Key lime pie’s story starts with two 19th-century innovations meeting in the same kitchen: sweetened condensed milk (patented in 1856, essential before refrigeration reached the Florida Keys) and the tiny, intensely tart Key lime, native to the islands long before statehood. Cut off from mainland dairy delivery, Keys cooks discovered that the acid in KeyContinue reading “The Story: “Sunshine in a Crust — How Key Lime Pie Became Florida’s Signature Dessert””