How to Use chess pie in a Sentence
chess pie
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Radish cakes came off like chess pie with an earthy funk.
—Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 30 Jan. 2020
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The South has an array of sweet potato pies, pecan pies, chess pies and peanut pies.
—Mallory Hughes, CNN, 23 Jan. 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Similar to a chess pie, the filling is a custard made from sugar, eggs, milk, and flour.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
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Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green beans, gravy, and chess pie.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 14 Nov. 2019
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The restaurant also serves classic sides like macaroni and cheese and slices of homemade chess pie.
—Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 10 Apr. 2020
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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
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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
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One dessert: pumpkin molasses pie or bourbon chocolate chess pie.
—The Courier-Journal, 7 Nov. 2022
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For dessert, there will be buttermilk chess pie, red-velvet cupcakes, berry cobbler bites and Derby pie.
—Alison Stanton, azcentral, 1 May 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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