Seedless Grapes—Pie-Fancier’s Joy

Here’s a pie that captures the honeylike sweetness of the yellow-green grapes—and the enthusiasm of all tasters. Thompson seedless grapes, developed less than a century ago in California by William Thompson, are still grown most extensively in the Golden State’s vineyards. More than half the world’s seedless raisins are made from them. Although the grapes have been developed to a larger size in recent years, they have retained their pleasing flavor.

If you live where you can get the immature Thompson seedless grapes, you can fashion a pie with them using your recipe for gooseberry pie. Just substitute the unripe grapes for the berries, suggests an Arizona ranch cook.