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Let the chips fall where they may – they’ll come up winners if they’re chocolate!

September 22, 2010

These certainly weren’t your grandmother’s Hershey-variety chocolate chip cookies. Competitors in the Blue Ribbon Chocolate Chip Cookie & Brownie competition held Sept. 18 used plenty of exotic ingredients in their winning recipes. Take for example, First-Place winner Marina Castle’s Decadence Chocolate Chip Cookies. The North Hollywood resident and Culinary Styles competitor since 1985 added mocha…

Chocolate’s Guaranteed to Attract a Crowd

September 19, 2010

One of the most anticipated Culinary Styles contests brought out chocolate lovers of all ages on Saturday, Sept. 18 – the Ghirardelli Chocolate Champion Contest. The scent of rich chocolate – dark, milk, white and every variation thereof – filled the contest area as competitors delivered precious choco cargo before judging started at 1 p.m.…

Big Dippers

September 16, 2010

These folks take their party dips seriously. Actually their guacamole and salsa dips seriously. Peggy Linberg of Upland won first place for the 2010 Perfect Guacamole contest with her Cobb-amole, a recipe incorporating the best parts of the classic Cobb Salad – crumbled bleu cheese, bacon and sour cream – into a chopped avocado mixture. Yum!…

Yum! The 2010 All American Pie Contest – heaven in a pie pan

September 9, 2010

I don’t know about you, but I’ll take pie over cake any time, and covering the All American Pie contest earlier this week was pure mouth-watering heaven. The contest was intense as judges lingered over each entry, taking just one more bite (two or three – wouldn’t you?) to make sure they picked the right…

BBQ and Chili Contests Just Perfect for Labor Day Weekend Fun

September 3, 2010

Culinary Styles kicks off the 2010 contest season Sunday with the much-anticipated Best BBQ, BBQ Sauce and Chili contests. Just follow your nose to the Big BBQ Ranch at Wilderness Ridge by noon to see all the action. The Best BBQ Sauce Contest with eight contestants starts at noon with judges rating sauces on taste,…