This was one of those “special occasion pies” my mom made when company was coming over. It looked so fancy with that shiny red strawberry topping, but it was secretly easy and always got compliments. Now I make it whenever I want to impress without stressing, especially during berry season. One bite...

This pie takes me straight back to summers at my grandma’s farmhouse, where rhubarb grew like crazy by the garden fence. She’d mix it with strawberries from the field and bake a pie that smelled like sunshine and love. I didn’t even know what rhubarb was back then — I just knew that warm slice with ...