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Time For Our 2010 Food Writing Contest!

A few years ago, we had a food writing contest. It was so successful, I’ve lined up some great prizes, and we’ll do it again. First prize is an evening class for two people at Robert Reynold’s Chefs Studio. Located in SE Portland, Robert offers French and Italian cooking classes for both professionals and amateurs. I’ll have further details on
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Beer Haiku Winner

There were some great entries in the Sagebrush Classic Feast beer haiku contest this year. Unfortunately, the judges have to narrow them down to one winner. Thanks to everyone for their entries! I wish I had a prize for all of you.

Here are the judges top entries:

“Fromage” For The iPhone

Lots of people seem are talking about the iPhone, so I decided to take a look at a few new applications. This is the first of those reviews. As the name suggests, Fromage is a cheese reference/database. At this time the program includes 225 French cheeses by region, 90 from Spain, 95 from Italy and 85 from the USA. Each
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The 2010 Beerku Contest!

(THIS CONTEST HAS NOW CLOSED. JUDGING IS IN PROGRESS) It’s time for the 2nd annual Beer Haiku Contest! “There aren’t many parties like Sagebrush in the entire country, so the opportunity to sample the fare of some of the world’s top chefs in one place is rare.” – Willamette Week Eighteen chefs from as far as New York, DC and
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Spaghetti Crop Forcast

In 1957, the BBC ran what is considered by many to be one of the greatest April Fools jokes of all times – a report on the Swiss spaghetti harvest.  Back in those days, many people weren’t familiar with pasta, and knew nothing about how it was made. According to the Museum of Hoaxes, “Huge numbers of viewers were taken
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Little Red Bike Cafe – Inside Our Breakfast World

[Note: I've been a reader of the Little Red Bike Cafe blog for quite some time. This post caught my eye, and they graciously agreed to let me post it here] Long before we ever started a breakfast cafe, Evan and I were addicted to the breakfast experience. We loved nothing more than casually arising, and waking up next to
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Not April Fool’s Anymore… But this one sets the bar

For the hard-core foodies, Alinea on wheels. This is by far the best April Fool’s joke of the year. REALLY worth looking at – especially the comments

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