As American as...

     It seems almost un-American to stop someone from baking an apple pie, so says the editorial staff at Food Network Magazine. But they reported that's exactly what happened when Atlantic City resident Sally Ball tried to enter her mom's recipe in the American Pie Council's National Pie Championship this year.

 

     Sally couldn't compete because an old New Jersey law considers cooking competitions to be illegal gambling (the entry fee is equal to placing a bet).  Jersey lawmakers heard about Sally's plight and the General Assembly voted to change the law in May.  Now it's up to the state Senate to vote and approve the new wording.  If all goes well the new legislation could be in place by the end of the year, just in time for the New Jersey bakers to enter holiday competitions.