Announcement: International Women’s Day
March 4, 2008 | Filed Under International Women's Day, Announcements | Leave a Comment
Here’s an invitation from Zorra to participate in the Yellow Food for International Women’s Day event. I hope you can join in on the fun.
Paz
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p.s. Men are more than welcome to participate, too!
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New York Monday #100: Soul Food
December 10, 2007 | Filed Under Interviews, Announcements, New York Monday | 9 Comments
LOL! I think this is the only building in New York that is painted yellow and red. This restaurant is located underneath an apartment building.
I forgot to mention some time ago (actually, I didn’t have time to post and then I forgot) that Ed of Is it EDible (Haha! I like that blog name — always makes me smile when I see it. He’s also got the cutest sous chefs.) interviewed me for his blog. Brave guy! Some other recent fun interviews that I enjoyed reading are of Mari of My Silly Little Thoughts (her thoughts are not silly) and Ed, himself. If you’re interested in reading any or all of the interviews, have a look here, here and here. You can find more fun interviews of other cool food bloggers (like Kalyn of Kalyn’s Kitchen) in Ed’s archives here. Have a look! Thanks, Ed!
Happy reading and have a great week, all!
Paz
Drop in & Decorate: Cookies for Donation
November 4, 2007 | Filed Under Drop in & Decorate, Announcements | 13 Comments
Lydia of The Perfect Pantry has started a wonderful holiday event. It’s called Drop In & Decorate: Cookies for Donation. It’s an easy and fun event. All you do is bake some cookies, invite friends or family (or co-workers or neighbors) to drop by and help decorate. Then donate your cookies to a local food pantry, emergency shelter, senior center, lunch program, or other group serving people in difficult circumstances during the holiday season.
Isn’t that a wonderful idea? I think so. In Lydia’s words, "It’s a wonderful way to give back, to spend time with friends and family without spending gobs of money on gifts, to give the gift of your time and creativity to brighten someone else’s holiday."
Another cool thing about this party is that King Arthur Flour is joining in on the fun and will sell Drop In & Decorate baking kits from now till November 15. If you buy the kit within that time, they will offer a free dough scraper with each order. Add the kit to your shopping cart. On the payment page, enter Promotion Code "Dropin" to the Promotion field and click the Update button. The page will refresh and the dough scraper will be added to your order. Offer valid through November 15 only (but the kit is on sale until December 26, and would make a great holiday gift).
You can read more about Lydia’s event and how to host your own cookie decorating party here at ninecooks.com.
Way to go, Lydia! Way to go! 
Paz
Designed and decorated by Mischief Mari Cookies
Designed and decorated by Mischief Mari Cookies
Announcement: Novel Food Event
September 9, 2007 | Filed Under Announcements | 6 Comments
Have you ever been curious about or tempted to replicate a food you’ve read about in a novel? I have. The very first recipe I recreated happened after reading The Food of Love by Anthony Capella. I enjoyed that book so much and stunned myself when I found out that I could actually prepare the food mentioned in it.
After discussing the foods mentioned in the Montalbano novels by Andrea Camilleri (books I’ve been meaning to read), Simona of Briciole and Lisa of Champaign Taste have come up with the idea to co-host a Novel Food event.
Here are the guidelines:
- Prepare a dish of your choosing that has a connection to a novel.
- Post it on your blog by midnight on September 21, 2007.
- Send an e-mail to either Lisa (webrina AT gmail DOT com) or myself (simosite AT mac DOT com) and include your name, blog name and blog address, and a link to your post.
To read more about the event, go here.
Sounds like fun, Simona and Lisa!
Paz
Announcement: World Bread Day 2007
September 8, 2007 | Filed Under Announcements, World Bread Day | 5 Comments
Hi Folks,
Last year, Zorro of Kochtopf hosted the very first World Bread Day event among food bloggers. She’s doing it again. This year, it’ll take place on October 16, 2007. Below is your invitation to participate. Come join in the fun!
Paz
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Last year’s World Bread Day was such a great and successful event. Thanks to all the participants I could present a huge basket of bread filled with breads from 6 continents!
So I’m very happy to announce the second World Bread Day, which again takes place on October 16th.
The original World Bread Day - an event created by UIB International Union of Bakers and Bakers-Confectioners - wants to provide an opportunity to talk about bread and bakers, to find out about their history, their importance as well as their future.
Let’s bake and talk about bread on this day again! Everybody is cordially invited to participate.
The theme is open, just bake a bread with or without yeast, use sourdough, experiment with different flours, add some seeds… It’s up to you!
You never have baked a bread before? Well, give it try! It’s easy and once you have this smell of your own fresh bread in your kitchen, there is no way back. If you have no time to bake a bread, you can buy one at your favorite bakery and write about the bread and also the bakery.
No idea what kind of bread you should bake? You don’t need to reinvent the wheel bread! 
Inspiration you find e.g. here, here and here.
I’m looking forward to see a huge basket filled with breads from all over the world again!
How to participate:
Please read and follow carefully the instructions below. email and link back are mandatory, if one of them is missing your entry will not appear on the roundup. Thank you for your understanding.
- Bake or buy a bread, take pictures (if possible) and blog about it on Tuesday, 16th October 2006.
- Please link back to this announcement in your post, and eventually to the roundup.
- Send an email to worldbreadday(at)gmail(dot)com including
- your name
- your blog’s name and your blog’s URL
- the recipe name and the post’s URL
- your location (region and country)
- Submissions can only be accepted until Wednesday, October 17.
I try to post the roundup (incl. your pics) on the following weekend (October 20/21).
If you have any question or suggestion don’t hesitate to contact me.
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NOTE: You can reach Zorra with questions or suggestions here: WorldBreadDay [@] gmail [dot] com
Some Announcements
August 3, 2007 | Filed Under Announcements | Leave a Comment
Life is like a flower; more exquisite and precious when shared with others.
Hi folks:
I just wanted to share a few things with you.
I’ve switched subscription carriers and am now using FeedBlitz. So those who previously signed up with my old service will have to sign up again with this new service. Sorry about that. If you want to be notified anytime a new post goes up here, enter your email address and subscribe to FeedBlitz. You can find the FeedBlitz subscription form on the right side of the page.
More news:
Foodies Unite! A Baking and Books Fundraiser:
Ari of Baking and Books is hosting a fundraiser for the 2007 Jewish Environmental Bike Ride. This is what she writes about its cause:
"This past May I began working at an amazing non-profit organization called Hazon. Its mission is to change our world by educating people about our environment, the food we eat, and the ways in which our relationship to these essential aspects of our lives influences our spiritual well-being. Though Hazon’s focus is rooted in the Jewish community, the work Hazon is doing affects everyone. Our vision is to create a global community of educated people who engage with the world around them by growing as individuals and working towards change."
I think it’s a worthy cause. If you think so too, go buy a ticket. Each raffle ticket costs $5 and there are 56 70 76 prizes (Fantastic cookbooks donated by fantastic publishers). You can buy tickets from now until September 3, 2007. For more information and to buy a ticket, visit this link: http://www.bakingandbooks.com/foodies-unite/
Thanks!
Paz
