Sunset Bridge
“She wanted a pie that was both tall and airy, a pie that looked like the sun rising over a sandy graham cracker beach, growing lighter and brighter as it rose. She had based her idea on a tequila sunrise cocktail, then tried grenadine syrup, followed by cranberry juice, for the bottom layer, but so far hadn’t produced a pie special enough to be on Phillip Callander’s menu.
“All my pies have to be good,” she told Janya, “but this has to be good enough that people come right over after eating a s...lice at the Shrimp and buy a whole pie to take home for the rest of the week. It’s gotta be an intro-duc-tion.”
Janya was helping but not tasting, since today’s experiment included gelatin, something she, as a strict vegetarian, avoided. She pressed Wanda’s graham cracker mixture into a pie pan as Wanda tried a little of this and a little of that to get the chiffon filling to reflect the blend of colors that she wanted.
“This is your Christian day of rest,” Janya said. “You bake pie all week, and tomorrow, even if Wanda’s is closed, you will be there preparing for Tuesday.”MoreLess
“All my pies have to be good,” she told Janya, “but this has to be good enough that people come right over after eating a s...lice at the Shrimp and buy a whole pie to take home for the rest of the week. It’s gotta be an intro-duc-tion.”
Janya was helping but not tasting, since today’s experiment included gelatin, something she, as a strict vegetarian, avoided. She pressed Wanda’s graham cracker mixture into a pie pan as Wanda tried a little of this and a little of that to get the chiffon filling to reflect the blend of colors that she wanted.
“This is your Christian day of rest,” Janya said. “You bake pie all week, and tomorrow, even if Wanda’s is closed, you will be there preparing for Tuesday.”MoreLess
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