Pietopia! What Pie Expresses how you feel!

A new friend of mine, Tricia Martin, is the master mind behind this fabulous contest! With a wonderful perspective on food being about our lives, Tricia has captured our access to beautiful Portland's cornucopia of seasonal foods, tapped into the heartbeat of our city's passion for all things artistic, and given us an event that promises to be an outlet of where life is today for each of us! "Eating is Art" and Tricia is hoping to see all of us at the Eastbank Farmers Market on August 20! To enter, hurry and get your recipes submitted by July 15th!

I posted the details below from her site, Pietopia Check out her site for forms and follow up info. Then get to creating your life in pie! Who says you shouldn't eat your feelings!

Pietopia? Here's what/how!

What does it taste like to be unemployed, starting a new job, just married, divorced, a new homeowner or desperately searching for housing? What kind of pie would describe the way you are feeling right now? Could you imagine your thoughts, concerns or joys transformed into the All-American Pie? If so, take part in the Pietopia Pie Contest!

To participate, please submit your pie recipe and written explanation, including why you chose the recipe and how the taste of it relates to the current state of your life in under 300 words by July 15th, 2009. The project will culminate with an exhibition of the winners at the Portland Farmer’s Market Eastbank between 20th and Salmon on Thursday August 20, 2009. Each winning pie will receive a limited edition screen print reflecting the ideas in the written statement. Pies will be judged upon the creativity and innovativeness in ideas reflecting the ingredients used in the recipe.

Get as creative or as traditional as you want with your pies! Savory, sweet, fruit, cream, custard, meat, or vegan, do it up! The winners will bring their pie's to the Eastbank Farmer's Market (20th and Salmon SE) August 20, 2009 for some good old fashioned tasting (yes, that's right, free pie tasting! yum!) and show off their baking skills. Come and taste what your community is feeling! Plus check out the amazing silk-screens that will be specially designed for each winning pie.

Please send statements and recipes to:
pietopiacontest@gmail.com

What pie do I "feel" like today?

A nutty, toffee, gram cracker crust with melted butter, a subtle and thin layer of lemon curd as a simple surprise that is my foundation, layers of dark chocolate custard and dark chocolate cream cheese for the richness in my life, a thin layer of sour cream to keep me alert and creates the balance and appreciation for all the other layers, topped with chocolate ribbons and angel hair sugar with sugar glitter to remind me to always look up!

Pie, Pie, me oh my!


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