Cooking

Pie gets a lot of hype around Thanksgiving, hot at the center of the apple-pumpkin-pecan debate. The dish is so beloved, we started to wonder why revelers should have to wait until dessert to partake of its varied flaky, crumbly crusts. We reimagined seven of the most-classic Thanksgiving side dishes as pies so enticing –– hand pies, pot pies, casseroles with cleverly constructed crusts –– that by the time dessert rolls around, your guests will be saying, "Pumpkin what?"