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Bringing Home a Blue Ribbon
By Betsy Richter | 1:54 pmUpdate: My kid’s pie is now on Slashfood!
We’ve been baking pies here at the house in preparation for the First Annual Portland Pie-Off (to read more about the Pie-Off, see their site here or catch up over at OurPDX.)
Despite the many red herrings I tried to throw out on Twitter about the secret ingredients in my own pie (ginger! balsamic vinegar! bourbon! turpentine! vodka!), I committed a classic Betsy faux pas—muxing around too much. As a result, my pie was, um, funky and way too runny.
Drama Mama, on the other hand, redeemed the family glory. Yep, the kid won Best Mash-Up Pie for her S’mores Without Fire pie. And yes, she’s serious about now wanting to open a bakery (in her copious spare time between school and drama classes and blogging and video games and a social life and other commitments.)
I may still be a winner on the drinks front, though. Even though the weather’s getting colder here, people from all over the world seem to still love their mojitos. It’s amazing to see my traffic rise, even as my posts dwindle down to a handful each month. (And I’m liking the local Twitter love I got today for my ‘famous’ recipe, hooray!)
Since Google love=advertising revenue & I just got a Very Nice Check from BlogHer yesterday (enough to restock the bar with the premium rum if I wanted to, in fact), I’d rather be ribbon-less & cash-positive.
But it sure would have been nice to have two blue ribbon winners in the family!
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