Good Food
How to Win a Pie Contest
Spend money at the farmers' market, go for an all-butter dough, and stop worrying about making your pie look pretty. The best pies are the ugliest, says Nicole Mournian, pastry chef at Gjelina and Gjelina Takeaway . Mournian won the 2012 Good Food Pie Contest, and this year she'll be a judge.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readSpend money at the farmers' market, go for an all-butter dough, and stop worrying about making your pie look pretty. The best pies are the ugliest, says Nicole Mournian, pastry chef at Gjelina and Gjelina Takeaway. Mournian won the 2012 Good Food Pie Contest, and this year she'll be a judge.
Find a list of her tips on the Good Food blog.
Photo: After Nicole Mournian won the 2012 Good Food Pie Contest, she went on to nab another ribbon at the 2013 American Pie Competition in Orlando, Florida.
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Piecast: Meat Pies, Cream Pies, and Tips for Pie Beginners- 0:00Baking Pie for Michael Jackson
- 2:53Cream Cheese Pie Dough
- 4:53How to Win a Pie ContestYou’re reading this
- 13:27Put Meat in Your Pastry Dough
The full episode
3 of 4Piecast: Meat Pies, Cream Pies, and Tips for Pie Beginners- 0:00Baking Pie for Michael Jackson
- 2:53Cream Cheese Pie Dough
- 4:53How to Win a Pie ContestYou’re reading this
- 13:27Put Meat in Your Pastry Dough