“Pie? Though I’m partial to peach, to each culture its own” Professional groomers' toolbox; Mourning becomes Electra? Wendy becomes the Windy City! A fifth and a four, an unknown, but no more

PUZZLERIA! SLICES: OVER (2!)(6!) SERVED

Schpuzzle of the Week:
“Pie? Though I’m partial to peach, to each culture its own”

Name a kind of pie. 
Remove the first letter and insert a space to name an ingredient in certain traditional Japanese, Chinese, and Hawaiian dishes, but also in some Peruvian, Italian and French dishes. 
What kind of pie is this?

Appetizers

A  “Blank” Verse Appetizer:
A fifth and a four, an unknown, but no more

Fill in the two blanks in the quatrain below. Explain your choices.

Fifth but not five, 
Not the fourth, instead four,
_______, not _____... 
There aren't any more.



LaNoisseforp Appetizer:
Professional groomers’ toolbox


Certain grooming tools have been sometimes pitched by somewhat famous people involved in a certain profession. 
Spell the 6-letter profession backward to name other tools used for maintaining the efficiency of some of these tools. 
What is the profession? 
What are these maintenance tools?

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Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices:
Mourning becomes Electra? Wendy becomes the Windy City

Will Shortz’s July 15th NPR Weekend Edition Sunday puzzle, from Sandy Weisz of Chicago, reads:
Name a famous person from Chicago — first and last names. The last name ends in an E. 
Change the E to an I and rearrange the letters in just the last name to get a famous actor — whose first name is the same as the first person’s. 
Who are these people?
Puzzleria!s Riffing Off Shortz And Weisz Slices read: 
ENTREE #1:
Name a person from Chicago who is famous in certain circles — first and last names. Rotate the last letter of the last name 90 degrees to form a new letter. Insert two of those letters after the second letter in the last name, then delete the original letter you rotated from the end. 
Replace the first letter of the last name with the letter that is the same distance from the beginning (or the end) of the alphabet (see the Letter Pairs that are Equidistant from the Ends (or the Middle) of the Alphabet chart). The result is the last name of a person whose first name is the same as the first person’s. 
Who are these people?
ENTREE #2:
Name a well-known person from a southwestern state — first and last names. 
Change the I in the last name to an E and add an L, then rearrange the letters in just the last name to get the last name of a character  — whose first name is the same as the famous person’s. 
Both this person and this character (who is portrayed by a well-known actor) have been described as “mavericks.”
Who is this person and what is the name of the character?
ENTREE #3:
Name a famous public servant born in Chicago  — first and last names. Change the first letter of the last name to get the last name of a famous Chicago-born broadcasting pioneer. 
The first name of the public servant is the same as the first name of a king whose story was written more than four centuries ago. 
The first name of the broadcasting pioneer is the same as the first name of a king whose story has yet to be written. 
Who are these people? 
ENTREE #4:
Name a somewhat famous person from a western state  — first and last names.  Rearrange the letters in just the last name to get the last name of a somewhat famous actor/comedian — whose first name begins with the same letter as the first person’s first name. 
Who are these people?
Hint: A pair of other men with those first names are associated with achieving sobriety 

Every Friday at Joseph Young’s Puzzleria! we publish a new menu of fresh word puzzles, number puzzles, logic puzzles, puzzles of all varieties and flavors. We cater to cravers of scrumptious puzzles!

Our master chef, Grecian gourmet puzzle-creator Lego Lambda, blends and bakes up mysterious (and sometimes questionable) toppings and spices (such as alphabet soup, Mobius bacon strips, diced snake eyes, cubed radishes, “hominym” grits, anagraham crackers, rhyme thyme and sage sprinklings.)


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