by: Belly Timber » Blog Archive » Paper Chef #14: The Big Honkin’ Winners Post

Sat, 20 May 2006 05:41:20 +0000

[...] First of all, a collection of whimsical and delicious Honorable Mention categories to whet your appetite for the grand finale: Festival of Enticing Ingredients: Honorable Mention, Quinoa Division: Kimberly at Music and Cats. for her Quinoa in Blueberry-Yog(h)urt Vinaigrette with Cashews and Three “Babies.” A lovely first outing with a new grain, with emphasis on quinoa as the center of her dish. Honorable Mention, Yog(h)urt Division: Lyn at Lex Culinaria for her Roasted Baby Beet, Labanya and Quinoa Salad. Another handsome, architectural dish with a scrumptious layer of labanya in the middle. Honorable Mention, Cashew Division: Lady X at Experiment in Writing. for her Cashew Praline Frozen Yogurt Pie. Mmm… praline. Need we say more? Honorable Mention, Baby Division: The Culinary Bookworm at Weekly Dish for her Quinoa King Cake with Orange-Yogurt Cashew Filling Okay, so you wouldn’t want to eat that particular baby, but…brilliant! Special “Maternity Ward” Honorable Mention for Best Multiple Babies: Katherine at ToastPoint, for her Baby Curry and Quinoa Fritters with Cashew Cream. Too much fun — remind us to never ever challenge her to a game of Scrabble! Honorable Mention, Overall Use of Ingredients: MagicTofu at Slurp and Burp for his full day of Paper Chef inspired meals. We especially liked the resourceful shift from breakfast crepes to lunch crepes. Nicely done! Fiesta of Thematic Excellence: Honorable Mention, Healthy Division: Cookiecrumb at I’m Mad and I Eat for her Quinoa Tabbouleh D’Brickashaw. Simple, elegant, and with all those fresh herbs, who needs multivitamins? Honorable Mention, Simplicity Division: Cyndi at Cookin’ with Cyndi for her Sweet Potato Quinoa Corn Bread. A comfort food classic with a Paper Chef twist. Honorable Mention, Renewal Division: The Culinary Bookworm at Weekly Dish for her Quinoa King Cake with Orange-Yogurt Cashew Filling Celebrating a great city’s rebirth. Fête of Culinary Goodness: Oooh, Pretty — Honorable Mention for Extreme Culinary Beauty: Rachael at Fresh Approach Cooking for her Broiled Perch with Quinoa-Cashew Crust and Pinapple-Kumquat Salsa. Simply exquisite. Yum Yum! — Honorable Mention for Immediate Desire for Culinary Consumption: Sylvie at Soul Fusion Kitchen, for her Baby Back Ribs with Quinoa and Cashews with Two Yogurt Sauces. It’s Chopper. He can’t help himself. He’s like a rib magnet. Zoinks, Whaa? — Honorable Mention for Extraordinary Innovation: Brendon at Something in Season. for his Spinach Sushi with Quinoa and Cashews . Ingenious, offbeat, and with only eight ingredients! Splort! — Honorable Mention for Fall-on-Floor Culinary Humor: MagicTofu at Slurp and Burp for his multigrain cashew nut loaf… in swaddling clothes. Hug it? Eat it? Hug it? Eat it? Hug it? Eat it? And…. The grand finale…. Paper Chef’s Best of Show: For outstanding use of ingredients, food we’d order again and again, and a fine dose of both healthy scrumptiousness and culinary whimsy: MagicTofu at Slurp and Burp! [...]

by: Belly Timber » Blog Archive » Paper Chef #14: The Big Honkin’ Brand Spankin’ New Round Up

Sat, 20 May 2006 05:39:41 +0000

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by: cookiecrumb

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:43:35 +0000

I’m pretty impressed.

by: Lisa--In a Nutshell

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 02:48:32 +0000

Jennifer, I was just reading today about a Galette de Rois, or something like that, from France. The tradition is to put, as you mentioned, a bean in, and whoever gets it gets to wear a paper crown the rest of the night. I’ve probably just butchered that story, but anyway, I’m sure your king cake has its roots in the same tradition. Great entry!

by: Kevin

Sat, 14 Jan 2006 01:35:35 +0000

I’m so glad some had the guts to actually cook a baby.

by: Lady X

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 18:20:06 +0000

What an excellent way to use all the ingredients! I have always wanted to try king cake so I enjoyed reading about the whole process you went through.

by: Lizzie

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 06:07:49 +0000

I pronounce the king cake the winner…

by: mrs D

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:22:46 +0000

What a great take on the baby theme — and thank you for introducing us Northerners to King Cake!

by: Jamie

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:46:31 +0000

In my book, you’re the winner. Bravo!

by: culinarybookworm

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:49:35 +0000

Thanks everyone for your very kind words about the King Cake. I wish you were all here to eat some of it…David and I’ve both had it for breakfast and a coffee break snack for 3 days in a row, and I don’t know how much more I can handle. The thing is humongous!

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