Pie Cookoff @ The Beehive

I like pie.  Good pies are culinary treasures.

I tend to approach my pies from a Grandmotherly perspective: I demand the bestest of flavor, though it may not plate beautifully well.  I think here, for example, of strawberry pies.  The best tend also to be the messiest.  The ones that are held together with gelatin so that they stay together in a cohesive piece are awful!  The gelatin interferes with the juicy flavor of a ripe, in-season strawberry and drags the whole pie down in its quest for visual perfection.  But that’s just me.  You’re perfectly entitled to your own opinion (even if you might be wrong).

Should you like show your chops in the pie-baking venue, The Beehive is hosting a pie contest on Friday, November 26 (the day after Thanksgiving).  It’s a terrible day to shop, but a beautiful day for eating pie.  It’s also bound to be an interesting event, not only because of the creative clientele that the Beehive attracts, but also because the contest is being divided into three categories: Best Sweet, Best Savory, and Best Themed.  Entry fee is $5; sampling privileges cost $3.

I plan to enter.  Not sure yet what, but you’ll see me there.  You’ll be baking pies for Thanksgiving anyway.  Make one more, and head on over to the Beehive with it.

One Response to “Pie Cookoff @ The Beehive”

  1. MIL Says:

    Sounds like a field trip while we’re there in Pittsburgh

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