Two CDC Scientists Create A New Cookbook Out Of Their Love For Pie

Authors Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin partnered with Dad’s Garage artistic director Kevin Gillese to create a new improv show on their pie cookbook.

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Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin are research scientists. Paul is an M.D. specialist in malaria, now retired from the CDC. Chris still works at the CDC and is an epidemiologist. Their love for baking brought them together as a couple, and that love for baking has won them hundreds of awards.

The authors will present their first cookbook, “THE NEW PIE: Modern Techniques for the Classic American Dessert” at the AJC Decatur Book Festival this Sunday.

But before that, on Friday, the ever nimble actors at Dad’s Garage will improvise their interpretation of the cookbook.