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Key Lime Pie: An Intriguing History of Key West's Native Dessert
Was Key lime pie actually invented in New York City? Which ingredient was created to suppress sexual urges? What is the real original Key lime pie crust? Why is Key lime pie yellow?
Discover the fascinating origins, evolution, history, and mysteries of the Official Dessert of The Florida Keys in this fun-to-read book by the world's leading Key lime pie authority!
The intriguing history is accompanied by old-school recipes, Author David Sloan is a former chef who started researching the origins of Key lime pie in 1996 and presented a leading theory on the identity of Key lime pie’s mysterious “Aunt Sally.” He co-founded the Key Lime Festival with Marky Pierson in 2012, created world-record Key lime pies in Key West, Boston, and Tallahassee, served pie to the governor of Florida, and launched dozens of Key lime pies from the Key West Lighthouse. In 2022, Sloan was an instrumental part of a team that successfully lobbied to make Key lime pie the Official Dessert of Key West and the Florida Keys.
Sloan has appeared as a Key lime pie expert with Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, The Profit, Southern Living , Garden & Gun Magazine , The Telegraph , and NPR. Sloan competed in the Food Network’s Food Challenge and was a judge and contestant at the National Pie Championships.
Sloan is the author of the popular Key West Key Lime Pie Cookbook. He coined the phrase “Love & Limes,” and still loves to eat Key lime pie.
All of Sloan's books deliver a true taste of Key West.
Discover the fascinating origins, evolution, history, and mysteries of the Official Dessert of The Florida Keys in this fun-to-read book by the world's leading Key lime pie authority!
The intriguing history is accompanied by old-school recipes, Author David Sloan is a former chef who started researching the origins of Key lime pie in 1996 and presented a leading theory on the identity of Key lime pie’s mysterious “Aunt Sally.” He co-founded the Key Lime Festival with Marky Pierson in 2012, created world-record Key lime pies in Key West, Boston, and Tallahassee, served pie to the governor of Florida, and launched dozens of Key lime pies from the Key West Lighthouse. In 2022, Sloan was an instrumental part of a team that successfully lobbied to make Key lime pie the Official Dessert of Key West and the Florida Keys.
Sloan has appeared as a Key lime pie expert with Good Morning America, CBS Sunday Morning, The Profit, Southern Living , Garden & Gun Magazine , The Telegraph , and NPR. Sloan competed in the Food Network’s Food Challenge and was a judge and contestant at the National Pie Championships.
Sloan is the author of the popular Key West Key Lime Pie Cookbook. He coined the phrase “Love & Limes,” and still loves to eat Key lime pie.
All of Sloan's books deliver a true taste of Key West.
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Published June 26, 2022
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July 4, 2025
Picked this up last year at the Key West Key Lime Festival and read it in anticipation of this year's Festival. There was a trivia contest and we won! Interesting story on the history of Key Lime pie as well as recipes, some current and some original, back to the 1930s. Looking forward to baking some back in NY!
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