Pie throw down

A few weeks ago, Haji our baker was challenged by Liz Thomas, the baker for Watercourse Foods. Challenged to a pie bake off that is.

The place: Sweet Action Ice Cream on Broadway. The pie: Cherry lattice crust. Liz’s was vegan, Haji’s was decidedly not. The judges: 1 from Sweet Action, 1 from Watercourse, 1 from Marczyk’s, and the pie master himself, John Lehndorff.

And the winner was: Haji’s cherry pie a la Marczyk! Both were delicious, but with a full lard crust and just a kiss of almond extract, there was no way Haji was going to lose this one. Great pictures here.