Results tagged “pie”

We read over at Phinnywood that Greenwood's Lemon Meringue Boutique is going out of business, and will have a "grand closing" sale. We had no idea it existed, which is lucky because we would have gone there demanding boutique lemon meringue pie, only to be confronted by racks of women’s, maternity, and children’s clothing. It doesn't get much bait-and-switchier than that. Now with High 5 Pie, on the other hand, a division of the Fuel Coffee empire, you get exactly what you expect. (Pie, we mean, not a high five.) And while apple, berry, and cherry are advertised right now, their "seasonal" pie flavors may include "peaches, lemon, blueberries, cloves, salted chocolates, raspberries, and lavender." See that? Lemon! One fake pie door closes, another opens.

Hearst's special investigative team reveals today that the Boy Scouts aren't the angels of righteousness and environmental integrity everyone thought. No, instead they are foreign hucksters. Oh, wait. We're mistaken. The honey-launderers were the foreign hucksters. The Boy Scouts of America are profiteering tree-haters, as it were. The charge is that over the past twenty years, various BSA councils in the Northwest have irresponsibly and potentially illegally logged their land in order to turn their assets into cash to fund the organization's programs. Our biggest takeaway from the story is that apparently, foresting laws are unsettlingly easy to bypass. You gotta wonder, though: which secretly dirty all-American institution is the P-I going to go after next? The sins of pie? Football, maybe?

We know that Seattlest Katelyn usually handles your daily blog roundup, but she had to dart out for an emergency meeting of the Black Socialist Unicorns Justice League, leaving us in charge for today only. You won't mind if all your local news is about folk music and cute puppies, right? West Seattle blog cares about puppies as much as we do, so don't judge. CHS is calling for a CD swap, which we think is bound to turn up some old timey banjo music somewhere. Okay, that's all the puppies and folk music we could wrangle out of this. Meanwhile, MyBallard has Elvis, Slog has pie, and B-Town Blog is impressed with Obama's speaking skills. It's all connected in some dreamy way, we're sure. Speaking of dreamy, we wish the Unicorns a good meeting, and Seattlest Katelyn a speedy return.

It seems that before Thanksgiving is even over, we are encouraged to panic over the fate of our leftovers. This seems strange, as we’ve always found it remarkably easy to get rid of leftovers by refusing exit to any guest without a plateful. Barring that, there’s always turkey curry salad. Still, there are a couple of Thanksgiving purchases that cannot so easily be passed off or reused; among them is pumpkin purée.

Take a little break this afternoon at 2:40 p.m. and turn on KUOW to hear Seattlest Rachael Coyle. She'll be on their Sound Focus program, chatting with Susan Lerner about tips for making a good pie crust. If you're in the pie-making school that buys the pre-made, frozen crusts, you may be able to appreciate what a delicate quest making one from scratch would be. Tune in this afternoon, though, and get a new lease on life...then go make us a pie!