Get in the mood for the RIVET FAIR with pie recipes from the movie Waitress, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. Keri Russell stars as Jenna, the diner employee with a passion for pastry and creative concoctions like Pregnant Miserable Self-Pitying Loser Pie. The official Fox Searchlight site includes even more pie-related fun. And catch the movie if you can—I watched it on a plane from New York to Seattle. Russell proves her range beyond the sweet naivete of Felicity, and Andy Griffith has a small role, too. That’s country!

Falling-in-Love Chocolate Mousse Pie

One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
2/3 cup water
One 4-serving box chocolate flavored pudding mix (not instant)
One 1-ounce square unsweetened chocolate
2 cups (1 pint) whipping cream, stiffly whipped
One 9-inch baked pastry shell

In a large saucepan, combine condensed milk, water and pudding mix; combine well. Add chocolate. Over medium heat, cook and stir rapidly until chocolate melts and mixture thickens.

Remove from heat, beat until smooth. Cool. Place in the refrigerator and chill thoroughly. Stir. Fold in whipped cream and pour into prepared pastry shell.

Chill four hours until set.

Makes eight servings.

Source: foxsearchlight.com/waitress