This year's Menu for Hope, the annual charity fund-raiser raffle that brings food bloggers together to help others, is just $2,405 away from reaching $70,000. as of publication time of this post. It would be great to see this year's event, held over until the 31st, reach a nice even number (or more). Last year's MfH raised more than $62,000 for the UN World Food Programme, down from the 2007 record of $90,000. Let's see if Serious Eats readers can help in the final push to $70k. This year's take will benefit the UN Food Programme's Purchase for Progress initiative. If you're unfamiliar with the event, food bloggers offer raffle prizes for readers to win. A single entry costs $10,... More

Each year in December food blogger Pim Techamuanvivit (Chez Pim) organizes the Menu for Hope to raise funds for a food charity. Techamuanvivit has just put out a call for participation for this year's Menu for Hope VI, taking place December 14–25. The skinny: Food bloggers offer a raffle prize that their readers then buy tickets for. Prizes can get pretty crazy and special—food tours, food-related classes, small appliances, dinners cooked by hotshot chefs, etc. (here's last year's master list). If you'd like to participate as a blogger or bidder, all the info you'll need can be found here. This year's take will benefit the UN World Food Programme's Progress for Purchase initiative.... More

December 31 is your last chance to donate to this year's Menu for Hope 5. Each US$10 donation will buy you one virtual raffle ticket toward an amazing food-themed prize of your choice. Most of the prizes have been donated by food bloggers, and proceeds go to the UN World Food Program's school lunch program in Lesotho, Africa. Donate now!... More

Foodblogger Pim Techamuanvivit recently announced the winners of the Menu for Hope raffle on her site, Chez Pim. Serious Eats donated two prizes to the fund-raiser, and now it's time to put our money where our big grinning mouth is. ACrans: Congrats! You've won the dinner for four at Mozza! Bon appétit, friend! We'll contact Mozza and relay pertinent info to you. A. J. Kinik: Meet Ed and me with an empty stomach and some comfortable shoes. We're going on a New York pizza tour with you and three of your friends! We'll be in touch about logistics and timing. Congrats to the winners of all the other wonderful prizes, too, and thanks to everyone who participated in the raffle,... More

Menu for Hope, a charity fund-raiser that's become a yearly year-end thing for foodbloggers, managed to stir up $60,925.12 in its latest incarnation. The proceeds will go to the United Nations World Food Programme. If you bought a raffle ticket for one (or more) of the tasty prizes, winners will be announced January 15 on Chez Pim. Many thanks to the Serious Eaters out there who threw in for our dinner at Mozza in Los Angeles or our guided pizza tour in New York. And of course, many thanks to MFH creator Pim Techamuanvivit and to all the other cooks with their fingers in the charity pie.... More

Serious Eats is sponsoring prizes in this annual charity fund-raiser. Win a dinner for four at Pizzeria Mozza in L.A. or a guided New York City pizza crawl for four. More