Food Haiku Winner

The first prize was an easy pick this year. By overwhelming majority, Mark is the winner of two tickets to Taste of the Nation on Monday the 27th:

Morning coffee brews
Melting butter on warm toast
The furnace kicks in

Second place was more difficult. I had to bring in extra judges to break the tie between seven entries to choose a second place (21 total judges). The runner up and winner of a $25.00 gift certificate to Carafe Restaurant is Maria W.

Give me some pasta
forkfuls of love and ruin.
The wine’s nearly gone.

Honorable Mention also goes to Maria W:

Farmers Market says
“no dogs this year.” May I bring
Spot, my truffle pig?

Winners, please contact me asap to arrange for your prizes! Thanks to everyone who submitted entries. Thanks to Taste of the Nation for the first place prize, and Carafe Restaurant for the second place award.

Food Dude

"I have a wide-range of food experience - working in the restaurant industry on both sides of the house, later in the wine industry, and finally traveling/tasting my way around the world. Whether you agree or disagree, you can always count on my unbiased opinion. I don't take free meals, and the restaurants don't know when, or if, I am coming."