Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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.

No Southern gathering is complete without pie. Here are the vintage Southern pie recipes that will always be in our recipe tin, from Chess Pie to Key Lime Pie.

With a flaky pie crust, gooey, buttery, and a sweet filling, and minimal ingredients — Southern chess pie is an American ...

What a funny name, chess pie. Best guess is that the name is an aberration of common language. James Villas, food and wine editor at Town & Country magazine and a serious Southerner, offers this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s not apple, pumpkin, or pecan. Even though the turkey gets all the attention on Thanksgiving, we all know that the pies are ...

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 ...

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 ...

A chess pie is a welcome dessert at any function, but you could be making them even tastier with this delicious twist that is ...

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 — ...

Chess pie is one of those forgotten vestiges of old Southern culture, like RC Colas and Moon Pies, that hasn’t yet been snapped up by nouveau foodies and made trendy again, as has been done with ...