Tomorrow is the kickoff of Fremont Oktoberfest, which runs through Sunday and is sponsored by The Simpsons. Apparently, the show chooses several beer festivals around the country that they sponsor, and we’re fall’s West Coast party. (Say it with me now, “Mmmmm…. beeer.”) Strange? Apparently, Seattle has the highest viewing records for the show in the entire nation. I’ve now counted three things we apparently love more than any other city: The Simpsons, ice cream, and port. We are weird. Look for a plushy Homer to defile, er, take photos with, during Saturday and Sunday’s events. This Sunday at 3:00 p.m., bring your very best pie to Curio Confections (5509 University Way N.E.), or your emptiest stomach. They shall be judged and eaten — the pies, not the stomachs. $5 lets you enter and/or stuff your face. Please EMAIL to let them know if you plan to participate with a pie.Rebekah Denn has a great writeup on a new kind of cookbook, sort of.. Jam Today: A Diary of Cooking With What You’ve Got, from the new, Oregon-based Exterminating Angel Press (love, love, love the name). This is not a book about jam. It means jam as in the verb, like jam bands. Okay, I’m game if Ms. Denn likes it. The post has a link to her longer article in the Christian Science Monitor.One more thing, Eat Me Daily has an awesome, measured yet biting review of the adorably grating Chez Pim’s new The Foodie Handbook (she that is the “self-proclaimed queen of the food bloggers”). I talked about the word “mixologist” this week. Don’t even get me started about the word “foodie.”