Pies

Are pies the new cupcakes? They're becoming just as ubiquitous at online stores and new restaurants with pie counters.

 View a slideshow of F&W's favorite places for pie in the U.S.

Baked Good

Courtesy of Ramell Ross

PieLab is a hybrid dessert shop and design studio in Greensboro, Alabama, that kick-starts talks about community improvement. pielab.org.

Pie-Baking Tools

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Pie Plates

Thomas Paul's melamine trompe l'oeil "Luddite" plates capture the sweet nostalgia of pie. From $8; thomaspaul.com.

© Hector Sanchez

Cool Baking

Built NY's sleek Sizzler Extra-Long Oven Mitts shield arms from ovens cranked high for pie-baking. $18; builtny.com.

© Hector Sanchez

Handy Tool

Williams-Sonoma's ingenious new lattice pocket-pie mold cuts and crimps plain and latticed hand pies. $10; williams-sonoma.com.

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Published August 2010