Today is National Pie Day in America, sponsored by the American Pie Council, to encourage people to make and eat pies.

They hold a pie contest at each year (though not in January, it seems: in 2006, it was in April.)

Today, you could treat a friend to a piece of pie at your favourite coffee shop or diner, pick up a pie at a bakery, or even make one!

You can even have a pie for lunch or dinner -- remember, pies can be sweet or savoury. in fact, if you're in the northern hemisphere where it's cold, and are just barely recovering from the excess of sweets over the holidays, or have sworn off them for a while as a New Year's resolution, then consider perhaps a meat pie.