Competition Winners
This is drumroll time.
The first prize went to the Irish Stew story and recipe by Emma.
The second went to Anna’s Jam recipe and story.
Third prize went to Kaaron’s Bili Bili story.
Special mention goes to Gary’s Tryst story and Kaaron’s Bili Bili story. There was no recipe on the Tryst story and I managed to lose the recipe on the Bili Bili story (I can’t remember seeing it, and none of the judges saw it): judges noticed the lack of recipes and marked down accordingly. I’m sorry, Kaaron, about mislaying the sauce recipe and I do hope you will forgive me (I still can’t find it anywhere).
Thank you to everyone for being such good sports and sending in your stories.
Especial thanks to Suz’s Space for the prizes, Broadway Books for the copies of The United States of Arugula, and to all the judges:
Suz from Suz’s Space
Farley from Wine Outlook
Jaime from The New Australian and Fiction Scribe
Dave from Pop Buzz UK and Brit Music Scene
Allison from Reality on Bravo
And now, for some random comments by the judges.
Bili Bili story: “I loved the story, and the setting. I also totally agree that some meals are about the setting, and who you are with rather than the ingredients.”
Irish Stew: “I love Irish Stew and the way it was described made my mouth water.” “funny dad!” “it was written well and included what sounds like a really tasty recipe”
Lemon Meringue Pie: “good attention to detail (gas vs. electric) creative commentary throughout recipe makes it more interesting (and not just cause that’s how I write recipes) would like to have her/him as a friend cause the pie sounds great!”
And, finally, a message from our sponsor:
Thank you to all who entered. It’s been fantastic reading the entries. I’ve had a ball and enjoyed the recipes as well. I do have a request, though. Where’s the Lilly Pilly jam recipe? I have lots of those trees near me and it would be much better to make jam than to stand all over them.
August 17th, 2007 at 10:19 pm
My recipe was sneakily included in the story itself!
Thanks for the comp, Gillian. Loved reading the other entries; they all made me hungry.
Thanks to the judges for the thoughtful analysis of the story.
Kaaron
August 20th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
It truly was a pleasure to judge the entries. Thank you all contestants for putting so much thought into this contest!