The Winter Festival of Pie 2008

Every year, The Winter Festival of Pie (TWFoP) gets bigger and better! For me, the holiday spirit manifests most in sharing, especially food, with friends, family, and strangers, spreading good cheer and making new memories. It's all of the festivities with none of the religion (unless you worship pie, and as Nikki says, she has more faith in pie than she does in Jesus--thus, the holiday she made for it!). For a pictorial archive of this year's pies, browse on through and enjoy!

I made a candy apple cream pie.



Robert's cheesy sausage quiche with green bell peppers.


Iain and Ginger's spicy and not-spicy hamburger pies were virtual twins.



TWFoP Hostess Nikki's tamale pie is a hit every year.


Jesse's baked potato pie.


TWFoP Host Al's green tomato salsa went well with Nikki's tamale pie, and with a lot of other pies, too!


Patrick H manifested his wit through food when he showed up with Frito pies.


Homemade chicken pot pie.


Fruit tart/pizza on a gianormous sugar cookie.


Vegetarian black bean pie.


Chocolate pecan pie.


Enchilada pie.


Pumpkin pie.


A lovely mountain of fruit.


A vegetarian broccoli quiche.


Chicken pot pie, I think from Costco--they make great pies.


A beautiful Linzer tart.


A vegetable quiche.


Mini quiches.


Czarina and Patrick's Dixie pie--like a pecan pie with a layer of chocolate chips melted under the pecan top crust.


Another Costco chicken pot pie.


Teresa's raisin cream pie, which I'd never seen before. It was like a pecan pie, but with raisins instead of pecans, and with meringue topping.


Spinach and tomato quiche.


Quiche with breakfast sausage.


Sue's chili pizza on a cornbread crust.


Tabor's seafood pizza.


Chris W's eggnog pie.


Sarah's apple pie.


Wendy's vegetarian lasagna pie.


Wendy's vegetarian hand pies.


Costco cherry pie.


And just when we thought no one would bring a storebought pizza for the first time in TWFoP history, someone did!