The Bay Area’s Famous ‘Pinay Pie Lady’ Gears Up for One Last Christmas Bake Sale
about 9 months ago (12/01/2023)
The Bay Area’s Famous ‘Pinay Pie Lady’ Gears Up for One Last Christmas Bake Sale | KQED Skip to Nav Skip to Main Skip to Footer Food The Bay Area’s Famous ‘Pinay Pie Lady’ Gears Up for One Last Christmas Bake Sale Luke Tsai Dec 1 Save Article Save Article Failed to save article Please try again Facebook Share-FB Twitter Share-Twitter Email Share-Email Copy Link Copy Link Sweet Condesa's bibingka pie is inspired by a kind of coconut rice cake that's traditionally eaten for Christmas in the Philippines. (Courtesy of Rezel Kealoha) For hundreds of Bay Area Filipinos, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without holiday pie — and not just any pie, but one of Sweet Condesa’s Filipino-inspired pies, which come in nostalgic seasonal flavors like bibingka and queso de bola. Owner Melody Lorenzo, the Bay Area’s self-styled “ Pinay Pie Lady ,” says the end-of-year holidays have always been Sweet Condesa’s busiest time.