Sour Cherry Pie

Sour cherry pie is my husband’s and my favorite pie, and it was also my father’s. I made it for his July birthday every year until he was ninety-seven, always tweaking it a little more toward perfection. This is my ultimate rendition. The filling is now thickened before baking the pie to make it easier to apply the lattice. The number of strips is increased to fourteen so that they are spaced just widely enough apart for everyone to see the beautiful bright red cherries but closely enough t