wonderful thought and I will be making this pie over the weekend for my husband with an extra hug to go with it.
I am sorry for Jennie's loss, but hopeful that the positivity she is trying to spread by remembering the time she was lucky enough to have with a man she loved so much spreads so that his life was lived for a reason where he shared love so greatly. Making a pie to share with loved ones is such a WONDERFUL way to celebrate someone's life and the happiness he brought.
I also made a pie for Mikey. Thank you to Jennifer Perillo for having the incredible strength to taking the time to remind us to love in the moment.
http://www.themeaningofpie.com/2011/08/mikeys-peanut-butter-pie/
What better than peanut butter to bring memories back?! Nice post.
Let's bring this post back round to positivity and support for Jennie and her girls. I wish her all the best and am grateful for the reminder to not take a single day for granted.
I made a pie for Mikey: http://bit.ly/qJsbH1
Thanks for trying to bring some sanity back to this ridiculous and shameful string of comments.
In remembrance of Mikey: http://www.espressoandcream.com/2011/08/peanut-butter-pie-for-mikey.html
I read somewhere that heart issues ran in Mr. Perillo's family. He had already lost a grandfather, father, brother, and other male relatives due to heart problems. I also viewed the video of Mr. Perillo dancing with his daughter, and he did not appear to be overweight or to have any other problems.
This is about giving to loved ones, to tell them we love them, and to be in the moment with them.
Well said :)
We all need to watch out for that deadly PB pie (eyes rolling). Dang PB pie! (eyes still rolling)
Thanks for the great read and the recipe link!
I meant ***nothing***, not ***anything***. Oops.
I rarely comment on comments, but as a husband, father of two, and someone who's lost 40 pounds with more to go, that first comment was tacky, horribly timed, and self-righteous. Mr. Perillo could have had any number of underlying ailments that have anything to do with eating habits or level of activity. Frankly, it's none of our business. And if you want to talk about healthy eating, completely denying yourself these kinds of foods can only result in binging on them when they're your only option. That's why every nutritionist and personal trainer will tell you that if you want a serving of ice cream, get the real stuff. Yes, you're right, people in America do need to make better choices for themselves, future generations, and this planet. But I think a bigger problem in America is its indifference to others and lack of manners, personified perfectly by "Erin."
@Jeff
*LIKE*
Hear, hear! Spot on!
Eloquently said...
Right On!
Jennie is an amazing woman and she loved Mikey so much. I would do anything for her right now. If its pie she wants, its pie she gets! http://healthy-delicious.com/2011/08/for-jennie-mikey-chocolate-peanut-butter-pie/
Does anyone have a good peanut butter pie recipe? I would love to make one. Thanks!
@imadone, go on allrecipes.com, they typically have great recipes with reviews, or do a google search for "peanut butter pie" under images and click on the pic that looks the most delicious!
You freakin' nitwit. Click on the link the lady provided in her post.
Name-calling really isn't necessary. Play nice or don't play at all.
I will be making the pie tonight. My husband is at the doctor's office right now trying to see how much longer we will be able to share our lives together. If a Peanutbutter pie makes Jennifer or those girls have one smile remembering dancing with their Dad or an expecially wonderful hug then it is worth every calorie! I am lucky, I will be given the gift of having the time to say goodbye. Jennifer, sorry about your husband I know he will be missed
I have long thought that cooking for someone is one of the most loving things you can do...you are sending the message that you want to see them nourished, satisfied and sustained. I can appreciate the loss this woman feels and I hope and pray that she can be comforted in this time of loss.
Erin, get a life will ya please, with that attitude, your going to give yourself a heart attack. What that said, I am going to make this pie and it will probably last a long time. I don't eat sweets very often and a sliver won't hurt me. I am sorry Jennifer for your loss.
Erin is an idiot.
Erin is smarter than everyone else here. She is spot-on. Sure, it might not apply to this particular family and it might seem cruel to say it, but as a society, we need to stop this idea that food is love. Foods such as peanut butter pie – FOR EXAMPLE – could actually mean death, not love. People don't want to admit it, but yes, you can die from poor diet, and plenty of people do. Numbers vary, but you can use google and see that around 15% of all deaths are due to poor diet, not a minor figure.
Oh Shut up ERIN aka "Nutrtionist Devil"
Nutrtionist Devil is an idiot.
And lots of thin, heathy runners drop dead of a heart attack in the street every year. Should we stop running? Stop being an idiot. I doubt you're really a nutritionist or you'd say, sure, indulge in a treat for one day then go back to eating healthy. And really, the point everyone is trying to make to Erin, and now you, is that this post was intended as a tribute to someone on their death by making their favorite treat, something she'd been putting off making for him and will never be able to make for him again. Get over yourself. You may drop dead tomorrow, no matter how healthy you think you are.
That is EXTREMELY presumptuous of you to pretend that you know facts about a person you have never met! You are certainly FULL OF YOURSELF! Please go masturbate your EGO somewhere else!!!!
I have some news for you, Devil. Everyone is going to die of something, someday. The difference is the life we've led, and the people we've loved and valued. If I happen to enjoy food more than you think I should, and I die sooner than you think is "proper," that is nobody's business but mine and my family's. The POINT is that however and whenever someone we love leaves us, we will miss doing the things for them that made them happy. The POINT is not to be "right" and sound like a hollow, soulless jerk to people who are grieving. But by all means, pat yourself on the back...
Also, it's difficult to take seriously any advice from someone who claims to be a nutritionist and can't even spell the word. I'd much rather be fat than dumb–people can always lose weight.
Seriously, Lixfer? You think a typo invalidates someone's qualifications? Your point was well made until you stooped to petty sniping at an insignificant slip of the fingers. That just made you look like another Internet moron.
You sound like Star Jones? Is this you, Star?
Really?!? This woman lost her husband and her 2 young daughters lost their father, and you chose to make assumptions about how he lived, why he died and deliver your soapbox speech about America's poor health habits. Seriously? You believe this is the appropriate place to make those comments?!? I suppose I shouldn't be surprised anymore, but I am constantly amazed at just how callous & insensitive people can be. Jennifer, I'm sorry for your loss.
I agree with Erin, it is rather ironic, making an unhealthy desert to remember someone who died of a heart attack. But, we don't really get the details to know if an unhealthy diet was a contributing factor. That said, I'm in good shape so I'm going to make the pie, cause it sounds delicious.
She's suggesting it because she'd been putting off making it for him. She's saying make something special and share it with your loved ones, because you shouldn't push doing something for them aside because you're too busy. Honestly, if either you or Erin had bothered to read the blog post, you'd know this is the sentiment and perhaps, unless you're entirely without a soul, you'd understand why she posted this. And if you'd bothered, either one of you, to even take the time to look at her blog, you'd see he was a seemingly healthy man who loved dancing with his children.
You missed the point of the article, but yes, please make that pie and put it in your pie hole and shut the hell up.
Damn, sam is the man! Too bad all these hidious trolls had to post so many noxious comments on such a lovely piece.
Jared, it is hard for me to imagine that a piece of pie would bring out the holier than thou troops, full of indignant righteousness, finger pointing, and that our country seems so full of these days. It saddens me that what we have become is so incredibly selfish and insensitive. But in this case I am going to write it off to the cowardice of posting anonymously. I have an idea. Go post your opinion on your facebook and see what your friends think.
Win!
Wow Erin, could you be a little more insensitive? Her husband died, and you are lecturing about healthy eating?
Kudos to this idea, I think its fabulous. I can't imagine the kind of pain that Jennifer is dealing with. Hopefully this brings a bit of happiness to her during this painful time.
Kimnerly, there is a very clear reason as to why she was talking about healthy eating. Now before you slam her for her comments, she wasnt' trying to be cruel or insensitive. Poor diet in this country causes more heart attacks, strokes and diabetes than anything else.
While yes, I am sorry this woman lost her husband and my condolences, Erin has every right to point diet out as a probable cause. She never said it was the reason, she said she couldn't help but think that was the reason (as I am sure it crossed a lot of people's minds but didn't want to say that).
This country is disgustingly fast for its own good and our health is paying the ultimate price.
The point is, this article in particular is no place for the healthy eating debate. Put it to rest, please.
Cmon now – Erin said " Without knowing the medical details, I can only guess that poor diet and lifestyle choices contributed greatly to this man's death."
Thats just a ridiculous "guess" – maybe the guy got hit by a bus
Laurab68, why are you defending this grinch??
The point is, Laura, that Erin does not know the circumstances of his death, and neither do you. To assume it's because of diet and exerise is just that, to assume. And to come here, on a tribute post, and outright blame his wife for his death is needless, senseless, and cruel. Erin, and evidently you, need to grow up and figure out you don't know everything, and you need to learn when you should just keep your mouths (or keyboards, in this instant) shut.
This part of your comment (although poorly constructed) illustrates what people are trying to say:
"am sure it crossed a lot of people's minds but didn't want to say that)."
Regardless of what you or anyone else thought, MOST people would have the decency not to express that thought on a comments list that chances are, the woman in question will take a look at, thinking that there will be words of comfort or sympathy that she could share with her children and take comfort from. Instead, you people who think it's more important to make your point have sabotaged any comfort she might find here.
If you had a friend who committed suicide, or died from a drug overdose, or drove drunk and crashed his car - would you go to the funeral and communicate to his family what you thought about his actions? Or would you simply say, "I'm sorry for your loss."
I will continue to have hope in the decency of people that most of you would do the latter, although this comments list is trying to prove me wrong.
There is a time and place for healthy food debate - this is neither. You are no better than the Westboro Baptist Church people who stand outside military funerals and protest against homosexuality.
Really? Really?! It's about timing, Nimrod. Mikey has passed away and you think it is OK to talk about this on his wife's blog? Comments should be related to the post, not random armchair quarterbacking. The post was not about nutrition, it was about love. If you all want to start a blog about nutrition and the foods that cause heart attacks, start your own. Move on and move it off the comment sections of this post.
Laura, you and your ilk should take your pulpit elsewhere. It isn't a question of the "right" to say...it is a question of grace. Furthermore, only an idiot would regard this as not insensitive. Your blathering, table pounding, self righteousness is poorly timed. All of the "nutrion-minded" comments are appalling in this context.
I will be one of the masses making this pie today. Tomorrow is my husbands birthday, we are usually so busy with our own lives we don't think to take the time to connect with each other because we never think that that particular moment really could be the last. So I will make the pie, and then my husband and I will make a slight lifestyle change... every moment together is a blessing and should be treated as such. Thank you for sharing the Jennifer's blog.
It's a thoughtful sentiment, but I can't help but think that perhaps the "peanut butter pie" way of life that currently permeates all that is American is what led to this tragic loss of life. Without knowing the medical details, I can only guess that poor diet and lifestyle choices contributed greatly to this man's death. A celebration of life is undoubtedly an essential step toward healing, but perhaps applying some of this energy toward spreading awareness about heart health would not only honor his life but perhaps save others, rather than encourage more unhealthy indulgences in "honor" of a life lost.
Well put.
sick article, of course it was the peanut butter pie that killed him
Seriously....Get a grip. It is a sweet gesture and one to remember her husband by.
Why so secretive about Mikey? It makes me wonder if I want to make the pie or feel sad for this woman.
Seriously? A woman just lost her husband and children lost their father, and you feel it necessary to criticize her here? You have no idea what caused this man's death, it could have been anything, and you have no right to conjecture what caused it in order to have a segway to get your message out there. It's not about "unhealthy indulgence" it's about doing something to spread love and celebration instead of sadness. And yes it is in honor of a life lost, one that you have no right to judge. Many times the people in these stories read these threads. I can only hope that Jennifer doesn't read yours and take your negative comments and criticism of her grieving process to heart.
I'm glad you said this, and so well. Why is it that people feel the need to criticize everything? Apparently they get off on being "holier-than-thou".
This woman lost her husband. Where is their compassion?
The author didn't just loose her husband...so comments are not being read by the wife. Its valid point people are making. I read the recipe...and omg its so loaded with fat/cholesterol. If this is typical of one's diet then look out.
Amen.
Cathy and Brittany... you talk about other people feeling the need to criticize... while you criticize other people. Ironic no?
This article actually is about indulgence. It is about indulge in something in which you and your loved ones share a love. It is hugely ironic that he died of a massive heart attack and the shared joy was peanut butter pie though. To tell people to share in peanut butter pie is not only assuming, but it's superficial. Why should I remind myself of my loving relationships with something that I have nothing to do with or no interest in? What if people have peanut allergies? Then the pie really would kill them. The whole peanut butter pie thing just added to the tear-jerker yellow journalism with this story. Like Oprah, it really does no good for society but to make people more emotionally distressed. If your child lost his or her pet goldfish and bawled about it and wanted to have CNN write a story about it and then told everyone to go buy a goldfish, you'd say it was ridiculous. You'd say, "everything dies." Well, every human dies too. Yes, it stinks, but to command a world movement in honor of YOUR husband is very arrogant.
By the way Brittany, it's segue, not segway. Segway is the pretentious idiot mobile nerds ride.
Once again, it's not about the pie.
She told people who were asking what they could do to bake the pie as a gesture of appreciation for those loved ones in their lives. She chose that particular pie because it was her husband's favorite, and because she never had a chance to make the treat one last time for him.
But it's not about what kind of pie, or how much you plan to eat of it. She specifically emphasized that she wanted people to appreciate their loved ones while they still have them. The pie was just a symbol. Nothing sinister was meant by it. So if you don't like it or are allergic, bake a different pie. Heck, grab a tub of ice cream, or make your loved one their favorite rice dish.
Just show the one you love today in no uncertain terms that you love them. And try to sympathize with this family's pain a little. If nothing else, baking the pie can be a gesture of solidarity to another human being.
What an awful, insensitive, ugly, and misplaced comment. Shame on you! Her husband, whom she loved more than anything, passed away mere days ago; can you even imagine that kind of pain?
May you never have to experience something so awful. You know nothing about this woman, her family, and her diet. In fact, it might be worth for you to take a look at her blog to learn more about her. This is a woman who is well-known for and takes pride in shopping seasonally and locally, she's a regular at the farmer's market, she cooks everything from scratch, and she teaches and has taught hundreds (likely even thousands) how to do the same with her recipes which promote cooking good, healthy, real food; not the processed garbage so many in this country accept as "food."
This is a story about honoring a man who passed far too soon by making a dish for a loved one and sharing it with him or her. It can be Jennie's recipe or it can be something else; the idea is to not push things off, to not wait to make the people we love happy because there may not be a tomorrow. So whether that's peanut butter pie or a roast chicken or finally taking the kids to the movie you've promised, the sentiment is the same.
Stop preaching and judging and go look around you. Who would break your heart if you were to lose him or her? Go honor that person in whatever way feels right to you.
The irony continues, preaching to someone about not preaching?
Well said, Alejandra. But some people are not even worth your time because they'll obviously never get it anyway.
Again, the author didn't even know the man. You are not reading the story correctly.
Well, Erin, you know what they say about someone who assumes... This man could have had congenital heart issues that had nothing to do with food intake that lead to his heart attack. What a horrible person you are to come here and criticize her when her husband has died. I hope when something lilke this happens to you, someone walks up and says something similar. You're basically saying she killed her husband, and that just shows, not only your ignorance about heart disease, but your immaturity and lack of any kind of compassion. Shame on you.
Special place in Hell for people like you ERIN, for all you know he had a heart condition that had nothing to do with diet, screw you, you heartless bitch.
Jennie, bless you my dear, I am so sorry for your loss. I WILL make a pie and share it with my souse and will remember to hug him just a little more tightly and tell him more frequently how much I love him and how much he means to me.
Spouse, not souse
Took the words right out of my mouth!
Okay, Erin assumed too much when she suggested that eating his wife's homemade pie led to Mikey's demise, but you're pretty nasty, too. Telling someone they're going to hell and then calling her a heartless bitch is worse, especially since you know less about Erin's situation than Erin knows about Mikey's.
To Erika:
Bitter party of one: Order of peanut butter pie coming right up.
A "heart condition" that had "absolutely nothing to do with diet," I'm sure, funny how you hear about all of those animals running around nature with "heart conditions" and suddenly dropping dead because of "heart conditions." Get a clue.
There is so much evidence that many cases of heart disease are due to diet, it's laughable that you would even try to say that. There are also genetic predispositions, but don't pretend that high sugar and high fat diets haven't been strongly linked as well. However, we don't know what caused this particular one, and it is indeed in poor taste to criticize someone's way of remembering a loved one. If you think the pie is a bad idea, don't make one. Grief is a very personal thing as are all of the ways of dealing with it.
So instead of pie, you beat up a girl named Erica for me? That's what you got from the article, that I like bullies? Glad I'm dead, and I wish you could ALL join me. Eat a lot of those fatty pies.
I wouldn't eat a pie you made after reading this. Let's divorce.
You're just jealous because my husband is hung like Ron Jeremy and you're like a toddler!
BURN!
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All I can say in response to Erin is WOW.
SOUTHERN WOMAN: Where are y'all from?
ERIN: I come from a place where we do not end our sentences with prepositions.
SOUTHERN WOMAN: Oh. So, where are y'all from, bitch?
My sentiments exactly...
Ending sentences in prepositions is preferable to constructing an awkward sentence in many style guides and situations of informal prose. Get the stick out of your a$$. Having said that, Southern Woman, I'm from the South and I don't think Southern food is any less healthy than "traditional foods" from other parts of the country (check out the stuff in clam chowder sometime.) However to staunchly stick out our wounded pride and claim that "it's traditional and it's our culture" as I've heard so many times is as equally idiotic as the idiots that think they are better than us because they believe some TV stereotype.
How incredibly tactless of you. This is a beautiful tribute to a man who sounds like a loving husband and father. This is a touching gesture and you've taken the opprotunity to express your own self-righteousness...there are other forums for your comments. You've obviously never had to cope with such a sudden and crushing loss and you have no idea how you would cling to anything (considered "healthy" or not)to keep that person close if only for a little while. If making this pie brings comfort to his spouse and her family let them express their love for this wonderful man in any way that brings them solace in this hard time.
And just because someone loves peanut butter pie doesn't mean they were overweight. My brother LOVES peanut butter pie (well peanut butter anything really.) He's in excellent shape and his blood panels are terrific.
Erin, I can only imagine that you have never experienced the loss of someone you love. It's not about the food, it's about the connection, and I truly hope that you find it in your heart to learn to connect. What you wrote there was simply cruel. You may not have meant it that way and it may have been out of ignorance, but imagine saying that out loud to someone who had lost her husband. That is what you did.
For God's sake, the poor woman is just asking if you want to do something nice for her, bake the damn pie! Do you have to eat the whole thing? NO! Have a bite and pass it on. You don't know what her husband's medical issues were and it's none of your damn business to comment on it. It was a sweet article on how much she loved her husband and will miss him. iSheesh!!!
Erin.....I don't know you.....but it sure must be great to be PERFECT!! You've gone your entire life without one piece of pie???? Grow up, and get a life, because you sure don't seem to have one now.
Perhaps heart disease is inevitable despite what you think is a fix by denying yourself certain foods.
What hurtful commet Erin, especially since you don't know the circumstances or the situation. My husband lost his father at a young age of a heart attack, his father was in good physical condition and had just had a physical when he died at 42. I'll be making a pie today to share with my loved ones.
That must be your azz talking, because your mouth (brain) knows better.
Erin, I agree with you 100%. While never knowing these people, one can only assume here. There is a reason heart disease is known as the silent killer. Simply put, due to poor diet, high cholesterol, high saturated fatty foods (and that includes all foods containing trans-fats) and a lack of exercise leads to more heart attacks and strokes and diabetes which could have been prevented and a lot of our loved ones would still be here.
An occasional treat is one thing, but this country is one of the most fattest countries on the planet, where more than half of its citizen are overweight and/or obese. This is just another sad reminder of how people don't take their health seriously because they don't feel sick. Why should it take a trip to the e.r. before you do something to prevent tragedies like this?
"most fattest" ?
This country is also one of the "most dumbest" of the developed nations. My advice? Step away from the computer and read a book while walking on a treadmill.
Most fattest? Seriously? You're just as big an a$$ as Erin, and you should be ashamed of yourself. If you'd bothered to even look at her blog, you'd see the video of him dancing with his daughter and see he was anything but fat. These things happen. Get over yourself, you don't know everything about heart disease. As they say, better to be stupid and keep silent than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
If you'd take 30 seconds to look at the video link in the article (and read Jennie's incredible blog), you'd see that Mikey was not big at all! How dare you say something so heartless on the day this man is put to rest. Every human life is sacred. What's done is done, and it doesn't matter now how many slices of peanut butter cream pie Mikey ate in his life. It matters that he lived at all.
Please go and watch the video of this man dancing with his daughter for, what would become, the last time in his life. Then reread your own comment.
http://www.injennieskitchen.com/2011/08/one-last-dance.html
Erin,
If you would have bothered to check out her blog you would notice something about her husband he doesn't look like a man you didn't take care of himself, in fact he looked quite fit. You can enjoy food and be healthy and since this was his favorite why wouldn't she want to make it to remember him by. Personally if you would take the time to educate yourself before you judge you wouldn't come off as being so ugly.
LOL@Eric
Everyone in here thinks you're a moron... hee hee hee...
Wow, how about you just leave it at, nice post? Did it ever occur to you that it might not have been diet/lack of exercise led to this untimely death??
Way to ruin a nice post.
I don't know why everyone is all over Erin's comment. I feel bad she lost her husband, it's a horrible loss but when I first read this article I thought it was a joke. The man died of a heart attack, let's celebrate with peanut butter pie?
@Lila, everyone is all over the comment because she apparently didn't take the time to LOOK at the blog itself about Mikey. If she had, she might have thought more about posting a comment like that.
A joke? Are you nuts? WTF, do you people have zero humanity left?
The public has not followed her blog so they don't know his medical background, but thousands of Americans have heart disease and attacks from high fat food like the pie. It's no joke at all that's the point. It's not that people don't have sympathy but the food choice seems odd to many people.
Lila, if you weren't so ignorant about heart disease, you'd know millions of people die of heart disease who've never been overweight in their lives. In fact, millions of people die who were very fit, ran and worked out every day and watched what they ate. I hope you're never in the position to watch someone who's been healthy all their lives drop dead. And, mabye you SHOULD have bothered to take a look at her blog before posting. Then you might think twice about your post, unless you're completely without a soul.
@LILA Get off your soap box before I deliver a right hook and knock you into next week- heartless wench.
One of my family members had a heart attack and died. He had a small belly and ate a high FAT diet. It runs in my family. There are so many people with family members who have gone through this, most people aren't "ignorant" about it.
Erika go look in the mirror and punch some sense into that idiot.
@Lila–I'm sorry you have lost someone to heart disease. But is this really the post for people to write about healthy eating?? It's about honoring a husband/father who left unexpectedly. It just seems very insensitive to post things like Erin's comment in response to a tribute.
Everyone repeat after me. "Lila is a Tool, who obviously needs to get laid, I am so glad my life does not suck like Lila's....Lila is a Tool who obviously needs to get laid, I am so glad my life does not suck like Lila's...." its ok Lila, strap on your nikes and drink the Kool Aid, you will not be missed.
Yeah I'm sure you can hear "everyone". Time to put down the fork and walk away from the pie, you've had too much sugar.
@Lila, I do actually, all the voices in my head and sometimes the voices make me want to do things, like right now, where did you say you live again Lila?
This was my thought too Lila. The author (who is not the wife and didn't know the man who died) was promoting peanut butter pie to honor a man who died of heart attack. Nobody, including the author, knows the exact cause of the heart attack, but man I thought this was a spoof at first.
Los Angeles nutjob.
Regardless of how you've judged the matter or what experiences you've had with sudden loss by heart disease, this was not the appropriate place for you or Erin, or anyone else, to post negative thoughts.
This was posted as a memorial in honor of another food blogger. The pie may not be healthy, but it's a treat. Can you honestly say you've never eaten anything sweet in your life as a treat? It happened to be the favorite treat of her newly deceased husband. One of the memories she has is the regret that she never got around to making this treat one last time for him.
Therefore, it's entirely appropriate that she write about the pie, and request the readers to make it and share it with those they love. It's not about the pie. She writes to us to remind us to show our appreciation for our loved once while we still have the chance.
Likewise, our comments should not be denigrading her or her husband based on this post. Because again, it's not about the pie or how much one has consumed of the pie, or what the cause of this man's death was. It's about comforting her in her grief over someone who was taken from her far too soon.
Th act of baking the pie and sharing it is an act of support and goodwill for her in her difficult time. You need not make this pie, if you don't want to. Make anything, healthy or unhealthy, that your loved one loves. But appreciate them. And appreciate this young family that is suffering. A little empathy goes a very long way.
@Lila..Now I think I struck a nerve with little miss tight azz Lila, I'm telling you, go get laid (even though you may have to pay them and/or get them very drunk because if you are as ugly as your words, your in big trouble) it will do wonders! oh wait, here's some change, go buy a paperbag to put over your head. Its been lovely little Lila, but I am afraid I am bored, have an uptight miserable day! OH and try not to have a heart attack- even though you would be doing the world a favor! tah tah!
@Inappropriate...THAT WAS AWESOME. thank you
This is a public forum, not everyone read her blog or are part of the food community. Baking a pie is a wonderful gesture because it was his favorite, but it is very odd to some people because of how he died. The story is striking in that way. I was not trying to be negative and I feel bad what happened to Jennifer, can't imagine losing my husband.
@Lila, WHY couldnt you have said it that way in the first place? Maybe people wouldn't be jumping all over you thinking your a crass heartless bitch?
"the food choice seems odd to many people." Seems odd to YOU. Obviously, I'm not part of the "many people" that you are referring to and very content not to be.
I agree with Erin 100%. My sympathy to the family for their loss.
Then you're as stupid as her. Troll.
"My Name is ROZ and I'm a tool!"
I will be SO GLAD when school starts and the kiddies can't blog during the day...
I was soooo thinking the same thing!
In an effort to put it differently, Erin, you are a tool-monkey!
Erin, you're a trick. Take your misguided comments and shove them. You have NO idea the circumstances of his death. I would assume it was likely a congenital heart issue and not diet. Shove it and have some respect for a grieving family.
...seriously...who was this guy?
Based on the video posted below, Mikey looks trim and fit. One never knows what lurks in their body, it could have been a blood clot or aneurysm that ended his precious life. Whatever the reason, it's a tragedy and a life ended way too soon. So go bake a pie, hug someone you love, and don't judge.
Point is, you don't have to be obese to have high cholesterol...and thus arterial disease.
Erin, That is very presumptuous and self-righteous of you to criticize someone that you don't know ANYTNING about ! I find it very self-serving and quite SMALL of you to post such an insulting response to someone else's heartfelt pain and grief! I hope you are proud of being such a horse's ass!
Why don't you just shut up?
For once in your miserable, snarky, pathetic, meaningless life, shut your damned mouth.
You saw this article, about a family who has suffered a massive loss and is in a type of pain you have obviously never experienced outside of television, and your first thought is, "I'm gonna make myself look AWESOME by criticizing this person." Is that what you thought?
THEN GO TO HELL!!!! YOU DON'T DESERVE A SINGLE THING LIFE HAS HANDED YOU!!!
Snaps to Mr. Bones. exactly what I wanted to say, thank you
That may be the most insensitive comment I have ever heard. You should be ashamed. "Without knowing the medical details" is all the reason you need to not make an insensitive comment like that.
Just take a look at her site where the recipe is posted. You will see a video of her husband with their daughter dancing. Looks like a pretty normal guy to me and not over weight. I love people who just want to prejudge without knowing the facts. Those are the ones that think they know it all.
Maybe I'm unkind, but that was my first thought too. Why not a flower garden, or a salad, or a painting? Anything but fatty, sugary poison. Even for healthy people, this is not good food, and we should be turning to fruits, vegetables, and protein more often for "comfort".
The food police is alive and well.
And why don't you think for everyone and make decisions for everyone? Can't stand the thought that we are all out here living and making our own decisions.
There is a reason it's called "comfort food" and it can be many things to many people. Just because the receipe is loaded with so-called "bad things" doesn't make it a food no-no. Everything in moderation, after all. Go ahead and eat a piece of pie for God's sake. You can get back on your food rant another day.
How anyone (in their right mind) can turn this sad, sweet story into their own personal platform for criticism is beyond me. It caused me to tear up, and then BANG, the criticisms start right off the bat. Shame on you people. Go peddle your cr@p on a health site and not here. My sympathies go to the loved ones he left behind, and I will certainly go find that recipe and make it soon.
*like* I agree wholeheartedly! There is a "health" section (see top red bar to the left of Living). It's a shame that so many hurtful, ignorant comments even made it to this post. This is not the place or the time to be preaching agendas. Enjoy your pie!
Erin – shut up, Just...shut up,
You, Erin, are a complete scumbag. Things like this happen all the time; it was tragic and I don't see why you have to try and put a reason for why it happened. My friend's uncle passed away recently and was in his late forties. He was a physical fitness finatic and had a heart attack while out on a run... so tell me how the American way of life killed him?
What a nasty, nasty thing to say.
Erin, you are an idiot, and a mean idiot to boot. Please shut up.
Erin, I totally agree with you.
Erin is right... unfortunately. It is certainly a thoughtful and sweet gesture, but it's akin to handing out cigars when someone dies of lung cancer.
Jerk
@Calling it as I see it...So does that mean if you die in a car accident you expect people to walk to your funeral?
It's not the same at all, but you wouldn't know that because you're too ignorant to actually READ the post on her blog. She wanted this as a gesture, because it was something she kept meaning to do FOR him, but kept putting it off for other things. She's saying, to interpret for your ignorant mind, to not put off doing things for those you love because you think you're too busy. You might not have another chance. So, take a course in English composition and learn how to actually understand what you read instead of reading into it what you want. Then think twice before you decide to post insensitive, ignorant comments in the future.
let them eat pie....it is the idea that you should live for today and not put off until tomorrow. Do now for your loved ones instead of waiting until the chance is no longer there.
Erin – You are insensitive and callous. You might want to consider making yourself a peanut butter pie. This just might help you love yourself a bit more.
You all please give Erin a break. She is just expressing her thoughts on unhealthy eating, which is REAL problem in this country. We all have temptations for such kind of deserts (almost can eat the screen)... so it's not a bad idea to discourage people to stay away from this kind of food. I don't find her comment disrespectful. How horrible of some of you to wish her a similar tragic event... that doesn't make you distasteful or insensitive?
While I am not wishing bad things on Erin, I am offended by her comment because this is not the time or place to make it.
It is a hurtful and dangerous thing for the healthy to express that those who are unhealthy have unequivocally earned their fate. People become ill for all kinds of reasons, only some of which are diet-related. I can only express joy that Erin has not yet had to suffer the loss of a loved one by a disease with an unknown cause. However, I believe that someday, she will disagree with the the very things she typed today.
We're all terminal, and no one knows how or when until it happens. There is nothing wrong with eating a piece of peanut butter pie, especially in memoriam. You can eat all the wheat grass and bean sprouts you want, you're still going to die, and it might be before or after the guy who enjoys a bacon sandwich. Stop poking sharp sticks at someone who is already hurting. Enjoy life, and don't be afraid. It's not how long you live, it's how you live that matters.
The first thing I thought is that I can't eat stuff like that because I've had a heart attack. Make the pie, but use lighter ingredients maybe? So it isn't that we're heartless and cruel, but that cream pie isn't good for your heart, and memorializing someone who had a heart attack by making it just seems a bit weird. Never mind the pie, just hug your loved ones.
Even Bubba can figure this out....hell with you all up here trashing Erin.
Wow. I'm amazed by some of these comments and saddened by such a lack of compassion. Whether or not this person was healthy or unhealthy is completely irrelevant. Jennie just lost her beloved husband, and her 2 young daughters just lost their father. To kick someone when there are down in inexcusable.
I made a peanut butter pie today, also my husband's favorite, and plan to share it with my family in honor of Mikey. I hope all of you are able to take time out today and appreciate your loved ones.
Man you are truly an insensitive jerk!!
If you took two minutes to look at Jennie's site, you would see she's all about real food, scratch cooking. There are a lot of factors that can cause a heart attack, not just the love of a peanut butter pie.
Have a heart.
Right, since you probably lived with the Perillos and Mr. Perillo probably ate peanut butter pies daily at all hours. You have no idea who these people are and you are making false assumptions. Get off your high horse and learn to have some RESPECT for other people's loss. Never assume anything about anybody.
Well, Erin, aren't you just a little gift of joy? Babies touch the world with love and you just touched the world with dispair and sadness with that comment. Proud of yourself?
I think it is ghoulish of you to respond to this story to advance your opinion about nutrition. SSurely there are better ways, but like a lot of people, you barrell ahead with your opinion, YOUR agenda. Have you no decency?