  1036 Light St. Baltimore, Md. (410) 522-PIES (7437) www.dangerouspies.com Lunch, Dinner  Dangerous is run by Rod Henry, a rock guitarist who learned how to bake from his grandmother and aunt in Minnesota and Indiana, and who went into the pie business when the constant touring of the music business wasn’t paying the bills. Rod brings something we appreciate to the pie list. Among more than a couple dozen dessert pies can be found the popular selection known as “full custom custard” (White Trash Crème Brulee to its devotées), chocolate chess, chocolate peanut butter chess, Baltimore bomb (a buttermilk chess pie with Berger’s cookies, a fudgey local favorite), Mobtown Brown (pecans with Belgian chocolate and caramel) and Key Bridge lime. Rod’s price is a little steep, frankly, $25-$28 for a whole pie and six smackers for a slice. Careful readers of www.americanpieways.com know that a slice price of $5 and up really burns our crust, but bear with us here, folks. Rod knows what he’s doing, and a sit-down in his red-walled hole-in-the-wall establishment for lunch and pie will be worth your while and your hard-earned cash. Perhaps a lunch of a savory pie (steak, mushroom, onion and Gruyere; steak chili, or Hot Rod Ham and Potato) or a tantalizing quiche (spinach and goat cheese, perhaps, or maybe the Kitchen Sink or one with fresh crab meat – you’re in Maryland, after all) and then dessert will be worth your while.  And now for the intrigue. We asked Rod about his restaurant’s inclusion in “Killer Pies,” a mouth-watering book of great pies produced by restaurants all across the country, written by Stephanie Anderson (Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 2007), including some you’ll read about on www.americanpieways.com. “That wasn’t my pie in the picture,” Rod answered, “and the recipe had some embellishments.” Oh, my! The recipe in the book is one for Rod’s “Bob Andy Pie,” which shows up on the menu as the White Trash Crème Brulee, containing eggs, sugar, cinnamon, flour, butter and milk. Okay, we didn’t sample the pie while we were there for a late breakfast in September 2009 because there was none in the pie case. We had pecan (John: “just the right toothiness”) and three-berry (Jennifer: “outstanding, very tart!”). So, we’ll have to come back for the crème brulee or have Rod send us one (he ships worldwide). Dangerously Delicious, which has also been discovered by Paula Dean, holds pie-eating contests and music nights in the parking lot. Among recent performers was a band with our favorite name: the Cold Cold Heartbreakers. Two days after our stop in at Dangerously Delicious, we popped into the Common Ground, a coffee shop across town that has been favorably mentioned for its pies. When we asked the woman behind the counter if she had any pies at that time, on a Sunday afternoon, she said she only had one slice left but she was pretty sure “they’ve still got pie over on Federal Hill.” Dangerously Delicious’s other location: 3547 Chestnut Ave. Hampden, Md. (410) 662-PIES (7437) |
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