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Article: Apple Pie: A Slice of America's Past
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 25, 1991
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What is it we Americans have about apple pie? During the past
two years, while traveling the country and researching a book on
American desserts, I have found that nearly every home baker has a
special recipe, a reminiscence, an opinion - above all, an
attachment.
But why? Enlightenment, perhaps not profound but of a sort,
finally came to me in Boulder, Colo., where I served as a judge for
a pie contest. I took nibbles from dozens of pies, ranging from
classic lemon meringue to updated black bottom (with raspberry
liqueur instead of the traditional rum), and while all of them
struck me as good enough, none seemed a winner.
Then came Carol Layton's pie, and suddenly, amid my encroaching ...