Memory forever remains an instrumental aspect of culinary appeal. While science expounds on the fundamentals of the olfactory cortex and addressable memory, upon encountering the wafting scents of sugary caramelization and citrus, we simply experience sensation, often tied to an instant flash of recollection, a specific time and place—perhaps a late-winter kitchen of childhood, a bronze-peaked, oven-fresh lemon meringue pie cooling on the counter—compelled into reminiscence so strongly that we can almost taste the intense lemon, creamy custard and airy meringue touched with faint nuttiness.
At Golden Boy Pies in Overland Park, KS, those sensations still exist, with one bite of the bakery’s lemon meringue pie—or another of its long list of traditional indulgences—potentially sending you for a sweet trip down memory lane.