If You Have a Deep Obsessive Love for Pies, You Are Not Alone

At 2.30 am, the bola — a Portuguese masterpiece of meat-filled pastry — came out of the wine bar kitchen. By 2.33 am, the 10 hungry stragglers left in the bar had all but devoured every part of the pie. You could hear the satisfied murmurs around the table. Slightly tipsy revelers happy as, well, pie. I’ll admit, I was a bit surprised at the reverence the bola receives amongst my Portuguese friends. This isn’t Britain — my homeland — where our love for pies is practically built into our DNA. This isn’t the US where apple pie is essentially a byword for being American. <a href="https://medium.com/rooted-publication/if-you-have-a-deep-obsessive-love-for-pies-you-are-not-alone-f6bd4f5b675d">Visit Now</a>