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  It’s one of the sweetest dessert memories from my childhood in the 60s: My mom approaching a table full of friends and family with a glistening, midnight-blue pie in her hands. Everyone who knew Judy Gewertz knew her as a baker. Her brownies were legendary. Her carrot cake still inspires demands for the recipe. But her blueberry cream cheese pie wowed everyone the minute they saw it, and prompted moans o

Pie can be the start of many beautiful things. Should you have any doubt about this, my posts here about all sorts of wonderful pie connections should clear that right up for you. From being taken in by the pro’s at Bubby’s in New York as an aspiring pie maker to flying to Iowa to judge pie at the state fair and bake with new pie friends at American Gothic, I’ve been amazed at how pie has the p