When Sara Foster was growing up in Tennessee, Sunday lunches meant two things: gathering around the dining room table in her granny Foster’s kitchen and homemade pie. Over the last two decades, Foster ...

WRAL anchor Renee Chou and her daughter, Elsa, discovered an easy, tasty recipe to make at home - the Angus Barn's famous Chocolate Chess Pie! Melt butter and chocolate. Mix with other ingredients ...

When I married my husband five years ago, little did I know I would gain such an amazing family with quite a few talented cooks. My husband’s family has a tradition of gathering every year for either ...

Betsy Foster Matthews holds up a chocolate chess pie at P's & Q's on Magazine Street on Nov. 14, 2013. (Julia Kumari Drapkin, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) Betsy Foster Matthews of P's and Q's (Pies ...

Lemon chess pie is a delightfully easy pastry to make, so I spent my time instead learning about the history of the pie and the history of chess. The history of the pie is more apocryphal but much ...

Lemon Cheese Pie gets its tang from fresh lemon juice and zest. (Food styling Judy Walker/Photo by Dinah Rogers, NOLA.com The Times-Picayune) Last weekend I was busy making several chess pies to serve ...

To me, chess pie is an Oklahoma pie with definite Southern accents. For NPR's recent pie contest, I started with my mother's family recipe for Lemon Chess Pie — with a variation inspired by my Aunt ...

Who doesn't love a good pie? I do believe a slice of pie can be the cure-all for any ailment. Chicken soup — step aside if you please. Right away, Southern Pies stuns you in its well-designed form — ...

It’s easy to confuse a chess pie and a buttermilk pie. Both are classic Southern desserts. Both are simple and homey looking with a single pastry crust and a creamy, pale yellow filling. But take a ...