lake forest illinois 1 usa key people linda hoskins executive director 1 website piecouncil.org the american pie council apc is an organization committed to preserving america s pie heritage and promoting america s love affair with pies . 2 as america s only purely pie focused national organization 3 the apc combines aspects of a hobby club professional association trade group and pro pie interest group . 1 contents 1 activities 1.1 national pie day 2 publications 3 see also 4 references 5 external links activities edit the council offers both personal and commercial memberships which allow individual participants to have discussions and swap recipes with fellow pie lovers while providing commercial members with business networking opportunities and promotional support . 1 the apc has run the apc national pie championships since 1995 . 4 the event is usually held in celebration florida . 5 the competition is open to amateur professional and commercial bakers . as an example of typical categories the categories at the 2014 competition were 4 apple blueberry chocolate citrus cream cream cheese comstock wilderness apple cherry blueberry strawberry combination 2 flavors fruit berry innovation key lime nut paramount peach peanut butter pumpkin special dietary gluten free no sugar added open competition the apc also sponsors or promotes other pie centric events throughout the year . 6 the apc council also conducts surveys of pie consumption . apc research has shown that apple is americans favorite pie that 59 % of americans consider pie an appropriate late night snack and that 20 % of americans have eaten an entire pie . 7 national pie day edit 2014 national pie day labor day tie in poster national pie day which is held annually on january 23 is now sponsored by the apc since 1986 . 2 the holiday was started in the mid 1970s by boulder colorado teacher charlie papazian 8 after he declared his birthday to be national pie day . 9 this should not be confused with pi day which the u.s. congress recognizes as march 14 . in 2014 the apc partnered with paramount pictures in promoting the romantic thriller film labor day in conjunction with national pie day . 10 a pie making scene features prominently in the film and the film s general release was within a few days of national pie day . the apc distributed a promotional poster to pie shops and bakeries featuring images of the film s stars kate winslet josh brolin and gattlin griffith in the pie making scene . new york post writer lou lumenick noted dryly that the scene was an eccentric choice for a promotion since brolin s character is an escaped murderer and before they all make pies together he abducts them from a supermarket and ties both of them up ... a bond does emerge between brolin and his hostages before he surrenders to police . but still . the poster is captioned in part it makes the time we spend together just a little sweeter . pie . grab a slice of life . 11 notwithstanding any problematic overtones though variety s take on the scene was what damage the 1999 film american pie did for the pie industry labor day has reversed . 10 publications edit american pie council ; hoskins linda 2012 . america s best pies nearly 200 recipes you ll love 1st ed . . skyhorse publishing . isbn 978 162087165 2 . american pie council ; hoskins linda 2014 . america s best pies 2014 2015 nearly 200 recipes you ll love 2nd ed . . skyhorse publishing . isbn 978 162914672 0 . see also edit list of food days list of pies tarts and flans references edit a b c d company overview of the american pie council . bloomberg businessweek . retrieved january 23 2014 . the american pie council provides personal professional and commercial memberships to pie lovers . the company allows consumer members to exchange recipes in store coupons and ideas as well as commercial members to participate in a variety of network and promotional opportunities . a b who we are . american pie council website . retrieved january 23 2014 . american pie council january 15 2014 . american pie council s survey gives a taste of country s relationship with an all american dessert celebrated on national pie day jan. 23 . yahoo finance . archived from the original on february 19 2014 . retrieved january 23 2014 . the american pie council is the only organization committed to maintaining america s pie heritage ... a b announcing the 2014 apc national pie championships . american pie council website . retrieved january 23 2014 . heather mcpherson april 25 2013 . a slice of life celebration s american pie festival . orlando sentinel . retrieved january 23 2014 . happenings in the pie world 2014 . american pie council website . retrieved january 24 2014 . pie fun facts pdf . american pie council . retrieved january 24 2014 . national pie day a colorado born holiday . the denver post . january 23 2014 . aasen eric january 21 2012 . sunday is national pie day when pie takes center stage . the dallas morning news . a b labor day partners with american pie council for national pie day . variety . january 15 2014 . retrieved january 23 2014 . lou lumenick january 15 2014 . poster celebrates make a pie with a murderer day . new york post . retrieved january 23 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american pie council & oldid 743813670 categories food and drink related organizationsculinary professional associationsprofessional associations based in the united statesfood industry trade groupsindustry trade groups based in the united statesclubs and societies in the united stateshobbyist organizations based in the united statespies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 11 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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