14 Autumnal Specials to Try in London
"Blame Butter is a micro-bakery in Maida Vale specialising in sweet American pies run by Chicago born-and-raised pastry chef Asa Balanoff Naiditch, who has also been putting her skills to work in The Pie Room at Holborn Dining Room this year. Asa’s pies celebrate the theatre and nostalgia of American desserts: They are joyfully extravagant but not excessively sweet. The menu for Halloween and Thanksgiving features six speciality pies, including a brown butter pumpkin pie topped with giant homemade marshmallows, a decadent black bottom pecan pie with a thick hidden layer of dark chocolate ganache, and a cinnamon honey pie made with a fragrant spiced honey custard and topped with bite-sized iced cinnamon rolls. There is also a Dutch salted caramel apple pie with an ultra-flaky crust and brown sugar crumble topping, and a cranberry crumble pie on its way in time for Thanksgiving. Pies are available whole or by the slice for collection from the secret location “Pie Hole” in Maida Vale, or from famed Jewish deli Panzer’s in St John’s Wood." - Emma Louise Pudge
