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The Claremont PieFestival offers vendor booths, a food court,

food demonstrations, livemusic, a kids corner, a

sidewalk sale and more. Seethe map below to locate thevarious sections of the event.

VENDORS

3 Old Hens

511 Art Studio

Brandiwine Designs

Claremont Heritage

Claremont Relay for Life

Claremont COURIER

Crazy Bag Lady

Cuddle Cups

Deed Goods

Farm Fresh to YouFlappers Comedy Club & Restaurant

Frontsight Military Outreach

Glass Garden Divas

Irma Rincon

Jessie's Girl Couture

Katherine Long

Kut Haus Salon

MPT Enterprises

Natural Body & Bath

Not Made in China

Origami Owl

Panache Jewelry

Pomona Valley Harley-Davidson

Sewciety Studio

Sorella Bella

Square West Gallery

St John's Sponge and Soap

Stella Divina

Such-A-Deal

Tapestry Church Claremont

The Colony at Loft 204

The Ivy House/Element

The Village Mutt

Thyme to Garden

Tintura Salon

PIE RECIPE CARD HUNT

à la minute

Aromatique Skin & Body Care

Barbara CheatleyBert & Rocky's Cream Co.

Cheese Cave

Heirloom

I Like Pie Bake Shop

Jacqueline's Home Decor

Last Drop Café

Linda Lloyd Antiques

Maple Boutique

Middle Tree Academy

Norens Nursery

Petals ‘n Wings

Rio de Ojas

Speckled Hens

The Bath Workshop

The Grove Vintage

The Village Postmark

Vintage Odyssey

Vom Fass

FOOD COURT

Augie’s Coffee House

Bert & Rocky's Cream Company

Dolce Bakery

Grilled Cheese Truck


JoJo's Grill-A-Dog Hot Dog Truck

Last Drop Café

Nuno's Bistro

KIDS KORNER America's Plaster Fun

CHS Thespians - Face Painting

Claremont Educational Foundation

Claremont Girl Scout Troop #1094

Dan the Balloon Man

Kids’ Apron Decorating

Middle Tree Academy

Sylvan Learning Center

SIDEWALK SALE

A Shop Called Quest

A-Kline Chocolatier

Aromatique Skin & Body Care

Barbara Cheatley

Buddhamouse EmporiumClaremont Marketplace

Claremont Village Treasures

Jacqueline's Home Decor

Linda Lloyd Antiques

Maple Boutique

Rhino Records

Speckled Hens

Square i Gallery/Artist Trait

Sunny Days

The Bath Workshop

The Cat in the Window

The Dress Shoppe

The Men's Shop

DEMONSTRATIONSAugie’s Coffee

Bert & Rocky’s Cream Co.

Cheese Cave


Last Drop Café

Vom Fass

Claremont Pie Festival 2016 participants listing



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Festive tunesLive music is the cherry on top.

Gluttony at its sweetestFestival pie-eating contest for the ages.

Sense of citrusGuests hunt for pie recipes with history á la mode.

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Apron stringsVintage apron exhibit offers frills and thrills.

Table of contentsAnnika’s Banoffee Pie

Banoffee pie is a favorite in theUK and the name comesfrom a combination of the

words banana and toffee. My husband and I visited England severalyears ago with friends and we wereadmonished by a grouchy pub owner for asking what banoffee pie was. Iwas too intimidated to order it there;so I came home and decided to makeit myself. I sure am glad I did, it’sone of my favorite desserts now!

—Annika Corbin

Ingredients:1 stick of butter, unsalted1/2 cup packed brown sugar(preferably dark brown)1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 oz)1/2 teaspoons vanilla3 or 4 bananasPrepared and pre-baked 9” or 10” pie shellWhipped creamCandied pecans (optional)

Directions:• Melt butter in stainless steel sauce pan(don’t use aluminum it will discolor theBanoffee).• Stir in brown sugar until it melts over medium heat.• Add sweetened condensed milk and vanillaand bring to a boil stirring continuously. Becareful not to scorch.• The mixture should thicken and darkenslightly after 5-10 minutes.• Set aside to cool.• Prepare blind baked pie shell.• Place a layer of sliced bananas in bottom of

pie shell.• Cover with banoffee.• Garnish with whipped cream over the entiretop and pecans if you wish.• Chill for an hour and enjoy!

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Annika Corbin, co-owner of ILike Pie Bake Shop along withher husband Rob, has always

loved baking. She learned to bake fromher mother and grandmother andattended the American Institute of Baking in Kansas, where she gainedknowledge of running a production-style bakery.

Even before their pie shop opened in November 2012, Ms. Corbin was dreaming of holding a PieFestival in the Claremont Village. Why the Clare-mont Village? A few years ago, Mr. Corbin’s career opportunity re-located their family to Californiawhere they fell in love with Claremont. It felt themost like home to them and their family of threedaughters. Another job transfer for Rob forced themto re-locate again, this time to Washington, DC in2012. But missing Claremont, they took a leap of faith and returned to California to open a pie shop.

Ms. Corbin attended the Great American Pie Fes-tival in Celebration in Florida, where she gainedmuch of her insight. Its sponsoring organization,American Pie Council, provided her with informa-tion needed to run such an event.

In August 2013, her dream came true when this

first-ever pie-oriented event was held in Clare-mont. What surprised her most about that first

event was the turnout. About 40 pies were enteredin the baking contest, over 30 people of all ageswere in the apron parade/contest and the pie-eatingcontest was full.

In the two years since, attendance at the festivalhas continued to grow. This year, two blocks onSecond Street adjacent to Indian Hill Boulevard will

be closed to accommodate more vendors, a foodcourt and a first-time car show. Ms. Corbin has co-ordinated a wide variety of baking, food and bever-age demos to be held throughout the day in thePublic Plaza.

Live entertainment will be offered this year, aswell as a sidewalk sale.

There will be more sites selling pie and, of course, a complimentary pie buffet will be held atPublic Plaza after contest winners are announced.

Guests are once again encouraged to collect pierecipe cards at 21 businesses. Don’t miss the annual

pie-eating contest at noon for which Annika’s teamwill be baking over 30 pies!

Along with her tireless energy, her committee of six with boundless energy and all the volunteers’unwavering enthusiasm, the fourth annual Clare-mont Village Pie Festival is prepped and ready toserve a day full of family-oriented fun.

I Like Pie Bake Shop is located at 175 N. IndianHill Blvd., #102B, Claremont. For more informa-tion about the bake shop, call (909) 621-5152 or visit ilikepiebakeshop.com.

Dreaming of pie: I Like Pie owner’s vision for pie festiva

COURIER file photos/Steven FelschundneffAnnika Corbin opened I Like Pie Bake Shop in 2012, which specializes in savory and sweet pies. The menu largely offers three single-serving-sized portions that Ms. Corbin calls

jelly jar pies.

Annika Corbin uses a fresh orange glaze as a finishingtouch to a couple of miniature fruit pies at I Like Pie in

the Claremont Village West. Ms. Corbin is the founder ofthe Claremont Pie Festival, which is in its fourth year.

This year’s event takes place on Saturday, March 19 inthe Village from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.



Pie-eating contest

The annual pie-eatingcontest is one of themost anticipated events

for contestants and specta-tors alike at the Claremont PieFestival.

The contest will be held on the patiooutside city hall council chambers,located at 225 West Second Street (nextto Kids Korner).

Pie-loving contestants may beginsigning up on the patio at 10:30 a.m. in

three age categories: 7-10 years, 11-14years and 15 years and older.

Size of cream pies varies dependingupon age group: mini pies for 7 to 10 year olds, 8-inch pies for 11 to 14 year olds and10-inch pies for 15 years and older.

By the time they’ve reached a certain point, the contestants’ faces seem to saythose pies appear much larger than theyactually are.

At that point, all guests can really see is pie on their faces since they are notallowed to use their hands. The contestantwho finishes their pie first wins. Judgeswill use a scale to determine the winner if there is a tie.

Helpful hint: Sign up as close to 10:30

a.m. as possible. Limited space isavailable. It’s free to participate.


COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneffClaremont resident Simon Bachman employs the suction technique on his way to a first place finish in the 7-to-10-year-old age group of the pie-eating contest at the 2014Claremont Pie Festival.

Pie contests serve as a sweet challengeEmma DeWees, right, with her sister Natalie are all smiles before thestart of the 7 to 10-year-old division of the pie eating contest last yearduring the third annual Claremont Village Pie Festival.

Rows of pies wait for the final judging at the 2014 Claremont Pie Festival.

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CONTESTS/ from previous page Pie-baking contestPie-baking contestants have been hard at work whipping up some award-winning creations. Visit thePublic Plaza at 3:30 p.m. for the announcement of the baking contest winners. A pie buffet will follow.There is a limited quantity—first come, first served.

Categories include fruit, cream and custard. Therewill be one grand prizewinner, three first-placewinners and three second-place winners. Prizesinclude Claremont gift cards.

Randy Lopez of Ophelia’s Jump kept the program fun as the emcee of the pie-eating contest last year in front of the Claremont Depot.



The fourth annual

Claremont Pie

Festival will once

again host a recipe card hunt.

Twenty-one Village

businesses will hand out a

free pie recipe featuring a

citrus ingredient.The recipe cards will be available in

the shops from Monday, March 14through Saturday, March 19 until 4

p.m., the day of the pie festival.The recipe card hunt will pay

tribute to Claremont’s citrusindustry dating from the latter partof the 1800s to 1972 whenClaremont’s last packing housegave way to housing.

College Heights Lemon PackingHouse, which still stands on First

Street in Village West, was amember of the Sunkist Family.The cover of the 2016 edition of

the recipe book features a 1930s photo of one of Claremont’s four packing houses.

All of the recipes contain a citrusfruit, albeit one recipe is a littleesoteric. The unusual recipe, CitrusSurprise Blender Pie, contains

lemon-lime soda and was declared

delicious by Pie Festival chairpersonAnnika Corbin, owner of I Like Pie.Look for recipes that feature lemons,limes, oranges, grapefruit andtangerines.

The commemorative book cover along with a book ring and event

button will be available at twolocations during the festival—thesoutheast corner of Second Street,

near Indian Hill and at the corner of Harvard and Bonita avenues, near Rio de Ojas and the vintage aproncollection.

Maps will be available at participating shops during the week and during the festival hours of 11

a.m. to 4 p.m.Participating Village shopsinclude à la minute, Aromatique,Barbara Cheatley, Bert andRocky’s, Cheese Cave, The GroveVintage, Heirloom, I Like Pie,Jacqueline’s Home Décor, LastDrop Café, Linda Lloyd’sAntiques, Maple Boutique, MiddleTree Academy, Norens Nursery,Petals ’n Wings, Rio de Ojas,Speckled Hens, The BathWorkshop, Vintage Odyssey, VomFass and The Village Postmark.

Pie recipe hunt pays tribute to Claremont’s citrus history

Early citrus industry packing house, Pomona Fruit Grower's Exchange, circa 1920.








Shelton Park stage

• 11 a.m. Rancho Cucamonga Ukulele Group

• Noon to 2 p.m. Moultrie Academy of Music, Voice, Dance

City hall patio

• 11 a.m. Patrick Carrico

• 12:30 to 1:15 p.m. The Lemon Drops

• 1:30 p.m. Patrick Carrico

Second Street stage (west of Indian Hill Boulevard)

• Throughout the Day: High Strung Band

Second Street stage (east of Indian Hill Boulevard)

• Throughout the Day: Happy Neighbors Band

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Photo courtesy of Mindi MeaderSince its inception, bluegrass ensemble the High StrungBand has been a crowd favorite at the Claremont Pie Festival.

Pie Festival servesup live music




Aselection of vintage apronsfrom the 1940s and ‘50s will beon display at the Claremont Pie

Festival on Saturday, March 19 from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. near the southeast corner

of Harvard and Bonita avenues.A collection of 15 to 20 mostly handmade

gingham aprons—and a dozen other plain and fancyaprons—will be featured in the “Apron Strings”exhibit. Each gingham apron has distinctive hand-embroidered designs decorating the skirt. Some of the fancier and seasonal aprons were saved for entertaining and holidays. The collection belongs toClaremont resident Joan Bunte, who was a long-time business owner in the Village.

“Every apron has a story,” Ms. Bunte said. Inaddition to protecting precious dresses underneaththe aprons, they provided the housewife with acontainer for carrying eggs from the henhouse,drying children’s tears, carrying in vegetables from

the garden and apples from the trees. Copies of a poem “Beloved Apron” will be available at theexhibit. If you have a favorite apron story, please

bring a copy to share.Ms. Bunte encourages guests to wear an apron

and enter the apron contest to win gift certificatesfrom Village merchants. For more information,contact Ms. Bunte at [email protected].

Claremont Pie Festival presents “Apron Strings” exhibit

COURIER file photo/Steven FelschundneffIn addition to an exhibit of vintage aprons, guests can shop the various vendors to purchase a one-of-a-kind apronof their own. Vecani and her son Manuel Perez-Ramirez were busy selling handmade products from her company NotMade In China last year during the third annual Claremont Village Pie Festival.



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