Article: 'HEAVY ON DESSERTS' THE PRINCE OF PECAN PIE ADVISES YOU TO CHOP YOUR WAY TO A SUPERIOR SWEET.(LIFE & LEISURE)(Recipe)

Byline: PAT DAILEY Chicago Tribune

Talk pecan pie with Edgar Rose and chances are he'll have you gladly taking on the tedious task of hand-cutting the best pecan halves you can find, one by one, once down and twice across, convinced that this is the only way to make a respectable pie.

Rose, a retired engineer, has made a hobby of sorts out of pecan pie, baking it, serving it, discussing it, researching it and, most important, appreciating every last crumb of it.

``Oh, yes, I think it's a wonderful pie,'' he says.

A longtime affection for the pie turned into devotion when he made several trips to Evansville, Ind., in the 1970s. The ...

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