Tomatilla!

We have a winner! The Paper Chef for December 2004 has been crowned – and it is Viv of Seattle Bon Vivant. Alberto of Il Forno and eGullet was the judge this time around. Thank you!

Let’s have a recap.

The entrants were:

Carolyn Smith-Kizer at 18thC Cuisine with Squash in Almond Crust with Spicy Applesauce

I personally thought [...]

OK, I know you all can’t wait and I DO have the results of the Paper Chef competition, but I don’t have the time to write it up properly yet. Job interview today, real work yesterday and tomorrow, but somehow I will get it up here sometime tomorrow. So bear with me, please.

I did learn [...]

Well, we didn’t get a big turnout, but what a classy one!

There were only three entries for the inaugral Paper Chef event, but what entries they were! Just to remind you, here was the challenge:

Use the following four ingredients, plus any others you want to make something over a weekend and post about it.

1)Cilantro (coriander [...]

For those who didn’t carefully check the previous postings, the deadline for Paper Chef has officially been extended until tomorrow at Noon (and for all future Paper Chef events the deadline will also be the Monday at Noon). We don’t have all that many entries as yet but the ones we have are doozies.

Well, we’ve got a few entries that have come in for the Paper Chef. I am going to post one as well even though I am NOT allowed to win, I would feel sorely done by if I couldn’t take part. Of course, it isn’t quite the pure experience it is for everyone else since [...]

Due to popular demand (OK fervent begging by one person) the deadline for Paper Chef to post a recipe is extended to Monday PST at Noon.

The final ingredients are:

1)Cilantro (coriander to you Europeans – AND to allow variety we will allow the seed form – which is coriander to everyone – and that means we can go sweet or savory with this event)
2)Ginger (any form)
3)Almonds (any form)
4)Winter squash (any kind) this is the seasonal ingredient. I’m thinking butternut, acorn, pumpkin, [...]

In four hours (or a little less) I will post the official ingredient list for the first ever Paper Chef event!

See previous posts for semi-official rules (subject to change as the breeze blows).

What do all these have in common?

They are the nominated ingredients for the Paper Chef challenge to be held this coming weekend starting at Noon PST on Friday. Right here at Tomatilla! is where the final list of four ingredients will be published and you will have until Noon Sunday PST to cook something using [...]