ANTHONY: -- >> IN THIS FAST PAGE -- PASTE AGED, -- TODAY, THERE IS A MACHINE FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.
THE MAZE OF METAL AND MOVING PARTS IS A VIRTUAL BALLET OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY BEATING CONSUMER DEMAND.
>> I’M A HAPPY CUSTOMER.
>> RIGHT OUT OF THE OVEN IS THE BEST TIME FOR APPLE PIE.
>> HERE IN WORCESTER, THE NAME TABLE TALK HAS BEEN SYNONYMOUS WITH PIES SINCE 1924, ESPECIALLY THE BELOVED FOUR INCH PIE.
>> PEOPLE WHO GREW UP IN THIS AREA SAY, I REMEMBER I GOT A BLUEBERRY APPLE PIE IN MY LUNCHBOX EVERY DAY.
>> HARRY IS PRESIDENT AND THIRD-GENERATION BAKER OF PIES.
>> MY GRANDFATHER MET HIS PARTNER ANGELO AT A BAKERY IN WORCESTER.
AND THEY DECIDED TO GO OUT ON THEIR OWN.
MY GRANDFATHER IS A VERY OBSERVANT PERSON.
HE SAID A LOT OF AMERICANS SEEM TO LIKE PIES.
WE STILL MAKE DOUGH THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
YOU HAVE TO BE VERY DELICATE WITH PIE DOUGH.
YOU WANTED TO PULL APART VERY EASILY.
>> IS THE RECIPE OF 1924 STILL THE SAME RECIPE?
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS MY GRANDFATHER DID THAT WE DON’T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT.
LET’S JUST SAY IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE TASTY.
>> TASTY ENOUGH THAT BY THE 1960’S, TABLE TALK WAS THE LARGEST MAKER OF PIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH OVER 400 EMPLOYEES.
>> THEY DECIDED THAT WAS THE TIME FOR THEM TO SELL.
THERE WERE THREE PARTNERS.
>> CORPORATE TIES WEREN’T A GOOD FIT FOR THIS FAMILY BUSINESS.
IN 1984, THE DOORS CLOSED.
TWO YEARS LATER, THE FACTORY WAS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.
TODAY, THIS 50,000 SQUARE-FOOT PLANT IS A SIGN TABLE TALK AND IT’S FORAGE DELIGHT IS HERE TO STAY -- FOUR INCH DELIGHT IS HERE TO STAY.
>> WE MAKE OVER 10,000 PIES AN HOUR.
>> AN HOUR?
I NEED DAY, WEEK, MONTH AND YEAR.
HOW MANY PIES I GUYS ACTUALLY MAKING?
>> THIS PLANT IS MAKING 200,000 PIES A DAY.
WE PUT OUT 165 MILLION FOUR IN CH PIES.
>> DO YOU LIKE SAYING THAT?
>> I DO, BUT I LIKE YOUR RESPONSE EVEN BETTER.
>> NOT ALL OF THESE 10,000 PIES AN HOUR MAKE IT TO MARKET.
GOOD NEWS FOR US.
THOSE DEEMED PERFECTLY IMPERFECT CAN BE HAD AT BARGAIN PRICES AT THE PIES STORE HERE ON GREEN STREET.
IF YOU WANT TO GRAB ANOTHER APPLE, IT WOULD BE GREAT.
THEY ARE THREE FOR ONE DOLLAR.
WHY ARE THESE PERFECTLY IMPERFECT?
>> IT IS PROBABLY UNDERWEIGHT.
>> SMALL PIES, BIG PIES ON LOTS OF FLAVORS.
>> PEOPLE RARELY SEE THE BANANA CREAM.
>> FOR LOCALS WHO GREW UP HERE, A SLICE OF NOSTALGIA.
>> WHEN THEY COME HERE, THEIR FACES LIGHT UP LIKE THEY ARE EIGHT YEARS OLD AGAIN.
>> AND FOR NEWCOMERS.
>> NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE.
>> HERE, YOU GET PIE, CONVERSATION AND SOME YOU WON’T GET ANYWHERE ELSE, A PIE SHAKE.
A FULL PIE GOES IN?
APPLE PIE, ICE CREAM, WITH CREAM AND CARAMEL DRIZZLE.
A NEW TAKE ON AN OLD FAVORITE, TABLE TALK PIE.
ANTHONY: YUM.
TABLE TALK IS A REAL COMEBACK STORY AND TODAY, THE BUSINESS STARTED BY GREEK IMMIGRANTS, REFLECTS THE DIVERSE POPULATION OF WORCESTER.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, TABLE TALK HAS ALSO WORKED WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DISTRIBUTE PIES TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN FEEDING THE HUNGRY, AS WELL AS HEALTH CARE FIRST RESPONDERS.
THAT’S "CHRONICLE" FOR TONIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, EVERYONE.
AND ANTHONY EVERETT.
HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.
IN THE MEANTIME, STAY SAFE, STAY HEALTHY.
[CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY THE NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE, WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CAPTIO