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It’s summertime and that means two things: 1) There are loads of delicious farm fresh produce available at our local Santa Barbara farmers market every week; and 2) American Farmland Trust’s America’s Favorite Farmers Markets™ contest has kicked into gear and we need your votes to win!

The process is simple. To vote for our market, all you have to do is:

1.) Go to www.farmland.org/vote

2.) Type in Santa Barbara ; and,

3.) Click “Vote”

That’s it. That’s all it takes to bring Santa Barbara Certified Farmer's Market one step closer to being America’s favorite farmers market!

According to American Farmland Trust (AFT), the purpose of this contest is to re-connect local consumers to local farms, with the ultimate goal of keeping our nation’s farm and ranch land productive and healthy! Buying at the farmers market keeps money in the local community and helps farms and ranches remain economically viable. By voting, you’re helping support farms and communities across the nation. As American Farmland Trust says, “No Farms No Food™!”

Labels: contests, Farmer's Markets, farmers, farming, voting

Coast Restaurant & Bar wants to know what YOU would do if you had Coast all to yourself for one, extraordinary evening! “What Would You Do at Coast For a Night?” is a contest the Canary Hotel is hosting through June 30th, where participants can describe what their ultimate evening or party plans for Coast would entail. Participants can send entries to contest@etchotels.com. One lucky winner will receive dinner for two at Coast!

Will you plan an extravagant dinner party for 100 guests? Maybe an intimate candlelight dinner for two is more your style? Perhaps your ideal night includes 10 of your closest friends sitting around the table enjoying a fabulous dinner and fine wine. Plan the ultimate soiree at Coast, and tell us about it!

Labels: Coast, contests, Restaurant

Labels: contests, Cooking contests, Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara Fair

• Each variety of wine that Alma Rosa produces constitutes a category (Pinot Gris, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir Vin Gris and Pinot Noir)
• One winner per category
• You can enter as many recipes for each category as you like
• Prepare a dish that pairs with any one of Alma Rosa's wines. Recipes should utilize sustainable products; including sustainable/organic produce, humanely-treated meats, and sustainably-caught or farmed seafood.
• Identify the purveyor of the ingredients you use, or the name of your local grocer or supplier(s) that supports sustainable, organic foods; and please note ingredients grown within a 100 mile radius of your home which will be given extra attention.
• Note into which category you are entering your recipe.
• Contest begins November 1st and will end January 31st

Recipes will be judged on taste and their compatibility with the selected wine, and the use and origins of the sustainable/organic ingredients.

Winning recipes will be posted on their website, and winners from each category and their guest will share a lunch together with Thekla and Richard.

How can better design ensure that food grown by local farmers is delivered and distributed to urban residents?

A contest sponsored by GOOD, The Architect’s Newspaper, The Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, and The Los Angeles Good Food Network.

the OBJECTIVE
We want designers, architects, farmers, chefs, vendors, and farmers’ market shoppers to think about how good design can improve upon the modern farmers’ market experience.

the ASSIGNMENT
Design a new venue, product, distribution method, or marketing mechanism that increases both financial returns to farmers and access to healthy foods for consumers of all scales—from the home cook to food service chefs. Innovations should help small family farmers bring good food to market and/or provide consumers access to good food.

the REQUIREMENTS
By September 1, 2009, send us an email at projects[at]goodinc[dot]com with the following:
—At least one image: sketches, drawings, three dimensional renderings, scaled technical drawings, photographs, altered photographs. Your images do not need to be high res to submit to GOOD, but you must have high res images ready for printing and/or publication should we want to publish and print yours.
—A brief narrative, up to 500 words, that explains how the design enables food production and/or delivery methods that support both the needs of small- to mid-sized family farmers and/or distribution to urban residents.
—Your name, city, and local farm or farmers’ markets.

More at GOOD.

Labels: contests, Farmer's Markets, farmers, farming

Labels: blogtopia, contests, Food, Recipes

The third annual competition will take place at restaurants in Seattle, San Francisco, San Antonio, Chicago, Denver and Portland. Each regional winner gets $1,000 in cash, 25 pounds of Tillamook cheese and the right to compete in the final cook-off in Portland.

The big winner earns the title of "Big Cheese," $5,000 and a year's worth of bragging rights. The Seattle cook-off will take place Sept. 27 at Crave, 1621 12th Ave. Entries for Seattle must be postmarked by Aug. 22 or submitted online by midnight Aug. 26. Complete details: tillamookcontest.com.

I'm a big Macaroni & Cheese fan. My two favorites, pasta and cheese, together...how can you beat it?

My favorite recipe for Macaroni & Cheese is from Martha Stewart. It's quite literally an artery clogger in a bowl, but man oh man....yummy.

Labels: cheese, contests, Food