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Rías Baixas Albariño Wine Pairing Contest for Home Chefs

America’s unsung dinnertime heroes are invited to test their skills in the fourth annual Rías Baixas Albariño Recipe Pairing Contest, a challenge that pairs home chefs’ original recipes with Rí...

Coming Soon: The Kitchn's Best Pie Bakeoff

The holidays are almost here! That crunching is the sound of Halloween just around the corner, leaves underfoot, and we know that the smell of baking pies and roasting turkeys will follow shortly. The...

Best Lick! Ice Cream Contest 2008: The Winners!

Well, the results of our second annual Best Lick! Ice Cream Contest are in, and the winners were the runaway favorites. There was no contest for the first place prize, and the runners up were clear wi...

Valentine's Day Contest! Inspire a Dreamy Meal

We have a big basket of chocolate and a bottle of Infantado ruby port to give away for Valentine's this week. But instead of picking a random winner like we normally do for our Thursday Giveaways, w...

Bittersweet Baking Winner! Candied Kumquat & Bittersweet Chocolate Cherry Mini Galettes

Well, this was a baking contest with some amazing entries, and it was a close race with such hard decisions to make! But in the end the judges spoke clearly, and our winner is Helen with her recipe ...

Bittersweet Baking Runner Up: Double Shot Chocolate Cake

Our second runner up is Erin and her Double Shot Chocolate Cake with Espresso Whipped Cream. Our judges loved this one! The double whammy of all that chocolate and the kick of creamy espresso, the...

Bittersweet Baking Runner Up: Shelly's Brownie Cookies

Drumroll please... The first runner up in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Shelly and her Brownie Cookies. Congratulations Shelly! Our panel of judges was impressed with Shelly's hard work in dev...

Bittersweet Baking Judge: The Daring Bakers

Our third and final judge is actually a duo: Ivonne and Lisa of The Daring Bakers. Ivonne and Lisa are both well-respected and wonderful food bloggers. Ivone blogs at Cream Puffs in Venice and Lisa ...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #6: Exquisite, Virtuous Vegan Parisian Chocolate Mousse Cake

The sixth and last finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Janet with her delicious mouthful of a cake: Exquisite, Virtuous Vegan Parisian Chocolate Mousse Cake. We had to put this up there...

Bittersweet Baking Judge: Dorie Greenspan

We are so lucky and honored to have Dorie Greenspan as one of the judges in our Bittersweet Baking contest. We have admired her work for a long time and we adore her baking books - especially Baking...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #5: Double Shot Chocolate Cake

The fifth finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Erin with her Double Shot Chocolate Cake. We were just blown away the picture-perfect texture on this flourless chocolate cake, and by th...

Bittersweet Baking Judge: Sarah Phillips of Baking 911

Baking 911 is a web resource we find ourselves turning to over and over again. It's a website with community boards, extensive tips, and comprehensive answers to any baking question you can think o...

Bittersweet Baking Contest

Welcome to Bittersweet Baking, The Kitchn's first ever baking contest! What is Bittersweet Baking? The holidays are over and we're through with all that sweetness. But that doesn't mean we are forgoi...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #4: Spicy Bittersweet Chocolate Bread Puddings

The fourth finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Emily with her Spicy Bittersweet Chocolate Bread Puddings. We adore bread pudding, and we really liked how easy this recipe is. Emily exp...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #3: Brownie Cookies

The third finalist in our Bittersweet Baking contest is Shelly with her Brownie Cookies. Shelly came out as a strong finalist because of the work she put into this recipe. Shelly had a specific ...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #2: Yummy-Nib Brownies

Our second finalist! This was a no-brainer from the huge set of entries in our Bittersweet Baking contest. The sheer amount and variety of chocolate in these brownies (plus our weakness for cocoa...

Bittersweet Baking Finalist #1: Candied Kumquat & Bittersweet Chocolate Cherry Mini Galettes

Our first finalist is in, and it was a unanimous choice from the large, diverse set of entries we received in our Bittersweet Baking contest. Our editorial team was won over by Helen's simple and...

Bittersweet Baking Contest: Deadline Extended

Bittersweet Baking Contest Update: We are extending the submission deadline for the contest to the end of this week. We're a little slow coming off the long weekend and wanted to give opportunity for ...

Bittersweet Baking Contest: The Prizes

We are excited about our first ever baking contest - Bittersweet Baking - and we're excited about the prizes too! Drumroll please.... First Place - First Place Winner, the one that our judges deci...

Happy Birthday Julia! Contest Winners!

There were so many wonderful ideas and entries in our little contest for Julia Child's birthday, that we couldn't pick just one. So we chose three! Each of the winners will receive a copy of the class...

Happy Birthday Julia! Contest Update

Contest update: We will accept entries in the Julia Child Birthday Contest until 12pm Pacific time and announce the winner tonight. Go to the contest post to submit a comment and your idea for the b...

Happy Birthday Julia! Contest and Giveaway

Happy birthday, Julia Child! August 15 was Julia Child's birthday, and we're celebrating through the rest of the week with an impromptu contest and giveaway. To honor her classic French style and fa...

Happy Birthday Julia! Celebrating Julia

How to use a pound of French butter? There have been some great entries - will you add your own for the chance to win a copy of her most famous work? Many of us were introduced to French cooking thr...

Food Network's Search for Your Best Recipes

Food Network is on a hunt for America’s best recipes to be showcased on a new reality series: Ultimate Recipe Showdown. They're seeking entries in six categories: chicken, cakes, cookies, pasta, comf...

Our Ice Cream Contest Winner Is...

Arin's Grapefruit Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream! The reviews were glowing, the flavor combination unusual, and we just love that hunk of chocolate in the photograph. The truth is, all the finalists ...