RHODE ISLAND - Pie #39 of 50 - Christine Alber
State Drink: Coffee Milk
State Fruit: Rhode Island Green Apple
I LOVE RHODE ISLAND!
Rhode Island is the smallest state in the US. It covers an area of 1214 square miles. It distances north to south are 48 miles and east to west 37 miles.
I’ve spent the most time in Newport with people I love, walking along the cliff walk, touring mansions, eating some of the best food and drinkin at the oldest operating tavern in the US the White Horse Tavern built in 1673.
For 5 summers and hopefully countless more I make the trip to Newport to attend the Newport Folk Festival. The festival is at Fort Adam’s state park which sits right on the water. Beautiful tunes and an ocean breeze what more could a girl want? This year I had the privilege of attending the 60th folk fest with surprise act the love of my life DOLLY PARTON!
for a state I love so dearly an autocrat coffee milk pie! A chocolate pie crust filled with a coffee custard and topped with home made whipped cream and chocolate shavings. Autocrat is a coffee and tea extracts manufacturing company based in Lincoln, RI. The coffee syrup is used to make coffee milk which became the official state drink of Rhode Island in 1993.
I got to bake this baby in the kitchen of my dear friends Christine, Tucker and Robert. My home away from home in downtown Newport. Where Christine makes me my favorite egg sandwiches and where she first introduced me to Polar cranberry cider seltzer my favorite seltzer flavor.
I roll deep in Rhode Island!
This pie is for Christine Alber. Christine and I went to the same college but didn’t meet till we were both on a train to Montauk for NH pie recipient Kelsie’s bachelorette party. We bonded immediately on our love for Tim Riggins, side eye, guacamole and the office.
Soon after the bachelorette party Christine invited me to my first Newport Folk Fest. five Folk fests and four thanksgivings later I could barely put into words what this spitfire of a woman means to me.
She is a force of a woman, she is a brave and above all she is a five star friend.
This Rhode Island pie also goes out to the rest of my Newport Fam! The Albers, The Burnley’s, The Jenkins! Tucker, Kara, Lexi, Anna and Ali!!! Thank you all for loving me as one of your own. How blessed is this mess from Hong Kong is to call Newport one of her homes.
Special shout out to Mission burger for making my favorite burger in the world, Winner Winner for the most perfect chicken sammy and TSK for that god damn raviolo. I eat well in RI!
Shout out also to Bohemian Bias and shore soap my favorite shops on the island.
Shout out to the states newest residents my loves Suzy, Matt, Ridley & Arlo recipients of the NC & MA pies!
The ocean state has captured my heart, my mind, my soul and my tummy!
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