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The 2010 Pi Day Bake-Off was such a smashing success that it would be a challenge for even the most extreme pie enthusiast to fairly judge all 35 entries.
So we've gone ahead and narrowed it down for you to what we hope you will agree are ten very deserving finalists. We based our choices on a mixture of creativity, presentation, and volume of the collective "OHMYGODYUMMMM" sound that they elicited when presented to our respective offices.
Once you think you've settled on your choice, vote for it in the poll on Serious Eats before midnight on Thursday. And if you have a pie in the running, let your friends know they can vote now!
WIthout further ado, here are the ten contenders for the Grand Prize of $314:
Pamela Ronald's Swiss chard-Gruyere pie
Annie Wang's Archi-meaty Lamb pie
Claudette's One-Hundred-Digit pie
Brownie's Raspberry Rhubarb "Pie r2"
Stephanie Patterson's Blueberry Cherry Pi pie
Donna Currie's Pie to Seven Decimal Places: 3.1415926
Veronica Vadakan's Avocado's Number Pie
Team Kellon's Method of Exhaustion Chocolate Pi(e)
Aimee Schiwal's Area 51 pie
Joanna Pool's Irrationally Good Chocolate Basil pie
Choose your favorite now!
Comments
I'll probably register and vote, but it seems to me to be an extra burden on SciBlogs regulars (where this contest originated) to be required to register at the Serious Eats site in order to vote. If we don't have to register to comment on SciBlogs (except Pharyngula), why should we have to register *anywhere* to vote on the Pi Day contest?
Posted by: chezjake | March 16, 2010 5:20 PM
Very frustrating. Can't figure out how to vote.
Posted by: Shelley Patterson | March 17, 2010 9:55 AM
Forget the voting. I want the recipe for Joanna Pool's Irrationally Good Chocolate Basil Pie! Seriously...can I get the recipe?
Posted by: Rachel | March 18, 2010 10:42 AM
@Rachel I posted the recipe on the USA Science and Engineering's blog. You can find it here:
http://scienceblogs.com/usasciencefestival/2010/03/its_pi_day.php
Posted by: Joanna Pool | March 18, 2010 4:39 PM