The Chocolate Chess Pie at Fiona in Los Angeles Turned Me Into a Pie Lover | Bon Appétit
"Delightfully fudgy and gooey with a shiny, crackly top, the filling was closer in spirit to the boxed brownies my mom would make when I was a kid (the greatest dessert of all time to eight-year-old me) than any pie I’d ever eaten. A big dollop of unsweetened whipped cream on the side is optional, but IMHO is not really optional. And after having eaten so many mediocre pie crusts—tragically underbaked and crispy-gone-soggy in the rare, bad way—I was in no way prepared for pastry queen Nicole Rucker’s take, which flakes into a million crisp, buttery shards at the touch of a fork, the way a well-made croissant does." - ByChristina Chaey
