When you imagine biting into a cloud, as surely we all do, what you’re really thinking it might be like is the silky pillow of fluff that is the whipped cream atop a Foster’s Market key lime pie.
It seems like a miracle — this whipped cream stands up more than an inch tall, with enough structure to support small wedges of cut limes, instead of floating off into the air somewhere.
Another surprise, in the great pantheon of pies served at Foster’s Market, is this key lime pie is the most popular year-round, brightening the sunniest summer days, cutting through the winter darkness with a bit of tropical tartness.
Foster’s Market voted best pie in the Triangle
Opened in 1990, Foster’s Market is a Durham institution, a lived-in front porch of picnic tables and bites for every craving. It is also the Triangle’s favorite pie shop, prevailing in The News & Observer’s foodie poll, where readers voted on the most popular pies in the region.
“Once you’ve set foot into Foster’s, you know that we’re about pie,” said Foster’s catering manager Emily Gallione-Knapp. “ I feel like pie is community for us.”…