All posts in category Pie History

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

Crater Lake Ice Cream Pies

Did anyone out there ever have Crater Lake Ice Cream pies? Were they good? Tell me about it – comment below!

Portland Pie History – Fred Durst Gets Pied

When Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst was visiting a Portland area Guitar Center store on January 13, 2002, he took a pie to the face from a teenager. The pie was of the coconut cream variety. The teen was charged with disorderly conduct and five counts of harrasment. I’m not sure why the kid did [...]

Portland Pie History: Quality Pie

Before the pie boom of 2010-11, pie, believe it or not, existed in Portland. Quality Pie was a Portland institution until it shuttered in 1992. It was located on NW 23rd & Northrup across from Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital. The venerable Dave of DaveKnowsPDX recalls the institution: Quality Pie, in addition to Powells and the [...]

Meet The Original Angry Birds

  Before everyone was distracted with their iPads and Droids and other Mickey-mouse doohickies, the children (or as I call them, the chillins) would Sing a Song of Sixpence for entertainment. The four and twenty blackbirds that were baked in a pie for the king were the original Angry Birds. Would you be happy if [...]

Caught With One Hand in the Pie Safe

If you’re a pie-lover and are looking to add a nice piece of furniture to your kitchen, I suggest that you add a pie safe. I personally hadn’t heard of the pie safe until I began my pie-blogging odyssey about a year ago. However, the pie safe used to be an extremely important piece of [...]

…And Now The Biggest Pie Fight in Cinematic History

From the 60s classic “The Great Race“, enjoy.