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Oh sure, perhaps there have been some poisoned pies sent to enemies in the Middle Ages, but really, I would hazarded that 99.9% of the time a pie has been baked, it has brought joy.

There are a few days left for our Pie-Off: Submit a recipe to pie@bendsource.com, and we will select three recipes for our holiday pie-off, and for the title of BEST PIE IN CENTRAL OREGON.

Deadline for entry is: Wednesday, November 6.

Judging wil happen on Monday, November 11 at Broken Top Bottle Shop. 7 pm.

For additional reading about the world wide worthiness of pie, check out The World Needs More Pie blog.

This article appears in Oct 24-30, 2013.

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What Bad Has Ever Come From Pie?

by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 31, 2013

<h1>What Bad Has Ever Come From Pie?</h1> <p class="byline">by Phil Busse, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 31, 2013</p> <p>Oh sure, perhaps there have been some poisoned pies sent to enemies in the Middle Ages, but really, I would hazarded that 99.9% of the time a pie has been baked, it has brought joy.</p> <p>There are a few days left for our Pie-Off: Submit a recipe to pie@bendsource.com, and we will select three recipes for our holiday pie-off, and for the title of BEST PIE IN CENTRAL OREGON.</p> <p>Deadline for entry is: Wednesday, November 6. </p> <p>Judging wil happen on Monday, November 11 at Broken Top Bottle Shop. 7 pm. </p> <p>For additional reading about the world wide worthiness of pie, check out <a href="http://theworldneedsmorepie.com" target="_blank">The World Needs More Pie blog</a>.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-bad-has-ever-come-from-pie-2296628/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-fbookImage.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=24511&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/what-bad-has-ever-come-from-pie-2296628/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> Copy to Clipboard

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