Food Haiku 2008: Win Tickets to Portland Indie Wine Festival!

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It’s that time of year when we run “fooku”, Portland Food and Drink’s annual food haiku contest. The last two years, we had a panel of judges narrow down the entries, and readers voted for the top three. We’ll be doing the same thing this year, but we’ve also partnered with the Portland Indie Wine Festival for a nice prize. This year’s winner will receive two two-day tickets to the Portland Indie Wine Festival Grand Tastings May 3rd and 4th (a value worth $200.00).

The rules are pretty simple. It must be in haiku format. The ancient art of haiku requires precision: a five syllable first line; seven syllable second line; and five syllable third line. The best haiku features a final line that works like a friendly elbow in the ribs. We only ask that the haiku be about food or wine. Bonus points if it is about wine in Portland. Oh, and since the prize is to a wine festival, only those 21 and over in age can participate.

We’ll collect entries for 7 days and choose the winners on Wed. April 30th. Feel free to post them here under comments. Judges (mostly writers for this site), will narrow down the top ten for you to vote on. Please, no more than four entries per person. Everyone have fun with it! Please leave your entries in the comments.

Some winners from the past few years:

2007 Entries

CookForHire:

sound of meat browning
feel of knife through vegetable:
a true cook’s reward

Womby:

at last, no jacket
instead, i grab sunglasses
soon come the favas

Truth:

airy is the crumb
earthy, this crust of Pearl
heavenly, the smell

2006 Entries

By Fathom:

Now forego the fork
Hold close this slice of heaven
Perfect on a crust

By Pam:

Champagne, strawberries
and you, here in my warm bed.
Who cares if it rains?

By Witzend:

How bad could it be?
Real bad. Think Hung Far Low bad.
Ok, fine! YOU choose.

About the Portland Indie Wine Festival: The Portland Indie Wine Festival is a juried wine competition celebrating Oregon’s top small producers – those who make 2,000 cases or fewer for the current vintage. Fifty-seven wines from 40 producers were selected in a comprehensive blind tasting conducted on March 10th, 2008. The judging panel consisted of 12 wine professionals from around the country, including winemaker Randall Grahm (Bonny Doon Vineyards), wine writer Tina Caputo (Harpers UK, San Francisco Chronicle, Wine Enthusiast), winemaker Luisa Ponzi (Ponzi Winery), sommelier Erica Landon (Ten 01), restaurateur Randy Goodman (Bar Avignon), Rebecca Murphy (founder of the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition) and others. Nearly 20 top local restaurants and food purveyors will share the stage with 40 Indie winemakers during the two-day Grand Tasting. This year’s outstanding restaurant lineup features Biwa, Broder, Clyde Common, Country Cat, Gilt Club, Simpatica Catering, Ten 01, Wildwood, and many more. To see a full list of selected wineries and restaurant partners, please visit www.indiewinefestival.com.