Entries tagged with 'contests'
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I'm not sure most people can recall the state bird of Georgia but if you ask them what fruit is commonly associated with the state, "peach" should come out pretty fast. All states have strong ties with specific foods. Maine has lobsters, Idaho claims spuds, Wisconsin is known for cheese. Some states are more blessed than others when it comes to sheer depth of local bounty. Vermont is one of those lucky states. Wonderful maple syrup is just a tiny fraction of what Vermont has to offer. Vermont has been a pioneer in the local eating movement, especially with the formation of the Vermont Fresh Network back in the early 1990s. The goal of VFN was to bring farmers and...
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Alimentum, the food literary journal, began accepting poetry submissions today. First prize is $500 and the publication of your poem. $15 entry fee. Details on alimentumjournal.com....
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You can win one of seven "cuisinternships" in Oregon—winemaker, fisher, chocolatier, cheesemaker, distiller, rancher, brewmaster, or chef—by visiting bounty.traveloregon.com and submitting an application video and 140-character statement. [via The Cocktail Chronicles]...
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Cook the Book: Bite-Size Desserts: cochon, lscrabtr, littlemissnom, Brownie, and suthungirl. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered....
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Labor Day is just around the corner, which means the last hurrah of summer barbecues. We thought this week would be the perfect opportunity to feature Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book, a cookbook from the barbecue legend Big Bob Gibson. Here's a little background on Big Bob: Bob was a big guy from Decatur, Alabama, with a natural talent for grilling. Back in 1925 he started serving barbecue out of a pit he dug in his backyard. People flocked from miles around, and his backyard barbecue eventually become so popular, he was able to quit his railroad job and open up a brick-and-mortar restaurant. Since then Big Bob's has become a barbecue institution, with locations throughout Alabama and the Carolinas....
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Cook the Book: What We Eat When We Eat Alone: kh503, Chilisoup1, roseteng, andymcmorrow, and lemonfair. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered....
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Here's a familiar scenario: You are sitting at a restaurant with a group of friends just finishing a satisfying meal. Your entrees have all been cleared and the waiter approaches with dessert menus. Panic strikes, eyes dart around the table, everyone is full but dessert is appealing. It's no longer a matter of hunger—it's purely dessert curiosity. Clearly everyone at the table is dying to read the dessert menu but nobody wants to ask. Then the inevitable conversation starts: "I don't know, I'm pretty full...I really shouldn't." But then, hopefully, someone chirps up, "Well, I guess we'll take a look." As waiter and a diner, I've realized that once the menu exchanges hands, dessert is always ordered. Pastry chef Carole...
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Cook the Book: Easy Gluten-Free Baking: hhicks, maureenreiser, feelgood, elcorazonsangrante, and aeschylus. Winners have been notified by email and also appear on our Contest Winners page. Thanks to all who entered....
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Deborah Madison calls her new book a humorous book on eaters, but I beg to differ. What We Eat When We Eat Alone is a beautifully illustrated anthropological study that happens to have some great recipes. In What We Eat When We Eat Alone, Madison poses the same question to friends, neighbors, colleagues, restaurant professionals, and total strangers: What do you cook for yourself when you eat alone? The responses to Madison's query are a testament to Brillat-Savarin's adage tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are. You can tell a lot about people by the meals they choose to make for themselves alone. The first section of What We Eat When We Eat Alone sets...
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How exactly do you cut this? The winners of Threadcakes, the awesometastic contest where people designed cake versions of t-shirts sold on Threadless, were announced this week. "Noah Express" was the grand prize winner of the 3D cake category, originally inspired by the biblical zoo of a scene on this shirt. According to winner Jennifer Flynn, the gumpaste was the most frustrating part of the process—and don't even get her started on the snake. Check out all of the winners here. If there was ever a polar opposite of Cakewrecks, this would be it....
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