Food News – November 13, 2010
November 15, 2010 - Written by Diana
Parade Magazine - In this week’s issue of PARADE, three top chefs—Food Network star Paula Deen; Lidia Bastianich, host of PBS’ Lidia’s Italy; and the Cooking Channel’s Daisy Martinez—talked about their approach to making the family dinner special—and keeping it real.
Dash is a new food magazine produced by PARADE which is found inside many local newspapers. Dash will begin showing up regularly in February, but they put out a preview in this week’s issue. You can find the interview with our favorite family chefs online as well as other Dash recipes. Here’s a link to the welcome page as well as some Thanksgiving recipes to introduce you to DASH.
How2Heroes - can help you out when it comes to food, but not just recipes. They can answer your questions and help you out with preparing that perfect Thanksgiving meal.
On how2heroes, you’ll find over 100 original Thanksgiving how-to videos featuring master chefs with tricks up their sleeve as well as talented home cooks with tradition under their belts. From a …
Foodie Contests – October 24th, 2010
October 25, 2010 - Written by Diana
- Greyston Bakery is holding al Halloween Brownie Decorating Contest. Enter your Decorated Brownies by going to the Do-Goodie Facebook page by Halloween.
You could win one of many scary-delicious Greyston Bakery prizes just for participating! We’re also offering a 10% discount on any purchases made at GreystonBakery.com by using the code scary10 at checkout.
- Taste of Home Magazine & Books Are Fun are sponsoring a Taste of Home Teachers Recipe Contest.Books Are Fun will award more than $70,000 in cash and prizes for the best original submitted recipes chosen by the staff at Taste of Home, with $20,000 awarded to BOTH the grand prize winner and the affiliated school. Entry forms and rules can be found at www.tasteofhome.com/teacherscontest or www.teacherscontest.booksarefun.com. Tell your friends on Facebook about the contest by going to: TasteofHome.com/ShareTeachersContest. Completed entries must be received by 11:59pm (CT) on November 30, 2010.
The Taste of Home Teachers Recipe Contest has six categories for submissions:
- Appetizers & Snacks
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Foodie Contests – October 10, 2010
October 11, 2010 - Written by DianaCoastal Uncorked Food & Wine Festival – is hosting a poster competition for their second annual food and wine festival. The competition is open to artists of all ages who submit an original piece of artwork for judging by Tuesday, November 30. A committee of judges will select the winning poster based on its design quality, marketability and its ability to most effectively display the concept of the Coastal Uncorked Food & Wine Festival. The winner will receive recognition as the official 2011 Coastal Uncorked poster artist and will win a $500 cash prize. The winner of the competition will be announced on Thursday, December 2 at the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum during a champagne and passed hors d’oeuvres reception. The Coastal Uncorked Food and Wine Festival will be May 8 – 15, 2011 and is the Myrtle Beach, S.C. area’s premier food and wine festival.
USA Pears & Epicurious.com "pear" up to bring home cooks "The Perfect Pear" recipe contest this Fall. The culinary experts at Epicurious.com will judge the pear recipe entries, taking into consideration the following criteria: clarity of recipe instructions (25%); taste of finished recipe (25%); best interpretation …
Food Contests – August 2010
August 26, 2010 - Written by DianaNeed some end of the summer cooking excitement? Here are contests that you can enter to help with that. Some require recipes, others you just need to enter. If you win, let me know because I love it when a Cookerati Reader wins something or has some good luck.
- California Strawberry Commission is hosting the “California ‘Everyday Superfruit’ Frozen Strawberry Recipe Contest” for a chance to win a $250 Amazon Gift Card. Submit your own, original recipe in the form AND upload the image with the exact recipe name to the California Strawberry Facebook page . Please include the words “Frozen Strawberry Contest Entry” in your post. The deadline date is Monday, August 31st at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time and all contest rules can be found here.
- Worldwide Video Recipes and Chefs – Enter or Vote in their Amateur / Pro $1,000 Video Recipe Contest. The contest runs from August-17-2010 to October-31-2010. Anyone may enter, amateur or professional chef.
- Mrs. Cubbison’s invites home cooks across the country to share their creative ideas in its “No More Naked Salads” Recipe Sweepstakes. The Grand Prize winner will enjoy …
Walker’s Shortbread Cookies – A Trip Back to Childhood (& Giveaway)
August 6, 2010 - Written by Diana
For my son’s party, we had a platter of Walker’s cookies out for everyone to share. These cookies are timeless, classic cookies, that took me back to being a kid growing up in my grandparent’s house.
When we were kids, we lived in my grandparent’s house. There were three floors and each floor was a separate apartment. When we were really small, we had one of the floors, my grandparents another, and my cousins the third. My cousins eventually moved out, but we didn’t share the extra floor, so it stayed empty. My grandmother had a store, and she and my grandfather ate a late dinner every night after they closed the store for the night. They were smart grandparents, they knew that the best way to get visits from the grandchildren was to have dessert out while they ate. There were six of us, and we went to bed at different times. However, we all knew about the desserts, and we all knew that if we went up to say good night to our grandparents, we would get some dessert. Most of the time dessert was cookies and short bread cookies was one …
Produce Bags, the Next Step For Me & ChicoBag Has Them
May 24, 2010 - Written by Diana
I’ve been to this step before in the farm markets. I tell them to just put the produce in my reusable sack. That’s easy with the farm markets, since you are going from stand to stand. They aren’t the best for storage though. ChicoBag makes a Produce stand pack that is great and you can use them in the store shopping cart because your veggies won’t dump out. I am trying my Produce Stand Collection right now. I did get incredulous looks from the clerks when they picked up the bags full of fruit and veggies because they weren’t packed in the stores plastic bags. ChicoBag Produce Stand Collection is meant to replace those plastic bags you pack your fresh produce in that you pick up off the vegetable stands in grocery store.
The new collection offers three different bags, each constructed from a different fabric designed to optimize freshness. The Hemp-Cotton blend is perfect for leafy greens, grains and green beans. The rePETe™ Mesh is great for apples, orange and potatoes. The rePETe™ will keep your squash, broccoli and carrots fresh. All bags stuff into …
Winner! Dinty Moore/ Hormel Chili Giveaway.
May 14, 2010 - Written by DianaWe had tons of great recipes and comments on our giveaway, it was really hard to think about choosing a winner.
We made our own chili dip and it not only disappeared, but then I made a second batch and it disappeared too. Really. We ran out of nacho chips, so peppers, crackers and pretzels were used.
Here’s the quick dip.
I can of roasted tomato chili – heat up in the microwave in a glass or heat proof bowl Sprinkle with cheese – you can either put in for another minute, or let it melt naturally if the chili is warmed enough. Top with diced peppers, green onions and tomatoes, then dollop sour cream on top. It’s a really cool snack for the high school crowd, that’s for sure.
Okay, enough of the small talk our winner is Cass who said:
Hormel chili in a casserole of Sliced semi-cooked potatoes and cheddar, chives and bacon bits layered and baked at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
Great idea Cass, thanks for sharing.
Winner of our NY Style Garlic Snacks Giveaway
April 25, 2010 - Written by DianaMonique Rizzo is the winner of our NY Style Garlic Snack Giveaway.
She said,”I like the Garlic Crisps with Artichoke dip! Thanks for the chance. ”
My New York Style Garlic Snacks are gone, gone, gone, but Monique should be recieving her shipment as soon as I recieve an email with her postal address. I’ll send Monique an email to let her know.
We’ve got another giveaway coming up soon, so stay tuned.
Celebrate National Garlic Day with a NY Style Giveaway
April 19, 2010 - Written by DianaCooking with garlic is one of the best ways to flavor a dish. I grow garlic, I cook with garlic, I buy garlic flavored stuff and I love the smell of garlic cooking. Any time you throw a few garlic cloves in with a roast, the kitchen smells wonderful. April 19th (today ) is national garlic day, a day we should all observe by cracking open a few cloves. I might make some garlic potatoes for dinner tonight, that would be a great way to celebrate don’t you think?
New York Style sent me a pack of Garlic goodies to review for National Garlic Day last year, but this year we are even luckier. Cookerati is holding a contest to give away the garlic goodness.
Coupon for $0.75 Off New York Style Snacks
Even if you don’t win, you can still come out ahead.
New York Style has a special coupon so you can stock up on your favorite garlic treats for the annual Garlic Day celebration. Visit www.NewYorkStyle.com and become a member of the Central Park Club to receive a $0.75 off coupon toward a New York Style garlic snack.
If you wanted to use a spread or dip on one of …
Bertolli’s Into The Heart of Italy Webisode – The Secrets of the Fungaioli
April 1, 2010 - Written by DianaThe second webisode of Bertolli’s Into the Heart of Italy starring Rocco DiSpirito, Marissa Tomei and Dan Cortese came out on Monday, March 29th. The new webisodes are going to appear approximately every 2 weeks. This week they start out in pistoria, and end up meeting the fungaioli and harvesting mushrooms.
Take a look:
Bertolli has more fun viewables and a contest to enter on their site. You might win a culinary trip to Italy, wow, that would be cool.
