Lipton is giving away a trip to New York City (or possibly Los Angeles) for personal cooking lessons with Sunny Anderson of Food Network's "Cooking For Real". Win this sweepstakes and you'll improve your cooking skills with the help of a celebrity chef!
Enter to win at http://www.liptoncoolestsummercookout.com/
Sutter Homes sponsors a yearly cooking competition called the Build a Better Burger Cookoff. They've created an online video university featuring some of their past winners and information on their wines. Check out the Wine and Burger University at SutterHome.com. Watch four of the videos and register and you could win a trip to Napa Valley for this year's cookoff.
Visit the Bertolli "Into the Heart of Italy" sweepstakes site and you could win a culinary trip to Italy. On the site you'll find videos staring Rocco DiSpirito, Marisa Tomei, and Dan Cortese as they explore the secrets of Italian food and life. Watch the videos and you'll learn the answer to the contest trivia question and a bit about what makes Italian food so great. Enter and you could win the grand prize of a 6 night trip for two to Florence, Italy including tours and food and wine tasting in Tuscany.
Everyone Loves Cookies! But how about Molasses Clove Cookies? That doesn't necessarily sound as good as chocolate chip or peanut butter cookies. If you have a sweet tooth and love any kind of cookies, this is one area where you really want to step outside the comfort zone and try something new.
The cookies are the Dancing Deer Baking Company Molasses Clove cookies. They taste something like a sugar cookie that is soft and chewy with a hint of gingerbread and the winter holidays all rolled into one. These cookies built the Dancing Deer Baking Company and they surprise you with how good they are.
Read the story and order some online:
http://blog.dancingdeer.com/index.php/aboutus/molassesclovestory/
With the last post about Olive Oil it seems appropriate this week that I noticed a new contest from the Olive Garden. They are giving away a Culinary Tour of Italy! Italy and France are world renowned for their food and the winner of this sweepstakes will get an 8 day trip to Italy. Best of all you'll get to attend a cooking class at Olive Garden's Culinary Institute of Tuscany and tour the Rocca delle Macie Winery. Enter to win at http://www.olivegardensweeps.com/
It's time to think about upgrading your cooking basics. Let's start with oil. When cooking in a skillet do you reach a basic vegetable oil? The oil you are cooking in adds flavor to the meal, just as the other ingredients do. Olive oil offers a way to infuse different flavors into your food. If you aren't sure, start simple with a basic olive oil. Crisco makes a line of olive oils that are a good introduction. Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the most commonly used variety of olive oil. You can use olive oil in stir-frying, cooking, sautéing, as a part of salad dressing, or brushed on steak or vegetables for grilling.
Once you've had a taste of olive oil you can branch out to try other varieties. There are literally thousands of different olive oils from all around the world. These oils have different flavors and vendors compete in tasting. Compare that to your average vegetable oil.
Life is short, but it can also be sweet. You can subsist on basics and eat fast food quickly, or you can take steps to improve the quality and flavor of the food you eat. Take the time to create and enjoy your meals, and improve your health and your happiness. There are tasty foods all around us that don't have to be expensive. Together we can set out to explore this world and celebrate greatness in food and beverages.
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