People love Seattle Pie Company's pies very, very much, and for multiple good reasons. The dark golden-brown crust tastes like the harvested sweet skin of angels; it's just thick enough to hold up to the mountain of filling, yet thin enough to fall apart into a few flaky layers with each bite. (It's made with leaf lard, the highest quality available, taken from around the pig's kidneys and groin—oink!) As far as fillings go, Seattle Pie Company's small cafe offers up everything from traditional sour cherry to peanut butter cream, but the signature pie really is the best—a mixture of raspberries, marionberries, strawberries, and Granny Smith apples all topped with a cinnamon- laced crumb topping. (If you're not convinced the trip to Magnolia will be worth it—though it will—Seattle Pie Company's goods are also available in several local supermarkets both whole and by the slice.)