American Pie Council facts for kids
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Lake Forest, Illinois
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Linda Hoskins, Executive Director |
The American Pie Council (APC) is a special group in the USA. They work to keep America's love for pie strong. They also want to make sure that the history of pies in America is remembered. The APC is the only national group focused just on pies! It's like a mix of a hobby club, a business group, and a team that promotes pies.
Activities
The American Pie Council offers different ways for people to join. Individuals can become members to chat with other pie lovers. They can also share their favorite pie recipes. Businesses can join too. This helps them connect with other companies. It also helps them promote their pie products.
Since 1995, the APC has hosted the APC National Pie Championships. This big competition usually takes place in Celebration, Florida. Anyone who bakes pies can enter. This includes people who bake for fun, professional bakers, and even companies. There are 16 different types of pies to compete with. Some popular categories are chocolate, pumpkin, and "Paramount Peach" pies.
The APC also supports other pie-related events all year long. They also do surveys to learn about how much pie Americans eat. Their research has shown some fun facts:
- Apple pie is Americans' favorite kind of pie.
- About 59% of Americans think pie is a good late-night snack.
- About 20% of Americans have eaten a whole pie by themselves!
National Pie Day
National Pie Day is a special day held every year on January 23. The American Pie Council has sponsored this day since 1986. A teacher from Colorado named Charlie Papazian started this holiday in the 1970s. He simply declared his birthday to be National Pie Day! It's important not to mix this up with Pi Day. Pi Day is a different holiday that the U.S. Congress recognizes on March 14.
In 2014, the APC worked with Paramount Pictures. They helped promote a movie called Labor Day. This happened around National Pie Day. The movie had a very important scene where characters made a pie. The movie was released just a few days after National Pie Day.
The APC gave out posters to pie shops and bakeries. These posters showed the movie's stars, Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, and Gattlin Griffith, in the pie-making scene. A magazine called Variety wrote about the scene. They said that if the 1999 movie American Pie caused problems for the pie industry, Labor Day helped fix them.
See also
- List of food days
- List of pies, tarts and flans
