competitions
ginger 2014
It’s time! Competitive gingering at its best/worst! Here’s how this year’s competition is gunna go down. When you send in your Ginger 2014 entries, a team of highly trained ginger professionals (2.0 and I) will group your masterpieces according to crappiness/awesomeness. Gingerbread savants will battle other savants in their online grouping. Ginger creations that look like they were slapped together by well-intentioned narwhals? Well,…
Read Morepumpkin carve-off 2014 ~ winners declared!
The votes have been cast. The Pumpkin Panel has spoken. It is with great pleasure that I officially announce this year’s Pumpkin Carve-Off champs! 1st Place: Lady Tofu’s Superstar Magical Hedgehog (Chosen by the 2014 Pumpkin Panel.) Lady Tofu wins a $50.00 Amazon gift card, an autographed copy of The Everyday Squash Cook by Rob Firing,…
Read Morepumpkin carve-off 2014 – group 3
The final set of pumpkin masterpieces! I like to call this grouping Keep It Together, Sister. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize! (For more information on how this competition will go down, click here.) . . . laura’s magical explosion/tree/ghost thing Laura writes: As…
Read Morepumpkin carve-off 2014 ~ group 2
Behold! Your second set of pumpkin masterpieces. I like to call this grouping Nature’s Bounty. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize! (For more information on how this competition will go down, click here.) . . . lady tofu’s superstar magical hedgehog Lady Tofu…
Read Morepumpkin carve-off 2014 ~ group 1
After a hiatus in 2013, Pumpkin Carve-Off makes its triumphant return! Take a peek at your first set of pumpkin masterpieces. I like to call this grouping Famous Characters and Their Related Google Searches. Cast your vote at the bottom of the post to help determine the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice Prize! (For more information on how…
Read Moremeet the 2014 pumpkin panel
Meet the members of the 2014 Pumpkin Panel. This talented group will determine the 1st and 2nd place winners of Pumpkin Carve-Off 2014. Some panelists didn’t provide bio information, so I made it up. Come back tomorrow to cast your votes and determine the winner of the Pumpkin Carve-Off 2014 People’s Choice Prize! . .…
Read Morepumpkin carve-off 2014
Pumpkin Carve-Off is back! Listen, I know you like to compete. And I know you like to be judged by strangers on the interwebs. But I also know that some of you have been afraid to enter my competitions because you feel you are not… good enough. And some of you don’t have millions of social…
Read Morebake my cake 2014 ~ winner declared!
We can all breathe a sigh of relief: Shannon has finally won a competition! So, it is with great pleasure that I officially declare her Bake My Cake champ! Laura’s fondant covered tribute was runner-up in a tightly fought race for second place. Well done, my little protégé! Congrats on your sweet victory, Shannon. Your stacked masterpiece is a…
Read Morebake my cake 2014 ~ cast your vote
Welcome to Bake My Cake 2014: Crappy Cake Edition. There were only four entries this year, so we’re skipping the preliminary rounds of voting and heading straight to the final vote! This also marks the last year for Bake My Cake, as it’s pretty clear that you people would rather eat a cake than bake one. (I’m…
Read Morebake my cake 2014
I’m turning 42 on May 2nd, and I’d like you to bake me a birthday cake. Welcome to Bake My Cake 2014: Crappy Cake Edition. Listen, I know you like to compete. And I know you like to be judged by strangers on the interwebs. But I also know that some of you have been…
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