zoramargolis Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Hi fellow Rockwellians. If you aren't familiar with the Food52 website, it is a great resource for home cooks, started by Amanda Hesser, former food writer for the NY Times. They hold recipe contests, and I occasionally enter them, and have been a semi-finalist on a couple of occasions. The current contest is called "Your Best Recipe With Corn" and this time, I am a finalist. There is currently voting going on to choose between my recipe and one other to be the winner. One needn't have cooked the recipe to vote, but you do need to sign up to be a subscriber to the site--a very simple process. I hope that you will consider voting for my recipe, so I can "get the cigar." The only prize is bragging rights, but c'est ma vie. My recipe is called "Savory Masa Corn Cakes with Green Chile, Cheese and Lime Crema." And my online name on that site is "zindc." Here's a link to the contest page: click 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraB Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I voted for you, the cakes look good too, I might try to make them with gf flour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 And done! Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 It's great to have a reason to log in that doesn't involve me spending money at the Provisions part of the site . Good luck, Zora. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Good luck, Zora! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcandohio Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I voted for you. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbhelm Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Voted. And discovered the Food52 site. It could be the death of me --- 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lperry Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 ... It could be the death of me --- Exactly what I thought after Pat pointed out the Provisions section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilaine Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I voted for the recipe, which looks mighty good, although the spoon bread recipe looks good, too. I probably won't make either of them any time soon, even though it would be so easy to make gluten free with Cup4cup. I can taste it in my mind. Yum. My husband and I are eating low carb, and he's strict "Paleo" anyway. I do have some lovely cornmeal from Anson Mills in the freezer, awaiting the day when I can cook for people who won't turn their noses up at grains. As well as polenta, rice, oats and grits. All sleeping soundly in the freezer. I love the emails from Food52 because there are so many tempting recipes, every day. I don't get tempted by the provisions emails, the prices tend to be ridiculous. I am still craving that mortar and pestle, though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 Sounds delicious, I voted too, do you think I could use PAN arepa flour instead of masa? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Sounds delicious, I voted too, do you think I could use PAN arepa flour instead of masa? You have permission to do whatever you want. I don't know whether arepa flour is made from nixtamalized corn. If it isn't, the cakes won't have the flavor I intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Signed up and voted. Good luck. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I love Food52 as a site. It is a little dangerous. Some recipes are better than others, but I have found some I really love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilaine Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 KT, I have never had a bad experience with the Genius recipes. That's where I found the Judy Bird technique for turkey. I originally stumbled across Food52 when they developed their app for holiday cooking. So nice to have what I want on the iPad at my (greasy) fingertips. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Hi fellow Rockwellians. If you aren't familiar with the Food52 website, Nope, I wasn't - so I signed up and voted for you. But first I read the description and recipe and thought it sounded delicious. Furthermore, I had no idea what was making for dinner tonight and had all the ingredients in my kitchen, save the poblano. A quick stop at the Americana grocery, and 30 minutes later these were cooking on the griddle. Topped it with some pullled leftover Peruvian chicken. It was really, really good & my wife loved it as well. I hope you win Zora, and thank you for providing me with a template for a wonderful family dinner tonight. Best of luck. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Nope, I wasn't - so I signed up and voted for you. But first I read the description and recipe and thought it sounded delicious. Furthermore, I had no idea what was making for dinner tonight and had all the ingredients in my kitchen, save the poblano. A quick stop at the Americana grocery, and 30 minutes later these were cooking on the griddle. Topped it with some pullled leftover Peruvian chicken. It was really, really good & my wife loved it as well. I hope you win Zora, and thank you for providing me with a template for a wonderful family dinner tonight. Best of luck. I really *do* think Zora's recipe appears to be the "better" of the two, although that is, of course, a nebulous term. I fear this might boil down to a popularity contest, and the other contestant appears to have been active there for quite awhile (and I'm not saying she isn't worthy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Pfftt! (Bill the cat, people). Zora's got this locked up... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Pfftt! (Bill the cat, people). Zora's got this locked up... In theory, yes, but "spoon bread" is one of those names that has an enormous amount of appeal. In all honesty, if that recipe wins, it might be because of the name. Yes, people *are* that shallow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.A.R. Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I read both recipes and I considered Zora's to be the better of the two. That should settle the matter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 Thanks for voting for me. I won! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Woohoo! Congratulations, I will let you know how the arepa flour works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 Right on!!! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted June 12, 2014 Author Share Posted June 12, 2014 I was without a wireless internet connection earlier. Here's the little interview they did with me. Thanks for all the support and good wishes. And votes, of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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