A Same-Sex Couple's Fondness for Baking, and Baking Contests

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Kim Severson, A Match Made in Bakeware; Two doctors, joined by marriage and a mania for precision deserts. New York Times, July 19, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/ ... baking-doctors.html

Quote:

(a) "ATLANTA — Some married couples may vacation in Japan or hike the Appalachian Trail. [the same-sex couple] Chris Taylor and Paul Arguin's idea of a dream trip involves a rented condo with a good oven and a nearby pie competition.

"This year, it was a very good vacation, indeed. Dr Taylor walked away with $5,000 for best in show in the amateur division at the American Pie Council’s championship in June in Orlando, Fla. His winner, which beat 205 other entries, was a deep-dish checkerboard peanut butter pie with crunchy bits of pretzel, inspired in part by a Take5 candy bar, one of his favorites.

"Dr Taylor suspects that what put him over the top was the hand-laid chocolate and peanut butter grid on the top, coupled with the checkerboard filling [take notice: not top but filling] of peanut butter and chocolate cream cheese that revealed itself when the pie was cut.

(b) "When their jobs allow, the men hit the competitive amateur baking circuit

(c) "Dr Taylor was finishing a doctorate in epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, and Dr Arguin[, MD,] was focusing on malaria prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta when a mutual friend introduced them. * * * This was in 2009 * * * They married in 2014 [now both work at CDC in Atlanta]
My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest of the text, which is insignificant. But do view the pie in the link.
(b) Take5 Candy Bar. Hershey, undated
https://www.hersheys.com/take5/en_us/home.html

has the same ingredients (except that Dr Taylor's pie does not have peanuts), but looks completely different.