I won the Ugliest Food Contest hosted by Not Eating Out in New York, for my rendition of Claudia Rodin’s recipe for Augergines in Spicy Honey Sauce. The prize was having Cathy, the contest host, cook the dish for her Thanksgiving dinner. Okay, so it’s not exactly the same as having a gold statue to display on my bookcase, but it’s my little prize and I’m excited.
I am honored to accept this award on behalf of all my fellow home cooks who struggle to recreate the beautiful masterpieces of cuisine we see on the Food Network and read about in glossy print cooking magazines, only to discover that not everything that is beautiful tastes great, and some things that are ugly are delicious.
Except maybe Mrs W’s Kitty Box Cake – I think that was probably as bad tasting as it looked, but I want desperately to make it anyway…
I practice medicine, cook and wax prolific in New York City. You can call me Peggy. Or Dr P. Just don't call me late for dinner.
Congrats!
Amazing that you beat out the kitty box cake… Yours looks positively lovely in comparison!
Congratulations on a(n ugly) job well done (or grilled, as it may be…)!
Congrats!!
Congrats on the award!
I was just staring at a bowl of brown lentils and brown meatballs…. There is absolutly no way to make that look like anythng that hasn’t already been eaten…twice…by the dog.
Let me know when your money corner kicks in…maybe I should do that!
The funniest thing about the Kitty box cake is that it appears to be in a PLACENTA basin!!!
Congratulations, again!
And I promise that my cake is much more delicious than it looks–even if staged in a dishpan.