where to find our favorite pie


Hey Reader,

The last few emails were pretty long to get you up to speed, so we’ll keep this one short. We’re also low key exhausted and have no mental capacity to do anything but logistics for moving into our new house (🎉🎉🎉🎉).

This may sound super obvious, but when we know we’re visiting somewhere, we literally just zoom in on Google Maps and click on random places.

This is how we found:

  • ​Loch Inver Larder while driving the NC500 in Scotland (best rhubarb pie of our lives)
  • ​Ammuccamu Milazzo in Sicily (insane arancini flavors)
  • ​Cafe Sladers in West Bay, Dorset, England (10/10 meal, dessert & art gallery)
  • ​Tempus Vini in Sofia, Bulgaria (an excellent, unique Bulgarian wine and cheese tasting)

Some of these may be in guides, but that’s not how we found them. Of course, just wandering around is also a great way to find new places, but when you’re on a road trip or in a more rural location, that's not always practical.

Try this on your next trip and let us know if you find anything cool.

Jess & Julia

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