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KCRW's 1st Annual Good Food Pie Contest

Registration is now closed. If you entered a pie and have a question, please contact Harriet at harriet.ells@kcrw.com.

Thank you to everyone who entered -- we've had a tremendous response! If you already registered, please bring your pie(s) to center of the Canyon on the first level of the shopping center, right next to BCBG and Coach at 12:30 pm on November 14th. You will be responsible for slicing and plating your pie for the judges.  KCRW will provide plates and forks for you.  Bring a knife to slice your pie and label your pie plate if you wish to reclaim it after the event. Judging will begin at 1:30 pm.

Date: Saturday, November 14
Time: 2pm - 4pm 
Location: Westfield Topanga, Canyon Atrium 

Judges:
Mark Peel - Executive Chef & Owner, Campanile
Russ Parsons - Food Editor for the LA Times
Stefan Richter - Chef & Owner, Stefan's at LA Farm; Former Contestant on Bravo's Top Chef (Season 5)
Eric Greenspan - Chef & Owner of The Foundry on Melrose
Elizabeth Belkind - Executive Pastry Chef/Owner of Cake Monkey
Amy Scattergood - Food writer, LA Weekly
Eddie Lin - of the blog DeepEndDining.com and the book Extreme Cuisine
Amelia Saltsman - author of The Santa Monica Farmers Market Cookbook
Pim Techamuanvivit - Food Blogger and author of The Foodie Handbook
Clifford Wright - Noted Chef and Cookbook Author, Co-Founder of the Venice Cooking School

Play with Your Food – How to Get Kids to Eat Their Vegetables   
KCRW Good Food host Evan Kleiman turns kids into chemists by teaching them how to make their own salad dressing, adjusted exactly to their likings.  Then she'll show them how good fresh farm produce tastes when dipped in their concoctions.


Photo Credit: Bryony Shearmur Photography

Date: Saturday, October 24
Time: 3pm - 5pm 
Location: Westfield Fashion Square, Courtyard 


Thanksgiving Cooking Demo Extravaganza
Just in time for America's largest food holiday, Good Food host Evan Kleiman conducts a live cooking demo, featuring five delicious and easy-to-make side dishes for you to sample. And you can't have dinner without dessert --- Pastry chef and noted cookbook author Cindy Mushet bakes up dessert to sample for the big day.

Date: Saturday, November 21
Time: 3pm - 5pm 
Location: Westfield Fashion Square, Courtyard