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Article: Retro pies: A look at the all-American dessert.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- December 15, 2003
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Byline: Mary-Kathryn Craft
Pick pie for dessert, and you're choosing not only a tasty treat but a slice of history.
Often thought of as the all-American dessert, pie has become synonymous with family gatherings and tradition.
"We all associate holidays with pumpkin pie and pecan pie and apple pies," said Linda Everett, author of the cookbook "Retro Pies," (Collectors Press, Inc).
Everett, who chronicles the history of pie in the book, writes that pioneer women even once postponed a holiday feast because they had not received molasses for their pies.
According to The American Pie Council, 75 percent of pies baked commercially ...