August is officially pie season in Portland. There are three major pie extravaganza’s that happen here this month: The Portland Pie Off, Pietopia (that’s me!), and the Oregon State Fair best pie. Today I went to the Portland Pie Off and it was incredible. At least seventy pies varying from different categories including savory, cream, stone fruit, fruit, nut, berry, mash up, and CPR. The CPR one was really clever–the American Red Cross helped sponsor the pie-off so they came up with a category where people had to use three ingredients starting with a C, a P, and an R. The judges went around and tasted every pie, chose the winners based soley on taste (there was a category for prettiest pie too), then everyone grabbed a plate and started tasting for themselves! Yes, that’s right. Seventy pies, me, a fork–it was dangerous.
Also, I will be announcing the Pietopia winners soon! I just recieved the final designs for the winning prizes and I am so impressed! They are stunningly gorgeous and I am so excited about them:).
Cheers!
