Katrina Mincy and her cobblers (Joseph Fuqua II photo) | ZOOM |

If you love pie crust, Katrina Mincy has the cobbler for you. Ms. Mincy, who lives in Price Hill, makes deep-dish peach, apple, blackberry and cherry cobblers with thick, rich, all-butter crusts. But her specialty is the unusual sweet potato cobbler.

"I just decided that if somebody can make peach cobbler, why not sweet potato cobbler?'' she says.

Her crust is so good, Ms. Mincy puts two or three layers of it in her cobblers, depending on the size of the pie. She credits her cooking skills to her father, who cooked while in the service, and to her Aunt Flora back home in Beaver Falls, Pa. In the 1940s, Flora Saunders portrayed Aunt Jemima at public events around the country, and she was an excellent cook.

"I was always amazed at how she could cook without measuring anything," Ms. Mincy says. "And you know, that's how I cook now."

Her aunt was such an inspiration, Ms. Mincy named her new business Aunt Flora's Homemade Gourmet Cobbler Pies.

Ms. Mincy moves into her new Price Hill location (3618 Warsaw Ave.) this week. She makes individual, small, medium and large cobblers, with a price range of about $4 to $26. She asks 24 hours' notice on cobbler orders: 921-5229 or 921-7437. Ms. Mincy also makes and sells herbal tea by the gallon ($3.69).

Chuck Martin