Vintage Black Pie Bird - Blackbird Pie Vent menu book Just like Craig Claiborne suggested

Just like Craig Claiborne suggested in his quote above

Last September

Manufactured by one of the hotel industry's leading dishware makers

- Design includes trailing vines and flowers

Most often replicated were floral bouquet designs like this one featured here on metal serving trays

Vintage Black Pie Bird - Blackbird Pie Vent menu book Just like Craig Claiborne suggestedFour and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie {HISTORY} Not only cute but also clever, ceramic pie birds were first invented in Britain during the 1800s as a way to let steam escape from double crust pies while baking in the oven. Due to their unique shape, these little charmers prevented pie juices from bubbling over as well as prevented top crusts from sagging in the center. America caught on to these affable kitchen helpers in the 1920s and since then