How to Use chess pie in a Sentence

chess pie

noun

• Radish cakes came off like chess pie with an earthy funk.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 30 Jan. 2020
• The South has an array of sweet potato pies, pecan pies, chess pies and peanut pies.
  — Mallory Hughes, CNN, 23 Jan. 2020
• The chess pie has a caramelly center and a sweet-and-savory crust, and comes with a side of vanilla labneh.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2021
• The Gullah dirty rice is spicy and layered, rich and earthy; a chess pie perfectly sweet-tart and tender on the tongue.
  — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2020
• But the chess pies have that southern/East Texas flavor, and the blackberry is a stellar fruit pie.
  — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 23 June 2018
• Similar to a chess pie, the filling is a custard made from sugar, eggs, milk, and flour.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
• Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, and chess pie.
  — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2019
• The restaurant also serves classic sides like macaroni and cheese and slices of homemade chess pie.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 10 Apr. 2020
• Inspired by a Southern-style chess pie, these tassies are filled with a buttermilk and browned butter custard that’s tangy and not too sweet.
  — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2020
• Even after her departure from Johnny’s, though, the menu dared you to leave dessert crumbs — impossible in the case of her legacy lemon chess pie.
  — Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2021
• One dessert: pumpkin molasses pie or bourbon chocolate chess pie.
  — The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2022
• For dessert, there will be buttermilk chess pie, red-velvet cupcakes, berry cobbler bites and Derby pie.
  — Alison Stanton, azcentral, 1 May 2018
• In the Southern foodscape, barbecue and chess pie and fried chicken are akin to what in ecology are known as charismatic megafauna: the big species that get the glory.
  — Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 26 Nov. 2012
• Adding fresh corn kernels to a sweet custard or chess pie filling is a common theme for bakers and gardeners making the most of late summer produce.
  — Casey Barber, CNN, 14 Mar. 2022
• Customers at Batches are likely to see chocolate and citrus variations on chess pie, a kind of Southern custard pie, for example.
  — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2017
• Vanilla bread pudding with hurricane coulis and gelato, buttermilk chess pie with poppy seed ice cream and sweet corn souffle with a huckleberry chipotle coulis vie are dessert options.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024