I first tasted a slice of chess pie while sitting on the side of the road in middle Tennessee. Well, almost the side of the road. A fellow Californian friend and I made the trek to Leiper's Fork to ...

Some Southern sweets -- pecan pie, pralines, red velvet cake -- are well-loved throughout the country. As someone who was born and raised in southern Indiana, I have fond memories of a dessert that ...

• 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 ...

Chess pie is a classic Southern custard pie — known for a few distinct ingredients, all of which contribute to the beloved filling’s final texture. Chess pie recipes commonly use cornmeal as a ...

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 — ...

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 ...

Chess Pie is a dessert that's characteristic of Southern cuisine. Recipes vary but are generally similar in that they call for the preparation of a single crust and a filling composed of eggs, butter, ...

In the introduction to her new cookbook, Cheryl Day writes: “This book would not have been possible without the millions of enslaved laborers who worked in the fields, plantations, and kitchens of the ...