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Pie Categories

The Pie-Off is a little less than two months away. That’s plenty of time to practice and perfect your entry. Here are the categories. Go.
Best Savory Pie
Best Stone Fruit Pie
Best Berry Pie
Best Fruit Pie
Best Hard to Categorize Pie
Best Cream Pie
Best Nut Pie
Best Custard Pie
Best Mash-Up Pie
Best C.P.R. Pie (details to be announced [...]

Pie Bling!

Pie Commissioner Lizzy takes her pie bling very seriously. What? What are you staring at? Eyes up here.

Link love: Rhubarb Cream Pie

One of my most favorite local food blogs, My Own Sweet Thyme, has a wonderful post about pie on her blog…
 
In the small town where I grew up several decades ago, pies were plentiful. Pretty pies piled high with meringue or topped with decorative golden brown crusts were common. There were a wide variety of [...]

Did you say art? Did you say pie?

Pie and community just go together hand in hand, so it’s not surprising to see pie exploding across Portland. Well, maybe not exploding across Portland, but being used in creative ways to bring people together.
Store For A Month is an innovative project in SE Portland: art + pie. Check out the Pie artists and their [...]

First pie of the season

Is there an official pie season or would aficionados insist any time is a good time for pie? For me, I love fresh fruit in my pie, and living in the Pacific Northwest, that begins in Spring with the arrival of my two favorite red fruits: rhubarb and strawberries. 

Gretchen and I recently got together and decided at [...]

Pretty Little Pies

Over the Labor Day weekend some friends and I decided to take a trip to Sleighbells. Sleighbells is a delightful little Christmas tree farm and gift shop located in Sherwood, OR. I realize that a going to a Christmas-themed gift shop is not how everyone chooses to kick of summer, but going made [...]