Last year’s overall winner of the Portland Pie-Off, Tricia Butler, was interviewed by Cooking Up A Story about what it takes to make a winning pie. Check out this movie as Tricia shows us the secrets to her award-winning Tomato Pie.

This year, Tricia is a judge for the Portland Pie-Off, but word is, she’s been [...]

My fellow Pie Enthusiasts:
Last year’s pie-off was a great success and so much fun. It was the first time the Portland Pie Commission has hosted such an event and while it was great, there are a few things we’re doing differently this year to enhance the experience for contestants and on-lookers alike. For [...]

One of the biggest surprises at last year’s Pie-Off were the number and types of Savory Pies. None of us Pie Commissioners had even considered people might be interested in making savory pies. We ended up creating the savory pie category on the fly at the event itself.
The Savory Pie category turned out to be [...]

A pie contest wouldn’t be a pie contest without berry pies. Last year our fruit pie category was so full of great entries that this year, we’ve broken it up into several categories; stone fruit, fruit, and berry.
Oregon is so lucky to have a plethora of gorgeous delicious berries, and so it makes perfect sense [...]

Birthday Pie is better than Birthday Cake from LeloNopo on Vimeo.

It’s me again; Karol the Commish.  I love my job as Commish because I get to do what I do best: be bossy and deal with food. The thing is, I have a very important relationship.  It’s something I’ve been committed to for three months and I don’t want to give it up.  I’m deeply [...]

I’m a new Commissioner this year for the Portland Pie Off, but I have a scandalous secret: I don’t make my own dough.
First of all, it’s hard.  Cooks who don’t bake – of who’s ranks I put myself in – you know what I mean.  When you make, say, coq au vin, you have the [...]