It's hard to believe but on Sunday May 6 UCLA and the Fowler Museum will once again host KCRW's Pie Contest. This year is our 9th. We started nine years ago in the atrium of the Topanga Westfield Mall with 200 pies and 400 observers. This year we have well ...read more
Registration for KCRW's 8th Annual Good Food Pie Contest is now open and I'm doing some reflection. How did I know eight years ago that my simple yet dogged desire to learn how to make better pies would turn into a community of crazed pie obsessives? Eight years ago I ...read more
As the deadline to register your pie for KCRW's 7th Annual Good Food Pie Contest approaches I thought I would pitch in with some last minute ideas, resources, and tips. What pie should you make? Pick a pie you're comfortable making or that you're willing to make at least 5-10 ...read more
If a small room full of 40 students standing elbow to elbow can go from the chaos pictured above to the skillful result below in one hour (!), then you have time to enter the Good Food Pie Contest and practice a winning pie. Deadline is Sunday September 28 at ...read more
Today is one of those days I live for. I have six interviews on the schedule at KCRW that range from a kid who is a vegan and writes poetry about it to Jon Favreau, writer, producer, director and star of the new movie Chef and his coach Roy Choi. ...read more