To create this tablescape, arrange seasonal fruits and leaves along the center of your dining table. Then, when it’s time for dessert, bring out bowls, spoons, and paring knives; whipped cream; and dishes of candied nuts and pie-crust cookies (using our recipes or store-bought nuts and butter cookies). Your guests choose from it all to put together their own pie in a bowl.

Set a few bottles of liqueur on the table for those who’d like to spike their dessert. We like Grand Marnier; cherry liqueur (such as Clear Creek Distillery); and Allspice Dram, a rum-based liqueur that tastes like concentrate of pie.

Recipe: Deconstructed Pie