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The Beauty of Pie

CELEBRATING PIE MONTH

Today, surveys indicate that the most
BY KATHLEEN MULROY popular pies in the United States include

pecan (especially in the southern states),
In February we celebrate Great American key lime, pumpkin, and blueberry. But the
Pie Month. Those who don’t care for this pie consistently ranked Number One in
baked desert may leave the room while the America is ... you guessed, it, apple pie.
rest of us enjoy a tasty slice of pie history. IDAHO BAKERIES RENOWNED FOR PIE
Pie recipes traveled to the Massachusetts < Bean & Pie in Coeur d’Alene, which
Bay Colony along with the first English opened in January 2020, has “handmade
settlers. It wasn’t long before pies evolved pies featuring seasonal flavors and local
from the savory kidney and mincemeat American pies have often reflected the culture and ingredients” and offers vegan and gluten free
foods of various regions. © New Africa, Bigstock.com.
varieties of Great Britain into sweet concoc- options (beanandpie.com or (208) 930-4065).
tions made with the fruits that flourished Settlers in Florida used local limes as < The Pie Hut in Sandpoint has been a local
along the Atlantic Coast. the main ingredient in key lime pie. New favorite for years. The Hut offers a wide range
American pie crusts tended to be lighter Hampshire became known for its fried hand of cream and fruit pies, pot pies, and lunch
and flakier than their English cousins because pies, called “crab lanterns.” The Midwest, (m.facebook.com/PIE-HUT or (208) 265-2208).
they were more often made with lard from with its plentiful dairy farms, specialized < In Moscow, Goose House Bakery has a
pigs rather than the traditional tallow from in recipes using cheese and cream. Native variety of baked goods, including seasonal
cows. Many colonial bakers cooked their pies Americans introduced French settlers in pies. Offerings might include chocolate
in long narrow pans called “coffins.” New Orleans to pecans, and—voila—pecan bourbon hazelnut pie, classic apple, a
American pies have often reflected the pie quickly followed. flourless chocolate tart, and a roasted
culture and foods of various regions. “Chess By 1900, Americans were eating more orange tart (goosehousebakery.com or
pie,” with its filling of sugar, cream or butter- apple pie than any other variety, probably [email protected]).
milk, egg, and sometimes bourbon, became because apples grew well across the coun- < The Boise Pie Company in Boise offers a
popular in the South. In Pennsylvania, try and could be stored during the winter. staggering 58 different pies, some of which
Dutch settlers made “shoofly” pies, which So popular was this variety that the now are seasonal (boisepieco.net or (208) 343-3101).
featured molasses, as well as savory meat ubiquitous phrase “as American as apple Happy pie-eating! ISI
dishes known as pot pies. pie” was used in a 1924 newspaper adver-
tisement for US-made men’s suits.

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