Say it with pie - Piebox & Mighty Nest Giveaway
I’m known for carrying pies around town in creative and/or interesting methods. I like to bake them and I love bringing them places and I really love giving them as gifts.
Too bad I didn’t have one of these cool Pieboxes when I brought Audra (preserving genius over at Doris & Jilly Cook blog) and her hubs Andrew a gluten-free blueberry pie. I lived in Brooklyn, they in Philly. I used my old pie-in-the-canning-rack move; that was interesting. Two subways, a half-zillion stairs, one bumpy bus ride and a trolley ride later, I had blueberry pie filling on my shorts, but remained for the most part unscathed by my cross-state pie transit endeavor.
I love the story behind how Piebox came to be almost as much as I love the box itself. I’ve never had to worry about throw-away waste when transporting my pies (just subway jumbles and other transit snags), but if I were a pastry chef like the the co-creator of Piebox, I’d have set to work to figure out how to cut out the waste loop in pie transport. She employed her handy beau and together they came up with this.
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Here’s the official info, from their site: PieBox™ is a reusable raw pine box designed to safely transport pie. Whether you’re driving, biking, busing or even just walking, PieBox will keep your pie safe and intact wherever you go.
Every PieBox is handcrafted in Chicago and made from chemical-free, raw pine. PieBox measures 11”x11”x4” and accommodates up to a 9” deep-dish pie.
(I will add that if using the included 9.5” pie plate, you’ll need to make sure your crust doesn’t extend beyond the edges of the plate because the box encases the pie plate snugly and will chip off any fancy overage you might have. This is so that the pie doesn’t slide around in there, I’m assuming.)
There are also a couple of totally reusable pie accoutrements in this kit; a maple wood pie server tool and an Anchor-brand, 9.5” pie plate. You get the chance to win the whole set by entering via the form below!
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Giving someone a homemade pie is one of the dearest gifts one can make. Recipients who don’t bake get to eat amazing pie that knocks store bought out of the park; recipients who do bake know exactly how much work went into that pretty pie and are doubly grateful.
When I was chatting with Annie over at Mighty Nest, she discussed how cool it would be to circulate a Piebox in a Pie-it-Forward kind of way. What a cool idea to send a pie-telegram (in person, of course) using a library-check-out-form scenario on the inside lid of the box to track the pie-love progress, each recipient receiving a pie out of the blue turns around and makes a pie for someone else and keeps the cycle going. Names of happy pie recipients add up on the box’s sheet. It might be hard to gauge which of your friends will actually bake a pie and keep the box going around, but receiving the box might just spur those who’d like to give it a try into action. So, grab your fave pie book and get to brainstorming whose week you’ll make. I’d love to hear about it if you end up trying this idea out!
Marisa over at Food in Jars is also offering up another set of chances to win this kit, plus (big plus!) she’s also sending her winner a jar of her homemade pie filling! Get on over there and enter, too.
I haven’t been a big canner of pie fillings this year (we’re on a sweet preserves hiatus until we eat down the pantry’s existing stash of sweet jars…) But, because we want you to make a pie and bring it over to someone’s house, I’m going to do the work of assembling the flours and dry ingredients for my gluten-free crust recipe and will send it directly to the lucky winner of the Piebox set here on my site.
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So, to recap: Use the Rafflecopter form below for a bunch of chances to win a Piebox and complete pie serving kit from Mighty Nest, plus I’ll send the winner a pretty Weck jar full of the dry ingredients for my gluten-free pie crust.
Enter by Sunday, July 28 at 11am CST:
Disclosures: Mighty Nest provided me with a complimentary Piebox and pie serving set and Weck jars. They will be mailing the winner’s piebox set and covering the cost of me shipping gluten-free crust ingredients to you. Opinions and support for this product are my own.
Baking, Giveaways, Gluten-Free, Gluten-Free Desserts
Reader Comments (129)
I love the "pie-it-forward" idea! I may have to start one in my area!
I would send a pie to my best blogging pal Barb! of Barbara Bakes! She would so get a kick out of that.
i think i'd keep this to myself. my biggest pie fans are the ones who never make pie themselves!
if i could, i'd make and send a pie to my son, over in kuwait where it is really really hot. blueberry sounds nice and cool to me. when he comes home, for christmas!
My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimers in January. I would love to send him a lemon meringue. Actually, next time I am in Texas I will take him one. <3
I would love to send a pie to my son, Kyle, who lives in Florida. I am certain he would devour an entire shoo-fly pie!
I've been looking for a gluten-free pie crust recipe! Hope to get the chance to try out your pie crust mix with a new PieBox!
I would make a pie for my oldest dear friend in Bellingham. We don't see each other as much as I'd like and I'd want her to know how often I think of her.
I would love to bring a pie home to my parents. We just moved to New York City, and a delicious pie brought home on the train would be such a treat for them.
I just started baking pies 3 years ago - before that I'd never tried! And now I'm the acknowledged pie-maker at Thanksgiving (oh how times change!). I'd love to send a pie to my friend Becca and her husband Phil - she just got a new job, they're moving, and he now needs to find a job too. They'd appreciate a healthy-ish pie, I just know it!
p.s. thanks for offering the giveaway!
I would give a pie to my mom, who would then give the box back to me empty hoping I refill it - she does this with canning jars!
I would gift a pie to my midwife, after assisting me with an incredibly peaceful birth.
I would send/bring a pie to my teaching partner, Lori. She is a pretty good cook but struggles with pastry. With teenagers at home, I know that the pie would get eaten and appreciated.
great giveaway!
I love pie and I would send one to my brother in CA we miss him!
a cranberry-raspberry pie to my cousin in kansas. it is my mom's own recipe and it was a thanksgiving tradition when i was younger and we would visit her family in new hampshire every year. my mom transported pies from pa to nh in a makeshift pie carrier my dad fashioned from a large rubbermaid tote and some wooden dividers
I would take a peach pie to my sister's birthday party. This pie box is perfect.
I'd send a pie to my friend Susan, who lives across the country. She's an excellent baker, and since she's eating for two now, I think she could use a pie!
I would bring a homemade pie to my fellow academic professor at UMIAMI. He's intolerant to gluten and would be so appreciative. He would also "pie it forward" and is talented in the kitchen to keep the yumminess going:)
I would send one to my friend, Katy, currently serving in the Peace Corps in Peru. She and I used to cook and bake together with all the local ingredients we could find in the Piedmont of NC. She could use a little taste of home!
I would love to make a pie for my grandparents, because I always talk to them while I bake and I would love to be able to share the results with them!
I'd love to take a pie to my grandpa. My grandma was from the south and used to bake him pecan pies. He misses her so much.
Thank you for such a kind offer! My husband and daughter are both gluten-free eaters and I haven't found a great recipe for a pie crust for them. Most of them have the texture of cardboard. Thank you for offering to send a GF crust and I'm eager to check out your recipe!
My sweetheart of two years who I've never baked a pie for (although I've baked many a pie in that time...). He doesn't eat gluten and though I make gluten-free many-other-things, making a gluten-free crust is a bit intimidating for me!
pie brings people together!!! I love this idea.
I think I'd make a pie for my mama! She does so much for our growing family, I love to tell her "Thank you!" with homemade treats ;-) And my pies haven't been travellin since my vintage pie carrier broke!