Oregon Pie History: Crater Lake Ice Cream Pies, Klamath Falls

Crater Lake Ice Cream Pies

I spotted this old Crater Lake Ice Cream Pie box at an antique shop in Cannon Beach recently. It was sold by Klamath Falls Creamery in Klamath Falls… looks fairly old, maybe 60s or 70s-era.  The Klamath Falls Creamery building still stands today, it is now home to Klamath Basin Brewing Company’s “The Creamery Brewpub & [...]

Pie Judgin’ Ain’t Easy

Comment Below on Your National Pie Day Activities for a Chance to Win a Copy of “Pie Contest in a Box” Thanks to Pacific Pie Company for hosting a great National Pie Day Pie Contest yesterday and for inviting me to be a judge! The contest was a lot of fun and there were some [...]

2012 National Pie Day Rundown for Portland

January 23 is National Pie Day, as deemed by the American Pie Council (not to be confused with Pi Day, March 14, as deemed by nerds everywhere). Here is a rundown of events and specials planned by Portland area pie purveyors! Keep checking back throughout the week, the list is bound to grow! Events Baker [...]

Pacific Pie Co. Hosts First Annual Pie Contest for National Pie Day

Pacific Pie Co., Portland’s premier Australian pie-purveyor, is hosting its first annual pie contest on Sunday, January 22, in observance of National Pie Day, which is January 23. This should be a fun day, as the winners for sweet and savory will get to have their pies on the Pacific Pie Co. menu for the [...]

Political Pot Pie: Occu-PIE Portland Event

Whatever your position on the Occupy movement is, you can’t deny its close ties with pie. It rhymes with it, and if you cleverly change the spelling, it becomes OCCU-PIE. This is something that Gregg Abbott, owner of Whiffies Fried Pies realized early on in the movement – he brought free pies down to the [...]

Pecan & Chicken Pot Pies at Pine State Biscuits

Pine State Biscuits is one of my favorite breakfast spots in Portland and I’ve gone a lot more since they opened a second location on Alberta with more seating in addition to the original Belmont location. Along with their amazing breakfast sandwiches, they also offer pecan pie and chicken pot pie (at the Alberta location). [...]