Able2Know Cookbook Recipe Contest

Hi Everyone,

We are putting together a cookbook which will be made available on the site.

It would be nice to have recipes contributed by all of you!

To make it a little more fun, let?s turn it into a recipe contest.

Here?s the plan:

The book will be separated into the following categories:
Cocktails and Beverages, Appetizers, Salads, Soups, Side Dishes, Rice and Pasta, Main Dishes (Meat, Fish, and Vegetarian), Desserts, Breads and Muffins.

There will be a winner selected from each of the nine categories. The winners recipes will be featured prominently in the cookbook.(maybe a ?Contest Winners? category in the finished book, maybe featured prominently in their respective chapters,?It will depend on the final layout of the book.).

The contest begins now, the deadline for submissions is midnight, August 31, 2003. EXTENDED TO SEPT. 30, 2003
Final judging polls will be posted on Friday, October 3, 2003, polls will close at midnight on Friday, October 10, 2003.
Winners will be posted on Saturday, October 11, 2003.

Cavfanciar and JerryR will narrow each category down to ten submissions, then post each category as a poll for all members to decide the ultimate winner.
As an added incentive, we in the Food and Drink Forum,?and this has absolutely no connection to A2K, are offering a bottle of champagne (Veuve Clicquot, NV) to the winner of each category. (Of course you must be of legal drinking age to receive this prize, if you aren?t we?ll offer a suitable substitution).

Here are the rules:
1. You MUST be a member of A2K to win,..which is easy, cause anyone can join!
2. You must agree that any submission made to this thread may be used in our book.
3. Cavfanciar and JerryR are to remain impartial judges, therefore we are not eligible for the contest (though I?m sure we?ll submit some recipes). The competition is open to All other A2K members and staff.
4. You may submit as many recipes as you?d like, but only one recipe (your best entry) per member, will be eligible as a finalist in each category.
5. Each entry must be submitted as it's own topic in the Food and Drink Forum , for example, here's a title:

"Recipe Contest Entry, Appetizers, Mom's Brownies"

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR RECIPES TO THIS THREAD

That?s it,?easy, huh?

Here are some tips:
Original recipes, or your ?adaptation? of a recipe will work best.
Family recipes are a great resource.
Simple preparations are a plus, we want everybody to be able to make these dishes.
Each recipe will be judged on its individual merit, in other words, a recipe for really great brownies has as much chance of winning as a recipe for a much more complicated pastry.

Let the games begin!!

(Oh, and please make sure to designate the category for each of your recipes, as some dishes can fit into multiple categories :wink: )

Good Luck!!