Comments on: Just Pie … Chess Pie

By: John Evelyn: Cook, Or, the 17th C. Man Who Would Be a Locavore « Gherkins & Tomatoes

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:14 +0000

[...] chocolate, of course),** John Evelyn’s recipe for cheesecake cinches it for me: cheesecake and chess pie really share a common ancestry. After perusing Evelyn’s recipe and delving into the messiness of [...]

By: little blue hen » Blog Archive » links: food for thought

little blue hen » Blog Archive » links: food for thought — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:05:58 +0000

[...] Chess Pie and a history lesson from Gherkins & Tomatoes [...]

By: Hazel

Hazel — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:42:57 +0000

I recently had a Quebecois Sugar Pie, sounds very much the same. It’s kind of like bad version of the Canadian Butter Tart, but I didn’t enjoy it as much.

By: Cynthia Bertelsen

Cynthia Bertelsen — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:55:54 +0000

Maria,

I love those Greek pies.

Jan,

Very interesting custom. You’ll have to tell me more!

I wanted to mention that I make double batches of pie crust and freeze disks of dough divided up into enough dough for one single crust — wrapped in wax paper and then stuffed into a plastic freezer bag. This makes it really easy to make pie just about any time you feel lilke it.

By: Jan

Jan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:42:54 +0000

You’ve made me want to make a pie! My husband’s family tradition, which we have continued, has been to have ‘breakfast pie’ for Christmas day breakfast – warm apple pie topped with cheddar cheese and sausage links (precooked). Delicious! We look forward to it every year.