The Pies Have It

Wendy Achatz's old-style baking

by Sally Mitani

posted 12/3/2011

Ignorance is one way to keep a product pure. "I don't know what potassium sorbate is," says Wendy Achatz, owner, with her husband Dave, of the Achatz Handmade Pie Company. "Is it a powder? A liquid? Where would I buy it?" asks Achatz (pronounced ACK-its). Her point is that potassium sorbate, a preservative, is found in many commercial pies--but not in

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