Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I first tasted a slice of chess pie while sitting on the side of the road in middle Tennessee. Well, almost the side of the road.

Chess pie is one of those forgotten vestiges of old Southern culture, like RC Colas and Moon Pies, that hasn’t yet been snapped up by nouveau foodies and made trendy again, as has been done with ...

Some Southern sweets -- pecan pie, pralines, red velvet cake -- are well-loved throughout the country. As someone who was born and raised in southern Indiana, I have fond memories of a dessert that ...

If you've never had chess pie, a popular Southern dessert, it's sort of like the pound cake of pies. There are no fancy fruits or nuts in the filling of this dessert: just sugar, butter, flour, and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Dena Wruble and Tracy Rapp are the editors of Simply Southern With a Dash of Kosher Soul. Chess pie is one of the South’s great contributions to the culinary arts. One folk story asserts that it was ...

The Buttermilk Chess Pie at Husk. Sugar, eggs, flour and butter. Just four ingredients make up a traditional chess pie, yet there are thousands of recipes and variations. Lisa Donovan is the pastry ...

In 19th-century Alabama, as one of many tales goes, a freed slave made a living selling pies to her neighbors. During a time when pecans and other nuts were hard to come by, she made a sugar pie, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A slice of chess pie with whipped cream on top. - Debbismirnoff/Getty Images If you've never had chess pie, a popular Southern ...