The Whoopie pie is making a comeback according to a New York Times article. Now, this is the type of news I'm craving to read right now. Enough dour talk of stimulus, pork, economic woes. Yes, let's talk Whoopie pies, their origins and why right now, we need them! Sinking your teeth into chocolate cake with a sweet filling, this is a worthy brand revival. Whoopie pies make me think of bake sales to raise money for our high school trip to France. There was always that Mom who was the killer baker and yes, her Whoopie pies, sold out quickly. I guess you could say we flew to France and back on the strength of Whoopie pies and Bingo, too, but I digress. I'm just here to cheer for Whoopie pies and toast the Times reporter, Micheline Maynard, who wrote about them. And I think I'm not the only one cheering, because the Whoopie pie article was one of the top five emailed, so no, we're not just a nation with debt and despair, we are people longing to believe in hope...and in the meantime find a whoopie pie or two to take us back to a simpler time.
Note the displayed image of the Whoppie Pie is cropped from a photo by Francesco Tonelli for The New York Times.
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