Get a Taste of Life as Pie at the Buckman Portland Farmers Market

“Pietopia 2010” winners to be announced at the Buckman Market on Thursday, August 5
WHAT
Tasting award-winning pies will be as easy as…well, pie, on Thursday, August 5, at the Buckman Portland Farmers Market, when the winners of the Pietopia 2010 contest will be presented, along with a general pie sampling extravaganza.

Pietopia asked, “What Does Your Life Taste Like in a Pie?” Entrants were challenged to bake up a delicious answer their life’s questions, such as “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?” Pies were judged by two panels, one comprised of food writers, the second of bakers.

This year’s winners are:

• Margit Beerli; Rinky Dink Pie (coconut custard with a dark chocolate glaze)
• Hannah Kane; Galaxy Pie (gluten-free ginger snap crust with a frozen whipped cream center and chocolate and caramel swirled on top)
• Caroline Ford; Messy, Gooey, Banana Caramel Fudge Brownie Pie

In addition to the slices of the three winning recipes, the sampling table will feature pies donated by Packer Farms and Grand Central Bakery. There will also be raffle for three Pietopia t-shirts and five pie crust kits, each containing a fresh bag of Stone-Buhr flour, coupons from Organic Valley for butter and Grand Central Bakery’s Perfect Pie Crust recipe. Market shoppers can stop by the Pietopia tent for a free ticket, and the winners will be drawn at 5:30 PM.

Pietopia 2010 is sponsored by Stone-Buhr Flour, Grand Central Bakery and Organic Valley. For more information, go to www.eatingisart.com/pietopia.

WHO
The three Pietopia 2010 winners: Margit Beerli, Caroline Ford and Hannah Kane,
Tricia Martin, Pietopia organizer
Pietopia Judges Ellen Jackson, Beth Howard, Leela Cyd, Leslie Cole, Amber Darrington, Evan Dorhmann and Ali Jepson,

Visuals

• Award-winning pies
• Market visitors enjoying pie samples
• The winners’ prizes: a unique screen-printed poster based upon their winning story. Prints are by Vanessa Kauffman, Robin Miliken, and Karen Berger. Limited edition 2010 Pietopia pie plates were created by local ceramisist and professor, Chris Baskin.
• Taste the Place booth featuring raspberry rosewater smoothies and cardamom apricot lassis, staffed by Pietopia creator Tricia Martin and PFM volunteers.

WHEN
5:30 pm – 7 pm, Thursday, August 5, 2010

WHERE
Buckman Portland Farmers Market, SE 20th & Salmon between SE Belmont & SE Hawthorne — in the parking lot of Hinson Baptist Church

CONTACT
Amy Hunter, amyh@leeweinstein.biz, (503) 927-5872

SPONSORS
Buckman Portland Farmers Market is sponsored by New Seasons Market. Portland Farmers Market is generously supported by the Art Institute of Portland and Country Financial as season sponsors.

About Portland Farmers Market
Founded in 1992, Portland Farmers Market, a nonprofit 501(c)6, brings the best of the country to the heart of the city by supporting the region’s farmers and creating vibrant urban marketplaces where growers and consumers come together. This nonprofit’s staff of four full-time and four part-time employees aims to grow, nourish and inspire the community by staging weekly markets in five different locations throughout the Portland area from March until December. In addition to managing the markets, Portland Farmers Market has been an early leader in Portland’s sustainability movement and has served as an incubator for small businesses. With more than 250 vendors from Oregon and Washington – including farms, bakeries, nurseries, meat and seafood providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers – Portland Farmers Market is a true showplace of Northwest agriculture. www.portlandfarmersmarket.org

“Pietopia 2010” winners to be announced at the Buckman Market on Thursday, August 5
WHAT
Tasting award-winning pies will be as easy as…well, pie, on Thursday, August 5, at the Buckman Portland Farmers Market, when the winners of the Pietopia 2010 contest will be presented, along with a general pie sampling extravaganza.

Pietopia asked, “What Does Your Life Taste Like in a Pie?” Entrants were challenged to bake up a delicious answer their life’s questions, such as “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?” Pies were judged by two panels, one comprised of food writers, the second of bakers.

This year’s winners are:

• Margit Beerli; Rinky Dink Pie (coconut custard with a dark chocolate glaze)
• Hannah Kane; Galaxy Pie (gluten-free ginger snap crust with a frozen whipped cream center and chocolate and caramel swirled on top)
• Caroline Ford; Messy, Gooey, Banana Caramel Fudge Brownie Pie

In addition to the slices of the three winning recipes, the sampling table will feature pies donated by Packer Farms and Grand Central Bakery. There will also be raffle for three Pietopia t-shirts and five pie crust kits, each containing a fresh bag of Stone-Buhr flour, coupons from Organic Valley for butter and Grand Central Bakery’s Perfect Pie Crust recipe. Market shoppers can stop by the Pietopia tent for a free ticket, and the winners will be drawn at 5:30 PM.

Pietopia 2010 is sponsored by Stone-Buhr Flour, Grand Central Bakery and Organic Valley. For more information, go to www.eatingisart.com/pietopia.

WHO
The three Pietopia 2010 winners: Margit Beerli, Caroline Ford and Hannah Kane,
Tricia Martin, Pietopia organizer
Pietopia Judges Ellen Jackson, Beth Howard, Leela Cyd, Leslie Cole, Amber Darrington, Evan Dorhmann and Ali Jepson,

Visuals

• Award-winning pies
• Market visitors enjoying pie samples
• The winners’ prizes: a unique screen-printed poster based upon their winning story. Prints are by Vanessa Kauffman, Robin Miliken, and Karen Berger. Limited edition 2010 Pietopia pie plates were created by local ceramisist and professor, Chris Baskin.
• Taste the Place booth featuring raspberry rosewater smoothies and cardamom apricot lassis, staffed by Pietopia creator Tricia Martin and PFM volunteers.

WHEN
5:30 pm – 7 pm, Thursday, August 5, 2010

WHERE
Buckman Portland Farmers Market, SE 20th & Salmon between SE Belmont & SE Hawthorne — in the parking lot of Hinson Baptist Church

CONTACT
Amy Hunter, amyh@leeweinstein.biz, (503) 927-5872

SPONSORS
Buckman Portland Farmers Market is sponsored by New Seasons Market. Portland Farmers Market is generously supported by the Art Institute of Portland and Country Financial as season sponsors.

About Portland Farmers Market
Founded in 1992, Portland Farmers Market, a nonprofit 501(c)6, brings the best of the country to the heart of the city by supporting the region’s farmers and creating vibrant urban marketplaces where growers and consumers come together. This nonprofit’s staff of four full-time and four part-time employees aims to grow, nourish and inspire the community by staging weekly markets in five different locations throughout the Portland area from March until December. In addition to managing the markets, Portland Farmers Market has been an early leader in Portland’s sustainability movement and has served as an incubator for small businesses. With more than 250 vendors from Oregon and Washington – including farms, bakeries, nurseries, meat and seafood providers, cheese makers and specialty food producers – Portland Farmers Market is a true showplace of Northwest agriculture. www.portlandfarmersmarket.org