Slashfood Ate (8): Great Pies for Pi Day!

by Nicole Weston, Posted Mar 14th 2007 @ 7:28PM

March 14th is Pi Day - at least, it is according to those of us who happen to like numbers, as the date 3/14 corresponds to the mathematical number pi. For us foodies, Pi Day can easily become Pie day, giving us an excuse to bake some great desserts to share with our friends and family. We guarantee that even if they don't like math and pushed the concept of pi out of their heads after high school, you'll be able to convince them of the merits ofcelebrating it once a year with one of these delicious pies:

Anne's Food has Individual Apple Pies, although you can find a traditional, full-size recipe here.
Cookie Madness's Vienna Chocolate Pie is fast and easy.
Grasshopper Pie is a boozy favorite from Simply Recipes. Its green color makes it perfect for St. Patrick's Day, too!
Key Lime Pie isn't green, as Tigers and Strawberries points out, but it is zesty and always a crowd-pleaser.
Boston Cream Pie is not a pie at all, but a type of cake. But a batch of Banana Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes from Cupcake Bakeshop have "pie" in the name, and that's good enough for us!
Ginger Pear Pie with Golden Raisins, from Je Mange La Ville, is perfect for this time of year.
Vegan YumYum has a mouthwatering Cherry Lime Pie with a lattice crust.
And if you like your pies on the savory side, try a Spinach and Egg Pie from Cook (almost) Anything at least once!

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3-14-2007 @10:05PM Tery Spataro said... Ok that's really clever and even made me giggle. You gotta love pie or phi or 3.14 ;-)
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3-15-2007 @1:41AM Lita said... Bah. Why do blogs always post these things on THE day of their happening, instead of a bit in advance =(
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3-15-2007 @2:45PM wynk said... One of these years Pi Day is going to be on a weekend, when I have time to make my square pie for it (you know...pie are not round...)
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3-15-2007 @3:32PM Heidi said... I made the Cookie Madness pie to celebrate--wow, it was good. :)
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3-15-2007 @3:42PM calamari said... No, no, wynk! Pie are *not* square. Pie are round. Cornbread are square.
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3-16-2007 @1:30AM thefishie said... I made a Lime fluff pie in honor of Pi Day and shared with friends. I opted for a green pie to cover St. Patrick's Day too, two birds with one pie!

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3-16-2007 @10:49PM Expat Chef said... Pie Day? I missed pie day. Oh, that's cruel. Okay, I am marking my calendar, and I am going to make this one NEXT Pie Day, Vanilla-Sweet Potato Pie with Pecan-Brown Sugar Crust:
http://expatriateskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/11/100-mile-pie-well-almost.html
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