As American as Pie

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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While developing her award-winning cookbook, 50 Pies, 50 States, Stacey Mei Yan Fong was about to become a permanent American resident. As she navigated the application process, she researched, developed, and baked pies that represented all 50 states, and delivered them to recipients in each of those states. Now, Stacey will soon be eligible to apply for American citizenship. In this episode, Stacey revisits the pie recipes and recipients to contemplate her choice. Check out America's Test Kitchen's favorite pie recipes! Get a 14-day free trial for an America’s Test Kitchen digital subscription ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, proof listeners, I want to tell you about Uni's outdoor pizza ovens. I'm absolutely obsessed.
0:08.4	I bought one last year and have been making restaurant quality pizza in my backyard ever since.
0:13.3	And now I'm jealous because Uni has introduced two bigger, better, and smarter pizza ovens.
0:19.8	The portable 14-inch coated two range range from Oonie is the next
0:23.3	generation of outdoor gas-powered home pizza ovens. The other new arrival is the made-for-entertaining
0:30.0	18-inch Coda-2 Pro. They're both powered by innovative G2 gas technology for improved heat
0:36.2	distribution and a consistently epic pizza every time.
0:40.5	There's nothing like baking in a 950-degree Fahrenheit oven.
0:44.3	This temperature range lets you cook everything from burgers to a whole roast chicken, not just pizzas.
0:49.7	You can even get real-time temperature readings direct to your phone from the Bluetooth-enabled Uni-Connect Digital Temperature Hub, which is sold separately.
1:00.3	The Cota 2 ranges really are bigger, better, and smarter.
1:03.8	Learn more at uni.com.
1:05.7	That's o'-o-o-n-I.com.
1:17.6	Thank you. p.O-O-N-I.com. Pie has always played an integral role in America.
1:22.1	We say, as American, as Apple Pie, for a reason.
1:26.7	I think this passage from the New York Times, published in 1902, still rings true today.
1:33.6	Pie is the secret of our strength as a nation and the foundation of our industrial supremacy.
1:39.6	Pie is the American synonym of prosperity.
1:42.9	Pie is the food of the heroic. No pie eating people can be
1:46.4	permanently vanquished. As someone who wants pie, not cake, on his birthday, I heartily agree.
1:56.7	For this week's reporter and Singaporean national Stacey Mae Yangfong,
2:01.6	pie isn't just a symbolic dish.
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