Photo by Dan Gonzales

A Slice of Portland Life

Pies can hold so many things: stone fruits, berries, custard; leafy greens, mince meat, ground beef. Whenever you leave the recipe behind, you discover yourself a little more. What suits your tastes? What suits this moment?

This summer, a number of Portlanders responded to a contest asking them to create a pie that tastes like the current state of their lives. All in all, these home cooks created a flavor map for Portland aka Pietopia.

You can read the recipes and rationales for the five winning entries here. Intimate, sincere, diverse: these pies express very different lived experiences, but each feels earnestly real to this strange city where we live — each pie holds a revealing self-portrait.

Do you want to experience what life in Portland tastes like? Do you want to actually eat edible Portland? You can! This Thursday you have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to try samples from each of the five winning entries. Bring your fork!

Eastbank Farmers’ Market
Thursday, August 21 | SE Salmon & 20th | 3:30 – 7:30 pm