For Chefs, Booming Home Businesses In New York and California

"Last June, a few months after creating the pastry program at MICHELIN Plate Che Fico, Angela Pinkerton started baking pies. On the menu are passionfruit bay leaf merengue, strawberry rhubarb streusel, and chicken pot pies, although Pinkerton's favorite is a classic apple; her grandparents had an orchard and she watched her grandmother bake a lot of apple pies. In the beginning Pinkerton rolled dough for all her pies by hand but, to give them a break, she She began driving from Oakland to San Francisco at 4am to use the dough sheeter at Che Fico. Pie Society now turns out cookies and 250-300 pies, to be picked up in San Francisco or the East Bay. Follow @piesocietysf for updates." - Sophie Friedman