The Best Bit

The Best Bit

PIE FEST

and our champion's recipe

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Clare de Boer
Nov 18, 2025
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On Sunday, thirty-three amateur bakers from across the country competed in the Stissing House x Substack Pie Fest. Fourteen judges had an hour to taste the pies and thirty minutes to deliberate and decide which bakers would receive ribbons and who would be crowned the champion.

The field was hot, bellies burst out of corduroy, and Substack caught it all …

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