This Classic Southern Pie Is the Perfect Way to Celebrate 3.14

Ayyy, it's Pi(e) Day, the kinda cute holiday that falls on March 14 (a.k.a. 3.14) and is a simultaneous ode to 3.14159 (etc. etc.)  and to the homophonous flaky desserts. And to boot, pies are circular, and pi helps you calculate the area of circles, blah blah blah. OK, now that we've established that, let's eat some pie.

But which pie to eat? Well, you could go with our bourbon pecan pie, or a chocolate pudding pie, or even a goat cheese pumpkin pie if you have any leftover cans of pumpkin purée stuffed in the back of your kitchen cabinets. But our suggestion, on this particular Pi Day, would be Callie Speer's chess pie, a Southern classic that is filled with neither syrupy fruit nor whipped fluff, as so many pies are, but with a sweet, creamy, tart filling of buttermilk and vanilla and Meyer lemon.

It's a little hard to explain what chess pie is, but it's really easy to make and extremely easy to enjoy—we swear. Just be warned: It feels impossible to have just one slice.

RECIPE: Chess Pie

Now that's getting into the holiday spirit.