Pony Pie

Many businesses, including my parents’, have endeavored to make a chocolate-nut pie and then made the mistake of calling it Derby Pie. The thing is, Derby Pie is not merely a type of pie; it is a registered trademark of a product first made by the Kern family at the Melrose Inn in Prospect, Kentucky. So if you dare to call your pie that, be prepared for a cease-and-desist letter at the very least! Still, around Kentucky Derby time, I tend to receive requests for a chocolate nut pie, so what