Pie.

I have an eternal regard for excellent lemon meringue pies. Non-excellent lemon meringue pies are a sign of the devil.

Thanks Pam and Mike!!

I love pie, yo!

See! PIE! KITTENS! now make up a pie chart showing the overlap with ILE.

A greedy dog was entered in an eating championship despite nearly ruining the contest by wolfing down 20 competition pies in one sitting.
Charlie, a bichon frise, raided the fridge of 1995 champion Dave Williams while his owner was distracted by a pigeon flying up his chimney.

The contest was saved by frantic calls to bakers for a new batch for the World Pie Eating Championship, in Wigan.

But instead of being in the doghouse, Charlie was entered into the contest.

The dog saw his chance when Mr Williams was busy attending to the pigeon at his home in Preston, Lancashire.

Full up

He wolfed down 20 pies and damaged a further 10, organisers said.

Tony Callaghan, owner of Harry's Bar which stages the competition, said: "Charlie could have jeopardised the whole competition but luckily we managed to get a fresh bake this morning.

"The twist is that Dave has turned up this morning saying he wants Charlie to enter the contest.

"We've nothing in the rules to say dogs can't compete so he will be lining up against the other pie eaters and judging by his performance yesterday he's got a great chance of winning."

However, it seems that Charlie was still full from Wednesday's mammoth eating session as Mr Williams revealed that he did not even finish his competition pie.

Rescue dog

The winner was 42-year-old Adrian Frost from Wigan who downed his pie in a record-breaking 34 seconds.

Mr Williams said: "Charlie was a rescue dog and has habit of picking food up from the street.

"We think this trait has stuck with him because he never knew where his next meal was coming from as a youngster so there was no way we could be angry with him for eating all the pies yesterday.

"However, it seems that he didn't have much room for anymore today when the competition was staged."

Past competitions used to be judged on the number of pies eaten by competitors in a three minute period but after falling victim to the "healthy eating lobby", the format was changed last year.

A separate vegetarian competition was also introduced after "relentless pressure" from the Vegetarian Society, Mr Callaghan said.

We think this trait has stuck with him because he never knew where his next meal was coming from as a youngster so there was no way we could be angry with him for eating all the pies yesterday.

AWWWWWWWW

I hope he tried to retain that same loving spirit during the inevitable all-over-the-house dog diarrhea

It really is the pigeon that makes that story.

This strawberry chiffon recipe is by far my favorite pie to make, and the one I made for a pie party I attended a few months ago! A reasonable hit, although for def. my fave was this motley chocolate blueberry god-knows-what pie this one girl made by just throwing a bunch of stuff together. Yum yum yum.

omg nabisco

Dude no way is a freaking bichon eating 20 pies without some SERIOUS digestive ramifications

My sister drove the husband & me to Joseph City, Arizona, to see my brother's wedding. On the way, we drove through a wee tiny New Mexico town named PIE TOWN. We were passing the time by pretending all the people from Pie Town were like Harlan Pepper from 'Best in Show,' and would stand around reciting types of pies.

On the way back, we stopped in a different wee tiny town to use the restroom. I stopped to pet a lady's dog, and she told me she was from Pie Town. Then she seriously said, "We have all kinds of pies: coconut cream pie, key lime pie, all the fruit pies, chocolate silk pies..." etc. etc.

!!!!!!!

darn it, is it olallieberry season yet?

it's rhubarb season and i got some yesterday

i may go to pie town this fall

there's a place in New Haven that's probably better than Pepe's (and maybe Sally's - controversial)

whoops. well, that is pie.

making a raspberry/blueberry pie. based on this recipe, which calls for cherries -- but i kinda feel like rainiers are too good to put in a pie.

http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2012/07/hubigs_pie_are_more_than_a_des.html

damn that earl grey ice cream looks totally bitchin xp

i have feelings for pie as well

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/03/dining/stack-pie-rediscovered.html?src=dayp

stack pie, you take pies and stack them, and then eat them

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2013/07/03/dining/03STACKED/03STACKED5-popup.jpg

sweeeeeeeet. doubly sweeeeeeeet.

One of my guilty pleasures after Thanksgiving is splurging on discount pumpkin pies. Went to BJ's yesterday and found a whole lot of them for only $1.99 each (with a "best by" date of January 18). Our freezer is now full.

Congratulations! (that's meant sincerely, too)