With a name like chess pie, one would think it got its name from some connection to the game, but the origins of this dessert ...

If you are looking for a simple pie to add to a special meal, might I suggest this gluten-free buttermilk chess pie? Chess pies are as old as America. Martha Washington had a chess pie recipe which ...

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 ...

If you take your time melting the butter, spend significant time beating the eggs and send several text messages to your sister between those two tasks, you might be able to spend 15 entire minutes ...

It’s not apple, pumpkin, or pecan. Even though the turkey gets all the attention on Thanksgiving, we all know that the pies are the real star of the meal. No matter where you live or celebrate the ...

The Buttermilk Chess Pie at Husk. Sugar, eggs, flour and butter. Just four ingredients make up a traditional chess pie, yet there are thousands of recipes and variations. Lisa Donovan is the pastry ...

• Lucy Wiley e-mailed seeking a recipe for chess pie, a classic Southern dessert that is traditionally thickened with fine cornmeal. Several readers responded. I tested two recipes. Ann Criswell, the ...

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It’s the dead of winter, so it seems like a good time to discuss “desperation pie.” That’s a term I learned about earlier this year as I perused the fetching new “The Hoosier Mama Book of Pie: Recipes ...

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 ...