We talked with Sarah Williams of Fruit & Flour, a one-woman pie-making enterprise run from her Echo Park kitchen. (And pssst: We just might have found the secret to her delicious crust!) more ›

There's still time to get some shopping done for Hanukkah and Christmas and whatever else occasion is on the horizon, and if you have a food lover on your list and want to get them something "so L.A." we have put together a few gift ideas we think they would love. more ›

Will the cupcake trend ever give way for something more rustic and hearty, like pie? Pie is personal, and it can also take on many flavors. So where can you go to stuff your pie hole with a few slices? How about the aptly named The Pie Hole, which officially opens today in Downtown's Arts District. more ›

There are few more delightful offers than one that involves you getting to eat a whole bunch of pie. After getting a behind the scenes look at the 1st and 2nd Annual KCRW "Good Food" Pie Contests, it took about four seconds for me to say "yes" when I was asked to be a judge this year. more ›

Pie lovers, your day is coming: Sunday, September 18th is the 3rd Annual KCRW "Good Food" Pie Contest, and this year the event will take place at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Home cooks and pros will be submitting their entries in five categories for tasting and judging by a panel of local chefs and food writers (yours truly humbly included). more ›

Diners in some parts of SoCal seeking a reliably delicious pie courtesy of standby Marie Callender's may be forced to turn elsewhere -- the company is filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reports the Daily Breeze. Blaming the economy, the owners of Marie Callender's, who also own Perkin's Family Restaurants, said that the company couldn't survive in the current financial climate. more ›

Right now this is just your "save the date" heads up, since few details are available: The 3rd Annual KCRW Pie Contest will be happening on September 18th at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Specifics about where at the venue, what time, and who the judges will be have not been announced yet, though the station promises another slice of fun, with the contest, "great judges, loads of pie, another apron fashion show and plenty of family friendly activities." more ›

If you didn't get enough pie over Thanksgiving (who ever does, really?) and you are a beer lover, then you might want to pop over to Eagle Rock Brewery on Sunday for a fun pop up event with I Heart Pies. From Noon-6 p.m. they'll be on site with samples of both sweet and savory tastes of their fresh, locally sourced, organic pies, which you can pair with Eagle Rock's local brews. more ›

The 2nd Annual KCRW "Good Food" Pie Contest was held Sunday in Beverly Hills, and the fun was as plentiful as the pie itself. more ›

Calling all pie lovers! Today is the day: It's KCRW's Second Annual "Good Food" Pie Contest. Over 200 pies have been entered in five categories, and a panel of well-known foodfolk judges are ready to taste them all. Head over to the Taste of Beverly Hills venue to see the pies, watch the final round of judging, catch a cool apron show, and see the winners be announced. The event is FREE--though it's at the Taste of Beverly Hills venue it's NOT a ticketed event. Street parking abounds. Plus...you get to eat PIE! more ›

It's now an annual tradition at KCRW. Evan Kleiman of Good Food last summer baked a pie a day. This year, she's having guests share their pie recipes and today is none other than LAist's very own Co-Editor Lindsay William-Ross! Although she knows Los Angeles like no other, she's representing her Canadian roots in her holiday recipe of "ground meat, seasoned with herbs and spices." All that combined, along with some kitchen savvy, will bring you an amazing Tourtiere, or French-Canadian Meat Pie. Check it out here. more ›

Summer is in full-swing, and there are three events this weekend that can be a part of your sweet celebrations of the season. Pie-Making Workshop On Saturday, join KCRW Good Food host and Angeli Caffe owner Evan Kleiman and Master Food Preserver Delilah Snell for a pie-making workshop. The course starts with a mouth-watering tutorial on the perfect pie crust, then a hands-on canning session of summer stone-fruits pie filling.... more ›

Pie, pie, pie! Filled with gooey fruit, or sumptuous cream, or savory meats and spices, there's a pie for pretty much every holiday, mood, or craving. Last year, KCRW's first-ever Good Food Pie Contest was a smashing success, so they've brought back the event for a second time. more ›

We're all about celebrating March 14th as Pi Day, and showing some love for our favorite irrational number. But, you say "pi" and we hear "pie." Not to be confused with National Pie Day, however, today does also happen to be a red letter number day for pi-with-an-e. We love pie; we talk about it a lot, and even have a few recipes up for grabs. It's not the right season for berry or peach pies, but it's always a good time for Coconut Cream, Banana Cream, Key Lime, or Apple pie. While you can get a slice of pie at Marie Callender's today (with purchase) we suggest the venerable Pie n' Burger in Pasadena for where to get your pie today. Then there's Apple Pan, House of Pies, and countless others. Who's got the best pie in Los Angeles? You tell us! more ›

Tomorrow, March 14, is World Pi Day. For those not in the know, pi (π) is the Greek letter that stands for the ratio of the circumference (distance around) of a circle to its diameter (width). Pi is an irrational number, which means that it can't be expressed as a fraction. That also means that its decimal representation never ends or repeats - it continues on, and on, and on. Forever. more ›

Pie n' Burger has a lot going for it. For over 40 years the little diner has graced the corner of California and Lake. The current owner is Michael Osborn, who ate at Pie n' Burger on summer trips to visit his grandmother, is the current owner. He began working there in 1972 and never left. The formica counters and elderly waitresses make entering Pie n' Burger like a trip back in time circa Nick at Nite. Pie 'n Burger has been around so long that its diet plate of a burger patty, peach slices and cottage cheese has actually come into vogue again. more ›

It's curious that such a day would fall not when we're gorging on Thanksgiving and Christmastime treats, or at the height of berry season in the summer, but today happens to be National Pie Day. So if you need an excuse to find yourself a big ol' slice of something delicious bedded down in some flaky crust, today you've got it. (Does Chicken Pot Pie Count?) more ›

Last weekend Barbara Treves' Forever Favourite Apple Pie took two top honors at the 1st Annual KCRW Good Food Pie Contest, winning first place in the Fruit & Nut category as well as being named "Best in Show." more ›

This Saturday, crowds and culinarians flocked to the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center to take part in the 1st Annual KCRW "Good Food" Pie Contest. Deep inside the mall was the event's center stage, where the 123 entered pies sat on long tables as a panel of judges comprised of local food writers, bakers, chefs, and gourmands took on the daunting task of tasting and evaluating every single one (not an easy job if you're a little hungover, eh Chef Stefan Richter?). Host Evan Kleiman kept the judges and crowd in check, presiding over this well-received event that served as a sort of culmination of her own months-long personal pie endeavor, the Pie-a-Day Project, as logged on the Good Food Blog. more ›

What's more American than apple pie? Or pumpkin, pecan, chocolate-peanut butter truffle, key lime, lemon meringue, and razzleberry? Hundreds of Los Angeles-area pie bakers and lovers are due to convene today from 2-4 p.m. at the Westfield Topanga Shopping Center for the first ever KCRW Pie Contest, hosted by the station's "Good Food" guru and life-long pie enthusiast Evan Kleiman. Over 140 participants with pies in four different categories are vying for top tasting honors, and the public is invited to head over to Canoga Park to witness the pie-mania (and even nab some bites). So as DeepEndDining's Eddie Lin, one of the many celebrated judges who'll be partaking in the slices, says: "Let's get ready to crumble!" more ›

Evan Kleiman's love of pie began when she was a little girl. A native Angeleno, the Angeli Caffe Chef/Owner and KCRW Good Food host grew up in Silver Lake, and remembers her family getting their baked treats from Sarno's bakery. It was a family tradition to get one of the bakery's rum cakes to celebrate a birthday, however Kleiman soon yearned to branch out. "At some point in my early childhood I started requesting a pie for my birthday," she explains. "And in spite of the fact that my birthday is in July I requested an apple pie." Her request soon led to her having hands-on kitchen time and a long-running tradition: "I went from requesting them to making them," she adds. "Now I still have a birthday pie every summer but I have berry or peach." more ›

Dutch Apple. Cherry. Banana Cream. Chocolate Peanut Butter. Almond Mocha. Lemon Meringue. Strawberry-Rhubarb. Blueberry. Black-Bottom. Mixed Berry. Banana Caramel Cheesecake. Pie, glorious pie! That list might make you drool, but for the culinarily-inclined, it might make you feel inspired to break out your baking dishes and best recipe to enter KCRW's Good Food Pie Bake-off. more ›

A long-time family favorite of my good friend David Peeps, this recipe is originally from The Buffallo Mountain Lodge in Banff, Alberta. The apples mellow out the tartness of the berries, and the berries liven up the sometimes humdrum flavor of the apples. more ›

This one is an unusual take on a holiday classic. For years a personal obsession has been the peanut butter pie at the Wheel Inn at Cabazon. There have been many disappointments along the way to a duplicate recipe, with versions full of Cool Whip and broken dreams. This recipe seems to really hit the mark and is the closest you can get without a 3-hour drive. more ›

To kick off the second season of ABC's TV show "Pushing Daisies" the TV network's Mobile Pie Hole truck is down at Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade today handing out small apple, cherry and peach pies til 3pm. Not familiar with the Emmy-nominated dramedy show about a pie maker who has the ability to resurrect the dead? Footage of it will be playing on plasma TV screens during the giveaway. Yum! more ›

Every Friday, LAist is taking you on a trip down to Orange County to uncover the unique dining experiences that await adventurous eaters willing to explore beyond the county line. Everybody has one fatal weakness. For Superman, it’s kryptonite. For R. Kelly, it’s teenage girls. For me, it’s pie. It can be any type of pie, really, it doesn’t matter. The American classic apple. The Southern special sweet potato. The light and fluffy lemon meringue.... more ›

You know what I hate? Birthday cake. I've hated it for years. In fact, I really don't remember a time that I DID enjoy birthday cake, or any kind of layered cake with that icky sugar icing and stupid tasteless sugar sprinkles. Problem is, I don't really like pie either. Or pastries, or muffins, or chocolate-anything (maybe a bite of dark chocolate every now and then). When I get ice cream, I usually get... more ›

You may already be aware that there is a major bee die off going on right now, threatening the bulk of the US fruit and vegetable supply. Let's hope that this awesome video was made during happier times for the honey bee, and that no bees were harmed during the making of the video. Using a complex system of live insects, models, droplets of liquid and lots of pies, director Richard De Aragues has... more ›

Franklin Avenue is asking its readers where one can find the best Dutch Apple pie in LA. more ›