In 2010, Jaynelle St. Jean had already tried journalism and fashion and was considering farming when she began baking pies in her mother’s San Francisco kitchen, handing slices out the kitchen window as gifts to passers-by. The window experiment led to Pietisserie, a storefront in Oakland, Calif., closed since the Covid crisis, with pies available for pickup and local delivery. Ms. St. Jean’s Pietisserie pies are now shipping nationally on Goldbelly. Though pecan, pink apple and Key lime pies are on the menu, there are more unusual creations to showcase at home, like a raspberry pie wrapped in chocolate and a bright, custardy ultraviolet sweet potato pie that benefits from some whipped cream upholstery. All are nine inches, have flaky butter crusts and rely on local ingredients. For Bay Area shoppers this holiday season, she has a pop-up open through Christmas Eve in Town & Country Village, a shopping center in Palo Alto.
Pietisserie, most pies $79 including shipping, pietisserie.com.
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