In a coincidence of cosmic proportions, President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address on National Pie Day.
Actually, the two events are not that disparate. A 1902 article in the New York Times noted: "Pie is the American synonym of prosperity and its varying contents the calendar of the changing seasons. Pie is the food of the heroic. No pie-eating people can ever be permanently vanquished."
What's the best way to celebrate National Pie Day? Some people simply make sure the day's menu includes a slice or two of fresh pie. Others make pie charts or enter pie-eating or pie-throwing contests. But true pie-lovers might want to throw a pie party where everyone brings a homemade pie, everyone eats a lot of pie and everyone takes home a plate full of leftover slices.
This weekend is a perfect time to start a little pre-Pie Day celebration. For inspiration, we asked Ron Silver, owner of Bubby's Pie Co. Restaurant in New York City, to share a banana cream pie recipe from Bubby's Homemade Pies, which is due out next summer.
Harriet Baskas, a writer and radio producer in Seattle, hosts an annual New Year's Day Pie Party.
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