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[CLOSED] Win a Thanksgiving Pie from Simplethings

By Katherine Spiers
November 14, 2011
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Enter here to win a 9" pie from L.A.'s own Simplethings Pie Shop. Just tell us about your most hilarious or spectacular holiday kitchen disaster in the comments!Simplethings is giving away a full-size pie to five individual winners. Those five winners will get a choice of Simplethings' five Thanksgiving varieties: pumpkin, chipotle pumpkin, bourbon pecan and sweet potato.

Leave your tale of holiday kitchen mishaps in the comments - forgotten turkeys? Deflated souffles? Salt mistaken for sugar? - and the writers of our five favorite stories will win these delicious pies!

Here are the rules and regulations:

- Tell us your story in the comments here by Friday, November 18 at 10am. Winners will be notified later that day.

- Register with your full name so we can tell simplethings who to expect calls from. (Your name won't be made public.)

- Winners must order their pie by Monday, November 21 at 8pm.

- Pies must be picked up on Wednesday, November 23. (Delivery/shipping not available.)

-Winners have a choice of one of five flavors: pumpkin, chipotle pumpkin, bourbon pecan, and sweet potato.

-Enjoy your pie!

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