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National Pie Championship Airs on Sunday

Calling all pie bakers! This Sunday, hang up your aprons and snuggle up on the couch for a night of delicious TV when the Food Network broadcasts its premiere of the 2008 APC Crisco National Pie Championships Sunday, September 21st 8 PM, Eastern, Pacific Times 7 PM, Central Time The show will have additional airings, … Read more

Pie: The Latest Trend in Fast Food?

On Saturday we crossed the U.S. border, taking a day trip from Saltillo, Mexico to McAllen, Texas. I hadn’t been in the U.S. in two and 1/2 months. My, how things have changed: Pie, it seems, has become the latest trend in fast food. First I spotted a Dairy Queen sign (in McAllen there’s a … Read more

When You Can’t Send a Pie, Send a Pie Card

Look at these FABULOUS pie greeting cards I found! They’re from a company called Olive Sandwiches, and all their products are totally sassy, irreverent, very anti-1950s. I love it! Even better, they make “Easy as pie, my ass!” aprons and dish towels. Oven mitts too. Hello? Early Christmas shopping anyone? Hint. To order the greeting … Read more