A Slice of Round Top Inside Tara Royer Steele's New Cookbook

Some people leave Round Top with a vintage quilt.

Others head home with silver, a painting, or an antique they’ve spent years searching for.

Now, visitors can bring home something a little different: a slice of Round Top itself.

In her new cookbook, Keep Your Fork, There’s Pie!, Tara Royer Steele shares far more than recipes. The book is a collection of stories, memories, family traditions, and the hospitality that has defined the Royer name for decades and been passed on to from her Round Top legendary dad, Bud Royer.

For many, the Royers name is synonymous with Round Top. Long lines form during show season, visitors make special trips for a slice of pie, and generations of families have gathered around tables covered in pie crumbs and coffee cups. But behind every recipe is a deeper story, one rooted in family, faith, and the belief that food has a way of bringing people together.

Those themes are woven throughout the pages of Keep Your Fork, There’s Pie!

Readers will find beloved recipes, sweet and savory favorites, and the comforting dishes that have become part of the Royer family’s story. Yet what makes the cookbook special isn’t simply what’s being served. It’s the stories that accompany each recipe and the memories preserved alongside them.

In many ways, the cookbook reflects the same things that bring people to Round Top in the first place.

The joy of discovering something meaningful.

The beauty of preserving stories.

The comfort of gathering around a table with the people you love.

The belief that some of life’s greatest treasures aren’t things at all.

For longtime Royers fans, the cookbook offers a chance to recreate favorite recipes at home. For first-time readers, it serves as an introduction to the people, traditions, and values that have helped make the Royer family such a beloved part of the Round Top community.

More than a cookbook, Keep Your Fork, There’s Pie! feels like an invitation.

An invitation to slow down.

To gather.

To celebrate.

To tell stories.

And to save room for dessert.

Because if there’s one thing Tara Royer Steele seems to understand, it’s that the best things shared around a table are rarely just the food.

They’re the memories made around it.

Purchase Tara's new cookbook here