Celebrate National Pie Day With A Slice From A Fairfield County Bakery

NORWALK, Conn. -- Pie oh my. Saturday, Jan. 23 is National Pie Day, one of those unofficial food holidays created to celebrate pies and all their glory — or dare we say, all of their fillings?

Customer Monica Reich and her daughter, Massiel, 3, show off a maple pumpkin pie from Michele's Pies in Norwalk.
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Manager Stephen Jarrett holds one of the apple pies from Michele's.
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Some of the pies at Michele's.
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Apple Crumb pie from Michele's.
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A mini apple pie from Michele's Pies.
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Michele's signature pie - Chocolate Pecan Bourbon.
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A mini chocolate cream pie from Michele's.
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Coconut Cream pie from Michele's.
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Jeanne Muchnick

01/22/2016 5:01 a.m.

Poll

Final Results Voting Closed

What's Your Favorite Kind Of Pie?

Apple
29%
Blueberry
10%
Cherry
7%
Key Lime
11%
Lemon Meringue
10%
Pecan
11%
Sweet Potato
7%
Chocolate
7%
Pumpkin
8%

According to the National Day Calendar, the first pies appeared around 9500 BC in the Egyptian Neolithic period or New Stone Age. Aside from being a source of sweet tooth satisfaction, pies have also been used over the years for humor ever since Actor Ben Turpin received one in the face in the silent movie, "Mr. Flip" in 1909.

In Fairfield County, residents have a host of pie places to choose from. Plan now to buy yours.

Michele's Pies in Norwalk is a big pie destination. The bakery, in fact, has had 27 first-place winning pies in the National Pie Championships. Its signature pie is the Chocolate Pecan Bourbon and Store Manager Stephen Jarrett said what makes the pies so good is that they use fresh fruit and keep the ingredients simple -- like at home, he said. "Everybody loves them."

Other pie places to check out (though feel free to write in and tell us your favorites):

Where will you secure your piece of the pie?

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