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Pies at KCRW's Good Food pie contest

There were a lot of food-related events that happened over the long Labor Day weekend, but only one featured a homemade pie made by my friend, blogger Marni Landes of Happy Go Marni, and her mother, Joyce: KCRW’s Good Food pie contest. The event shared space with Taste of Beverly Hills, a three-day food extravaganza at the Beverly Hilton, but the best part was the pie contest was free! You could just walk up and sample from more than 100 pies that people had lovingly made in hopes of getting to the final, which was judged by L.A. foodie luminaries Jonathan Gold, Sang Yoon, Zoe Nathan, Eric Greenspan, Karen Hatfield and more. Marni won last year’s cream pie category, so she had a good chance of winning again this year.

There was also an apron fashion show, MC’ed by “Good Food” host Evan Kleiman. Here’s Marni in her cute apron:

Evan Kleiman (left) and Marni (right)

There were too many pies to taste, though I did get a good assortment of sweet and savory before I got exceedingly full. Everything from classic apple pies to more inventive ones such as a fig, goat cheese and rosemary pie were represented.

All kinds of pie!

Though Marni’s orange maple hazelnut pie with a chocolate glaze and candied orange peel didn’t make the cut (boo!), I thought it was gorgeous and delicious.

Marni's pie

In the end, it didn’t matter who won because Marni and her mother, Joyce, are the cutest! I can’t wait to see what they come up with next year.

Joyce, Marni's mom (left) and Marni (right)