Pies Across America: Who Makes the Best?
What's the best piece of pie you've ever eaten?
Karen Barker, pastry chef and co-owner of the Magnolia Grill, 1002 Ninth Street, 919-286-3609, Durham, NC), makes the best pies I've ever eaten. Karen made all the pies for a pie breakfast at a Barbecue Conference I went to a few years ago In Oxford, Mississippi, and I'm afraid I singlehandedly decimated her supply of pies. She wrote a terrific cookbook a few years ago, and tomorrow or the next day I will put her pie recipe up on Ed Levine Eats.
In New York, as I mentioned yesterday, my two favorite pie bakers are Two Little Red Hens (1112 8th Ave. (11th St.), Park Slope, 718-499-8108, 1652 2nd Ave. (85th St.) 212-452-0476, and Yura & Company, 1650 Third Ave. (92nd St.),212-860-8060. If you haven't ordered your pies for Thanksgiving this year, and you live in New York, get your pies from one of these places.
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3 Comments:
I always make a pilgrimage to Linvilla Orchards in Media, PA. The tag line is "I Love that Place." and we do. (www.linvilla.com) The secret I think is the ovens. Consistantly good pies and a large varety of flavors.
JerzeeTomato at 3:29PM on 12/03/06
The best pie I ever had (and still get occasionally) is at Wildfire Restaurant in Waynesville, NC. It is a Coconut Cream pie made by the owner, whose name I don't know, but she only makes it when she's in the mood, and it's not on the menu...you have to ask if it's available. I love it so much that last year my wife ordered a whole pie for my birthday in place of a cake. I was in heaven.
ncmike1 at 9:24AM on 12/07/06
must say that my friend phoebe lawless makes a mean pie, though she did work with karen at the grill. i believe she's made a pie made with bacon fat that was excellent.
eggplantconfit at 4:48PM on 12/08/06