“As long as anyone remembers our family has had the first rhubarb pie of the year on Mother’s Day,” Hodgkins wrote. Family members still grow rhubarb from the same plant, moved and transplanted many times.
There, in Hoffmans, Concetta planted rhubarb. The Lominis settled in Hoffmans in the early 20th century and built a house where Wolf Hollow Brewing is now located, Hodgkins wrote in an email, also in response to the Gazette’s request. The Hodgkins family rhubarb pie stretches back to Hodgkins’ great grandparents, Tomas and Concetta Lomini. Tom Hodgkins’ family’s rhubarb pie, according to Niskayuna resident Tom Hodgkins Their crust, Smith adds, reminds many of those customers of the crust teir grandmother made. “We have a very nice and loyal customer base,” owner Shelley Smith, who runs the operation with her daughter Katie Diano. Their farm store now sells approximately 70,000 pies a year, according to its site. Smith’s started baking pies nearly 20 years ago with extra apples from the orchard. Jenna Smith crimps the crust on a pie at Smith’s Orchard Bake Shop in Charlton (Erica Miller)
“Both pies, the other is Pecan, are totally delicious!!!” one Facebook commenter who picked up two pies raved. Smith’s, at 4561 Jockey St., Ballston Spa, offer all fruit flavors, either with a regular or crumb crust. Smith’s Orchard, according to multiple commenters on Facebook
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