It started (as all good things do lately, it seems) on Twitter.

The pie smack talk, that is.

Lelo may have been boasting about the blackberry pie she had cooling on her counter just then. Or RadioGretchen might have been talking about never, ever having made a peach pie before. Maybe it was LizzyCaston bragging about her mom’s famous Lemon Chess Pie recipe.

Next thing you know, well - some people now have to put up or shut up. Yep, their good pie-baking reps are now on the line. Others just want to volunteer for the oh so onerous task of judging. And there’s even a new #mmmpie hashtag you can use to follow the madness.

Yes, it’s a Pie-Off!

So sharpen up those forks and knives, mark your calendars for Saturday, August 30th at 3 pm (at a location to be determined), and offer up your finest pies.

And yes, I’ll be there with my own humble creation. (I’m thinking peach-blueberry, which means I’d better get to freezing some of those Oregon blueberries soon…!)