Piefest 11

Evan — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:02:52 +0000

Holy moly! Piefest 11!

Well, at least I have three Piefests chronicled on this website. It’s too bad the others are lost to the archives. What with planning a wedding a month later and all, there was some question whether there would be a Piefest at all this year, but boy am I glad we did it. We had a perfect day and perfect people and some great pies.

Here’s the rundown with photos courtesy of John Berube, one of the greatest pie photographers this country has ever seen. Hopefully he doesn’t mind me bogarting his photos

Best Presentation ~ Potato Ricotta & Onion Rustic Pie
Shanna Berube has a history of making amazing food that John photographs and I look at online and want to eat, so I can’t say it’s surprising that they won this award. Presentation aside, it was also wicked tasty.

Most Ambitious / Most Original ~ Avocado Cream Pie
It was a tough year for cream pies in general, but Vered Siegel’s avocado cream pie was one of the first to arrive so it was out in the sun longer than most and, well, the sun won. But that’s why we have an award for most ambitious.

Best Crust, Best Misc. Pie
Well, crap, I’m not sure who won Best Crust OR best Miscellaneous Pie. Some Piekeeper I am. Nice memory, jerk. I know a pie that almost won best Miscellaneous Pie was this latecomer: Chicago Hot Dog Pie!

Best Cream Pie ~ Truffle Cream Pie
I made a cream pie this year too, but didn’t win. Boo. But it’s okay, because I didn’t deserve to win. this Truffle Cream Pie was amazing.

Best Fruit Pie ~ Frankenstein Peach Pie
It’s always exciting when a first-time Piefester wins an award. Ivan and Brenda took home the classic fruit pie award for their amalgam of many peach pie recipes.

Best Savory Pie ~ Tomato, Corn & Cheese Pie
Another first-timer, Andy Hass, took home the savory pie prize. Savory has become a pretty intense category in the last few years. The competition was fierce!

Best In Show ~ Truffle Cream Pie / Tomato, Corn & Cheese Pie

What?! A Tie!? Yeah, that’s right.

So there it is. Another great Piefest in the books. Can’t wait until next year!

Here’s the list of pies as recorded in the great pie log

“Back to school Sack Lunch Pie” – Shama

“High Maintenance” Avacado Cream (no egg) – Vered

Cannoli Pie – Sarah

High-heel Shoo-fly Pie – Aric and Amanda

“You Some Fries with that Chocolate Shake?” – Evan

S’more Pie – Leah

Gorgonzola Pear – Kilee

Mac and Cheese Pie – Krystan

Frankenstein Peach Pie – Brenda & Ivan

PB&J Pie with Cookie Crumble and Honey Crust – Matt

Peach-brown sugar – Ruth

Happle Birthday Pie – Natasha

Chocolaet Chip & Walnut – Sarah and Nick

Grilled Pizza Pie – Virginia

Tomato, Corn and Cheese Pie – Andy

Potato, Ricotta & Onion Rustic – Shanna

Rhubarb by Rita – Rita

Rookie Peachberry – Harry

Sweet Potato Cream Pecan Pie – Amanda

Curry Shepherd’s Pie – Andrea

Pielet: The Mighty One – Rachel and Jen and Mehrdad

Engaged! – Rachel and Jen and Mehrdad

Coconut Custard Pie – Juliet

Canadian Maple-Sugar Pie – Steve-o

Plan B Pie – Steve

Banana Butt-Side Down Bake – Claire and Dan

Sweet Potato Pie – Hershey Family

Fudge Brownie Pie – Hershey Family

Zucchini Pie – Brian

Apple Custard Pie – Mary

Truffle Cream Pie – Emily

And the many others that didn’t make it into the logbook.

Your Piefest 10 Winners

Evan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:01:30 +0000

Another year, another fabulous Piefest. It’s been years since I’ve won an award, so I was pleased that my inside-out pie managed to win for Best Misc. Pie. Steve’s Tomato pie was a resounding winner in both the Savory and Best in Show categories.

So go ahead and take a look. Let the drooling begin.

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My Birthday Present

Evan — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:54:11 +0000

Shama sent me this video-present from Ireland. It’s the best. I can’t wait until she comes home in a couple weeks.

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Piefest 11

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