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November 2008 Food and Drink Blogging Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING (WBB). This month, the WBB event from Saffron Trail is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the theme for September is "Grains in my Breakfast". Send in a breakfast dish featuring one or more grains (in any form) as the main ingredient on or before the 30th of September. For further details, read this!

WEEKLY - KIDS COOKING THURSDAY. Get in the kitchen with your kids (or borrow someone else's) to cook up a storm for this weekly event. Round-ups are posted by Mr Linkys so there's no pressure or strict deadlines. It's all about having fun, and teaching kids to love cooking, and getting some new ideas to do so with. More information can be found here. To join in just visit Dragon Musings on a Thursday.

WEEKLY - YEASTSPOTTING. A showcase of yeasted baked goods and of dishes that feature bread as a main ingredient. Please go to Wild Yeast.

WEEKLY - WHISK WEDNESDAYS. Join us as we work our way through a cooking school curriculum one class at a time, from apple pie to zabaglione and everything in-between. Follow along using the cookbook Le Cordon Bleu at Home as the guide. Each Wednesday, we'll post what we've been working on for the "class". All the details are here.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

ONGOING - 101 RECIPE SERIES. As of now there is no time limit, the event will be open till we get the 101 different recipes. Complete details about this new event can be found here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

SEMIMONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN is a twice-a-month blogging event that celebrates the foods we grow or raise ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden or farm and post about it. Your garden doesn't have to be big. Container gardens are welcome! If you hunted or foraged, those items are also eligible. You can also use something that was given to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. If you paid for it, then it doesn't count. Anything edible that you have grown or raised qualifies, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, sprouts, edible flowers, nuts, grains, legumes, dairy products, eggs, livestock, and anything else I might have forgotten. Produce from both indoor and outdoor gardens are welcome! Different regions will have different things available, so feel free to feature things unique to your area. (Rambutan trees, anyone?) You now have two opportunities to participate each month! Posts are due on the 15th and the 30th of each month and the round-ups will be posted a few days later. Check out the full details here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 20TH - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. The monthly soup and salad challenge hosted by Holler of Tinned Tomatoes http://tinnedtomatoes.blogspot.com/ and Lisa of Lisa's Kitchen. This month, I would like you to turn your attention to a soup or salad containing pasta. http://tinnedtomatoes.blogspot.com/2008/11/no-croutons-required-november.html Be it spaghetti, penne, macaroni, noodles or any other interesting shapes you can come up with. Comfort food is the name of the game! The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Rules can be found here.

MONTHLY - BAKING EVENT. Every month a tried & tested recipe is posted for anyone to join in the same bake. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to join from novice to experienced bakers. A round-up is posted each month of submitted bakes. For more information please visit Sweet & Simple Bakes.

MONTHLY - EAT HEALTHY. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - SIMPLE BAKES. Ever wanted to learn how to bake but felt intimidated by the recipe? Love to bake but prefer easy tried and tested recipes to bake from? Simple Bakes is inviting you to bake along with us and to put your fears behind you. Each month we will offer a tempting bake for you to try and offer techniques and tips along the way. Come and join us in our Baking Adventures! For more details, please visit Simply Bakes.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on the 28th of each month and the round-up will be posted a few days later on or around the 1st of the month. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 1st - THEY GO REALLY WELL TOGETHER. This is the Bananas and Cloves edition, and you can get complete details right here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 24th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY. This month, Sugar High Friday, the grand lady of all dessert events, is being guest hosted by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook. The theme is "All That Glitters," featuring sparkling, shining sweets that catch the eye. Deadline for submissions is November 24. All details here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 30th - PURPLE & BLACK. I am all set to challenge myself as much as you - the color for November is purple and black - if you have cooked anything that has any of these colors or both together send it in! I am sure you people are going to come up with some wonderful stuff this time, and it is going to be a whacky round up. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 2nd - A FRUIT A MONTH (AFAM) is being hosted by Rachel at Tangerine's Kitchen and the chosen fruit is "Cherry." The deadline for submissions is 2nd December, 2008. Details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 7th - Kitchen Treasure Hunt. Isn't it, but natural that we Foodies always have an interest in Cookware and Kitchen appliances? The Kitchen Treasure Hunt is a brand new and unique event, that calls bloggers and non-bloggers from world over, to look for traditional, unique or innovative / traditional cookware, dining - ware, kitchen gadgets and appliances. What is common in one part of the world is not so in another. So get started on the treasure hunt and take a fresh look at your favourite pots and pans, tongs, grinders, slicers, pasta makers, spoons, and chopsticks, coffee filters, bakeware! We are excited and eagerly look forward to your posts! Look for more details and submission guidelines here.

October 2008 Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING (WBB). This month, the WBB event from Saffron Trail is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the theme for September is "Grains in my Breakfast". Send in a breakfast dish featuring one or more grains (in any form) as the main ingredient on or before the 30th of September. For further details, read this!

NEW!!! WEEKLY - KIDS COOKING THURSDAY. Get in the kitchen with your kids (or borrow someone else's) to cook up a storm for this weekly event. Round-ups are posted by Mr Linkys so there's no pressure or strict deadlines. It's all about having fun, and teaching kids to love cooking, and getting some new ideas to do so with. More information can be found here. To join in just visit Dragon Musings on a Thursday.

NEW!!! WEEKLY - YEASTSPOTTING. A showcase of yeasted baked goods and of dishes that feature bread as a main ingredient. Please go to Wild Yeast.

WEEKLY - WHISK WEDNESDAYS. Join us as we work our way through a cooking school curriculum one class at a time, from apple pie to zabaglione and everything in-between. Follow along using the cookbook Le Cordon Bleu at Home as the guide. Each Wednesday, we'll post what we've been working on for the "class". All the details are here.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

ONGOING - 101 RECIPE SERIES. As of now there is no time limit, the event will be open till we get the 101 different recipes. Complete details about this new event can be found here.

ONGOING - ADOPT A BLOGGER #2 is under way! After the instant success of Adopt a Blogger #1, we've decided to do it again! We are accepting 25 newbie food bloggers (have blogged for 1 year or less) and 25 Veteran bloggers (1 year or more) to go through the adoption process. Newbies will be matched up with a Veteran bloggers and will be mentored for a 3 month period. More information can be found on the Dine & Dish blog here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

SEMIMONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN is a twice-a-month blogging event that celebrates the foods we grow or raise ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden or farm and post about it. Your garden doesn't have to be big. Container gardens are welcome! If you hunted or foraged, those items are also eligible. You can also use something that was given to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. If you paid for it, then it doesn't count. Anything edible that you have grown or raised qualifies, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, sprouts, edible flowers, nuts, grains, legumes, dairy products, eggs, livestock, and anything else I might have forgotten. Produce from both indoor and outdoor gardens are welcome! Different regions will have different things available, so feel free to feature things unique to your area. (Rambutan trees, anyone?) You now have two opportunities to participate each month! Posts are due on the 15th and the 30th of each month and the round-ups will be posted a few days later. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - BAKING EVENT. Every month a tried & tested recipe is posted for anyone to join in the same bake. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to join from novice to experienced bakers. A round-up is posted each month of submitted bakes. For more information please visit Sweet & Simple Bakes.

MONTHLY - EAT HEALTHY. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - SIMPLE BAKES. Ever wanted to learn how to bake but felt intimidated by the recipe? Love to bake but prefer easy tried and tested recipes to bake from? Simple Bakes is inviting you to bake along with us and to put your fears behind you. Each month we will offer a tempting bake for you to try and offer techniques and tips along the way. Come and join us in our Baking Adventures! For more details, please visit Simply Bakes.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on the 28th of each month and the round-up will be posted a few days later on or around the 1st of the month. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 3rd - CELEBRATE WORLD EGG DAY. October 10 is World Egg Day and Abby from Eat the Right Stuff is encouraging food bloggers to share recipes which show just how versatile and delicious eggs are. Cook something which uses eggs, either as the star ingredient or a supporting act. Full details here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 5TH - BRTISH FOOD FORTNIGHT CHALLENGE. To celebrate British Food Fortnight, Antonia from Food, Glorious Food! is challenging you to create your best typically British dishes, using British (or locally-sourced) produce. This celebration of the food that puts the 'Great' into Great Britain runs until October 5th when Antonia will round-up the entries and award a prize to one lucky participant. Further details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15th - HERB MANIA. A monthly event started by Dee and this month its guest hosted at Siri's Corner. Its an event which celebrates the goodness of our dear herbs and challenges us to use them beyond just garnishing. This month the herb chosen is Coriander/Cilantro -[in any form]. Only Vegetarian entries please (eggs allowed) . Click here for more details.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 20TH - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. The monthly soup and salad challenge hosted by Holler of and Lisa of Lisa's Kitchen. This month I found my thoughts kept returning to the idea of a warming bowl of soup to ease the Fall chills. So, with the soup season upon us, I'm asking for hearty vegetarian soups. The idea is to make a bowl of soup that would essentially be filling and satisfying enough to serve as a meal in itself. The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Rules can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 27th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY (SHF) - SPICE UP YOUR LIFE. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 27th - MONTHLY BLOG PATROLLING. This month Monthly Blog Patrolling (MBP) is being guest hosted by Rachel at Tangerine's Kitchen and the theme is "Tantalizing Sauces". The deadline for submissions is 27th October, 2008. Details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 29th - Share your favorite FOODIE ROAD TRIP! Building on the foodie road trip of "Spain...On the Road Again" with Gwyneth Paltrow, Mario Batali, Mark Bittman and Claudia Bassols, we're hosting a Foodie Road Trip event for everyone to share their favorite Foodie Road Trip story - see all the details here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 31st - FOOD IN COLORS. Food In Colours brings together food preparations made by various bloggers that fit into the colour theme for that month. This is the third month running and the colour chosen for October is brown. The rule is that the colour of the end food product should be brown. Other rules are available here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 31st - MY LEGUME LOVE AFFAIR - FOURTH HELPING. Originally conceived by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, this is now a monthly event to celebrate legumes. Recipes from all cultures and all courses are welcome. Legumes have to be central to the recipe. There's a prize on offer from Susan, winner to be selected by random drawing. The event is on from Oct 1 to Oct 31. More details are here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 1st - THEY GO REALLY WELL TOGETHER. This is the Bananas and Cloves edition, and you can get complete details right here.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

September 2008 Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING (WBB). This month, the WBB event from Saffron Trail is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the theme for September is "Grains in my Breakfast". Send in a breakfast dish featuring one or more grains (in any form) as the main ingredient on or before the 30th of September. For further details, read this!

WEEKLY - WHISK WEDNESDAYS. Join us as we work our way through a cooking school curriculum one class at a time, from apple pie to zabaglione and everything in-between. Follow along using the cookbook Le Cordon Bleu at Home as the guide. Each Wednesday, we'll post what we've been working on for the "class". All the details are here.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

ONGOING - 101 RECIPE SERIES. As of now there is no time limit, the event will be open till we get the 101 different recipes. Complete details about this new event can be found here.

ONGOING - ADOPT A BLOGGER #2 is under way! After the instant success of Adopt a Blogger #1, we've decided to do it again! We are accepting 25 newbie food bloggers (have blogged for 1 year or less) and 25 Veteran bloggers (1 year or more) to go through the adoption process. Newbies will be matched up with a Veteran bloggers and will be mentored for a 3 month period. More information can be found on the Dine & Dish blog here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

SEMIMONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN is a twice-a-month blogging event that celebrates the foods we grow or raise ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden or farm and post about it. Your garden doesn't have to be big. Container gardens are welcome! If you hunted or foraged, those items are also eligible. You can also use something that was given to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. If you paid for it, then it doesn't count. Anything edible that you have grown or raised qualifies, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, sprouts, edible flowers, nuts, grains, legumes, dairy products, eggs, livestock, and anything else I might have forgotten. Produce from both indoor and outdoor gardens are welcome! Different regions will have different things available, so feel free to feature things unique to your area. (Rambutan trees, anyone?) You now have two opportunities to participate each month! Posts are due on the 15th and the 30th of each month and the round-ups will be posted a few days later. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - BAKING EVENT. Every month a tried & tested recipe is posted for anyone to join in the same bake. Anyone from anywhere is welcome to join from novice to experienced bakers. A round-up is posted each month of submitted bakes. For more information please visit Sweet & Simple Bakes.

MONTHLY - EAT HEALTHY. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - SIMPLE BAKES. Ever wanted to learn how to bake but felt intimidated by the recipe? Love to bake but prefer easy tried and tested recipes to bake from? Simple Bakes is inviting you to bake along with us and to put your fears behind you. Each month we will offer a tempting bake for you to try and offer techniques and tips along the way. Come and join us in our Baking Adventures! For more details, please visit Simply Bakes.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on the 28th of each month and the round-up will be posted a few days later on or around the 1st of the month. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20TH - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. The monthly soup and salad challenge hosted by Holler of Tinned Tomatoes and Lisa of Lisa's Kitchen. This month I would like you to make a soup or salad and add some fruit. Your soup or salad could be a starter, main course or a dessert. I have added dessert as a suggestion because I love fruit salad and a cold fruit soup would be a gorgeous end to a meal, don't you think? The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Rules can be found here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20th - NOVEL FOOD #5. The light has changed in my corner of the world, indicating that summer is giving way to fall. In other places, winter is on its way out, and spring is welcomed with joy. The approaching official change of the season is marked, once again, by the announcement of a new edition of Novel Food, the culinary/literary event that Lisa of Champaign Taste and I co-launched a few seasons ago. Once again (for the 5th time, to be precise), we are looking to find culinary inspiration in literary works. If you are new to the event, and you are wondering what it is about, the split roundup of the previous edition should answer your question: Lisa's portion is here and mine is here. I will make this announcement short and just lay out the simple rules for participating in Novel Food #5:

Prepare a dish of your choosing that has a connection to a published literary work (novel, novella, short story, memoir, bio).
Publish a post about it on your blog by Saturday September 20, 2008, 9 am (Pacific Time), referencing the Novel Food event. If you wish, you can include the Novel Food logo.
Send an e-mail to Lisa (webrina AT gmail DOT com) or to me
(simosite AT mac DOT com) and include your name, blog name and blog
address, and a permanent link to your post. Please, include the words "Novel Food" in the email subject, so we can more easily retrieve the message in our inbox.

Non-English submissions are fine. If possible, include an introduction in English. Lisa and I will do a roundup soon afterward the deadline: once again, it will be our way of welcoming the coming season.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22nd - YOU SAY TOMATO, I SAY TOMAHTO. This new event is hosted by The Houndstooth Gourmet and is the perfect way to celebrate juicy ripe summer tomatoes. Want in? Deets are right here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 26th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY (SHF). This month, the popular event is being hosted by Food Beam, and the topic is one after my own hearts ... cupcakes. Check out all the details here if you'd like to join in the fun.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH - O FOODS FOR OVARIAN CANCER AWARENESS MONTH CONTEST. Hosted by Michelle of Bleeding Espresso, Sara of Ms Adventures in Italy, and Jenn of The Leftover Queen, this event and contest seeks to raise awareness and money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund through recipes for "O Foods," foods that start or end with "O" such as oatmeal, orange, okra, octopus, olive, onion, tomato and potato. Put on your "O" thinking caps and get cooking and baking for a great cause! Details here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 3rd - CELEBRATE WORLD EGG DAY. October 10 is World Egg Day and Abby from Eat the Right Stuff is encouraging food bloggers to share recipes which show just how versatile and delicious eggs are. Cook something which uses eggs, either as the star ingredient or a supporting act. Full details here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 5TH - BRTISH FOOD FORTNIGHT CHALLENGE. To celebrate British Food Fortnight, Antonia from Food, Glorious Food! is challenging you to create your best typically British dishes, using British (or locally-sourced) produce. This celebration of the food that puts the 'Great' into Great Britain runs until October 5th when Antonia will round-up the entries and award a prize to one lucky participant. Further details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15th - HERB MANIA. A monthly event started by Dee and this month its guest hosted at Siri's Corner. Its an event which celebrates the goodness of our dear herbs and challenges us to use them beyond just garnishing. This month the herb chosen is Coriander/Cilantro -[in any form]. Only Vegetarian entries please (eggs allowed) . Click here for more details.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

August 2008: Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - WHISK WEDNESDAYS. Join us as we work our way through a cooking school curriculum one class at a time, from apple pie to zabaglione and everything in-between. Follow along using the cookbook Le Cordon Bleu at Home as the guide. Each Wednesday, we'll post what we've been working on for the "class". All the details are here.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

SEMIMONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN is a twice-a-month blogging event that celebrates the foods we grow or raise ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden or farm and post about it. Your garden doesn't have to be big. Container gardens are welcome! If you hunted or foraged, those items are also eligible. You can also use something that was given to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. If you paid for it, then it doesn't count. Anything edible that you have grown or raised qualifies, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, sprouts, edible flowers, nuts, grains, legumes, dairy products, eggs, livestock, and anything else I might have forgotten. Produce from both indoor and outdoor gardens are welcome! Different regions will have different things available, so feel free to feature things unique to your area. (Rambutan trees, anyone?) You now have two opportunities to participate each month! Posts are due on the 15th and the 30th of each month and the round-ups will be posted a few days later. Check out the full details here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - WAITER, THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY ... PICNIC BASKET. Anything goes and contributions are welcome until the 18th of August! Complete details are right here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - SNACKSHOTS #6: Sandwich - Personally, I've never met anyone who hasn't eaten a sandwich. We all have to agree that it is one of the most versatile creations of the culinary world. Eaten around the clock all over the world, sandwiches are sent off with school children, packed in lunchboxes for work and the most famous chain store of all, McDonalds, have made billions and billions of dollars off this fast food. Almost anything can be used as a filling; from an el cheapo cucumber sandwich to the most expensive burger on the planet. Do you have a favourite sandwich you would like to show off to the world? For those who wondered whether hot dogs and shwarmas are allowed, they are. For a list of ideas, go to Wikipedia for some inspiration. I look forward to what you come up with! For more details, click here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - This month Monthly Blog Patrolling (MBP) is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the theme is "Fruit Fare". The deadline for submissions is 25th August. Full details about the event are here.

MONTHLY - THINK SPICE, THINK NUTMEG! This month, the "Think Spice" event from Sunita's World is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the featured spice for July is NUTMEG. Cook up something with nutmeg as the main ingredient and submit it on or before July 27th. For further details, read this!

MONTHLY - MINGLE - Theme is Appetizers & Hors'Doeuvres. Complete details can be found here. Deadline is June 9th.

MONTHLY - EAT HEALTHY. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - EMPANADA OF THE MONTH. I'm hosting Empanada of the Month as a monthly event-and I'd love you all to participate! This event is all about Empanadas-whether they're sweet or savory, and here's the idea: every month I'll post a new empanada recipe for you to make at home. You make it, send me a photo, and post about it on the round-up date. The deadline to participate in this event is July 8th, 2008. My email:rebeccatcaro AT hotmail DOT com (and please feel free to email me your own empanada suggestions, too-I'd love to use them in a future event!). This month's empanadas are Strawberry Rhubarb. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - SIMPLE BAKES. Ever wanted to learn how to bake but felt intimidated by the recipe? Love to bake but prefer easy tried and tested recipes to bake from? Simple Bakes is inviting you to bake along with us and to put your fears behind you. Each month we will offer a tempting bake for you to try and offer techniques and tips along the way. Come and join us in our Baking Adventures! For more details, please visit Simply Bakes.

MONTHLY - Great Cooks Community County Fair - Each month the Great Cooks County Fair is sponsoring an event designed to bring out your inner chef. The Great Cooks Community is all about simple, delicious, everyday foods. May's topic is Kid Friendly Cooking. Whether your recipe is one that kids love to eat or one they love to cook, enter and join the fun! Rules for entry can be found here. Recipes must be posted before midnight, EST on May 30th. For more questions, email us.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on the 28th of each month and the round-up will be posted a few days later on or around the 1st of the month. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY MEET AND MINGLE. Deadline is May 5, and the theme is Bollywood Cooking. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - TASTY TOOLS! The theme of this event is creating recipes using a specific tool. For April, recipes using ice cream scoops and portion scoops are being featured. Hosted by Joelen of Joelen's Culinary Adventures. Details here.

MONTHLY - NOW UNTIL AUGUST 20TH - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. The monthly soup and salad challenge hosted by Holler of Tinned Tomatoes and Lisa of Lisa's Kitchen. This month's challenge is to create a dressing for a soup or salad. The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Rules can be found here.

MONTHLY - THINK SPICE... THINK CLOVES! This month, the "Think Spice" event from Sunita's World is guest hosted by Gretchen at Canela & Comino and the featured spice for April is CLOVE. How do you use cloves in your home? What are you favorite foods that have cloves in them? Make or bake something that features cloves and submit it on or before April 25th. For complete details, read this!

MONTHLY - MEAT & GREET. This is a new event focusing on, what else? Meat. The theme ingredient for June is "things that used to fly." No other strictures -- it can be from any bird (extra points for flying fish roe, and yes, you can use ostrich, even though they don't fly...). You get bonus points for being unusual. Hosted by Hank of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Details here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

NOW UNTIL AUGUST 1st - BREAD BAKING DAY #12. This month, Bread Baking Day #12 is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the theme is "Small Breads." The deadline for submissions is 1st August. Full details about the event are here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL AUGUST 3rd - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY. July is a most berry-licious month. So for this month's Sugar High Friday, it's all about berries. Submit a dessert featuring berries to Food Blogga by Sunday August 3rd. Details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL AUGUST 7th - GOT MILK? The first week of August is World Breastfeeding Week. To promote this I'm organizing an event in which milk has a leading role. To enter the event, make a sweet dish that has milk as an ingredient. Any kind of milk will do, both dairy as non-dairy are allowed. Check out all the details here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL AUGUST 8th - 3rd Annual Julia Child Birthday Celebration. Please join me by whipping up a dish using a recipe from any of Julia's books. Whether a humble onion soup or a brazen lobster thermidor, it will be a way to honor the memory of a wonderfully down-to-earth, witty, and inspiring American chef.

Prepare a dish using one of Ms. Child's recipes.
Write up a post about it on your blog.
Send me an e-mail containing your name, your blog's name, and a permanent link to your post.
E-mail your submission to me by August 8, 2008. I'll publish the round-up on JC's birthday, August 15.

If you don't have a blog and you'd like to join in, take a digital photo of your creation, if you can, and send it to me in an e-mail message along with your name, the recipe name, and any amusing—or tragic—story you'd like to accompany it, and I'll include the photo and story in the round-up. You can view the post announcing the event at Champaign Taste.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

July 2008: Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - WHISK WEDNESDAYS. Join us as we work our way through a cooking school curriculum one class at a time, from apple pie to zabaglione and everything in-between. Follow along using the cookbook Le Cordon Bleu at Home as the guide. Each Wednesday, we'll post what we've been working on for the "class". All the details are here.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.
WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! SEMIMONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN is a twice-a-month blogging event that celebrates the foods we grow or raise ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden or farm and post about it. Your garden doesn't have to be big. Container gardens are welcome! If you hunted or foraged, those items are also eligible. You can also use something that was given to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. If you paid for it, then it doesn't count. Anything edible that you have grown or raised qualifies, including fruits, vegetables, herbs, sprouts, edible flowers, nuts, grains, legumes, dairy products, eggs, livestock, and anything else I might have forgotten. Produce from both indoor and outdoor gardens are welcome! Different regions will have different things available, so feel free to feature things unique to your area. (Rambutan trees, anyone?) You now have two opportunities to participate each month! Posts are due on the 15th and the 30th of each month and the round-ups will be posted a few days later. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - THINK SPICE, THINK NUTMEG! This month, the "Think Spice" event from Sunita's World is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the featured spice for July is NUTMEG. Cook up something with nutmeg as the main ingredient and submit it on or before July 27th. For further details, read this!

MONTHLY - MINGLE - Theme is Appetizers & Hors'Doeuvres. Complete details can be found here. Deadline is June 9th.

MONTHLY - EAT HEALTHY. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - EMPANADA OF THE MONTH. I'm hosting Empanada of the Month as a monthly event-and I'd love you all to participate! This event is all about Empanadas-whether they're sweet or savory, and here's the idea: every month I'll post a new empanada recipe for you to make at home. You make it, send me a photo, and post about it on the round-up date. The deadline to participate in this event is July 8th, 2008. My email:rebeccatcaro AT hotmail DOT com (and please feel free to email me your own empanada suggestions, too-I'd love to use them in a future event!). This month's empanadas are Strawberry Rhubarb. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - SIMPLE BAKES. Ever wanted to learn how to bake but felt intimidated by the recipe? Love to bake but prefer easy tried and tested recipes to bake from? Simple Bakes is inviting you to bake along with us and to put your fears behind you. Each month we will offer a tempting bake for you to try and offer techniques and tips along the way. Come and join us in our Baking Adventures! For more details, please visit Simply Bakes.

MONTHLY - Great Cooks Community County Fair - Each month the Great Cooks County Fair is sponsoring an event designed to bring out your inner chef. The Great Cooks Community is all about simple, delicious, everyday foods. May's topic is Kid Friendly Cooking. Whether your recipe is one that kids love to eat or one they love to cook, enter and join the fun! Rules for entry can be found here. Recipes must be posted before midnight, EST on May 30th. For more questions, email us.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on the 28th of each month and the round-up will be posted a few days later on or around the 1st of the month. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY MEET AND MINGLE. Deadline is May 5, and the theme is Bollywood Cooking. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - TASTY TOOLS! The theme of this event is creating recipes using a specific tool. For April, recipes using ice cream scoops and portion scoops are being featured. Hosted by Joelen of Joelen's Culinary Adventures. Details here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. For this month's challenge, I would like you to think up a soup or salad showcasing your favourite herb or one you haven't experimented with yet. The herb garden is now officially open! The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Details can be found here.

MONTHLY - THINK SPICE...THINK CLOVES! This month, the "Think Spice" event from Sunita's World is guest hosted by Gretchen at Canela & Comino and the featured spice for April is CLOVE. How do you use cloves in your home? What are you favorite foods that have cloves in them? Make or bake something that features cloves and submit it on or before April 25th. For complete details, read this!

MONTHLY - MEAT & GREET. This is a new event focusing on, what else? Meat. The theme ingredient for June is "things that used to fly." No other strictures -- it can be from any bird (extra points for flying fish roe, and yes, you can use ostrich, even though they don't fly...). You get bonus points for being unusual. Hosted by Hank of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Details here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

NOW UNTIL JULY 1st - 'FROZEN YOGURT': This is an event hosted by Siri of Siri's Corner, with 'Yogurt' as its theme. Nothing to do with real frozen yogurt - an ice cream substitute. Any dish using 'Yogurt' as its main ingredient is allowed. Only vegetarian entries please. For complete details of the event Click here.

NOW UNTIL JULY 6th - WAITER, THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY ... This go-around the theme is berries, and you can find all the juicy details right here.

NOW UNTIL JULY 18th - LET THEM EAT CHICKEN - hosted by Kate of A Merrier World, this event invites you to submit your favourite chicken recipe to raise awareness of conditions in the broiler chicken industry. For full details, click here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL JULY 21st - HEALTHY COOKING. This is a one-time event based on Healthy Cooking and you could win Pam Anderson's latest Cookbook - The Perfect recipe for Losing Weight & Eating Great. Just send in your healthy recipes and you may very well win this amazing cookbook! Rules and event details at Fun and Food.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL JULY 31st - BEHIND THE APRON. It's a chance for food bloggers to show a picture of themselves and introduce themselves to their readers. As food bloggers, we focus so much on the food that we often reveal nothing of ourselves to our readers. That's where this "Behind The Apron" round-up comes in. Post a picture of yourself on your blog, revealing as much (tastefully, of course) or as little as you want. Introduce yourself, show us your family, do whatever you want. Send a link to your post to 28cooks AT gmail DOT com by July 31st. Please make sure you place a link to this post in your entry. You can also feel free to snag the handy button up at the top. Complete details are here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL AUGUST 1st - BREAD BAKING DAY #12. This month, Bread Baking Day #12 is being guest hosted by Aparna at My Diverse Kitchen and the theme is "Small Breads." The deadline for submissions is 1st August. Full details about the event are here.

June 2008: Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.
WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - MINGLE - Theme is Appetizers & Hors'Doeuvres. Complete details can be found here. Deadline is June 9th.

MONTHLY - EAT HEALTHY. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - EMPANADA OF THE MONTH. I'm hosting Empanada of the Month as a monthly event-and I'd love you all to participate! This event is all about Empanadas-whether they're sweet or savory, and here's the idea: every month I'll post a new empanada recipe for you to make at home. You make it, send me a photo, and post about it on the round-up date. The deadline to participate in this event is June 8th, 2008. I'll do a round-up on June 12th to showcase all the entries-I just can't wait to see how they turn out!! My email:rebeccatcaro AT hotmail DOT com (and please feel free to email me your own empanada suggestions, too-I'd love to use them in a future event!). This month's recipe is the classic mendocino empanada. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - SIMPLE BAKES. Ever wanted to learn how to bake but felt intimidated by the recipe? Love to bake but prefer easy tried and tested recipes to bake from? Simple Bakes is inviting you to bake along with us and to put your fears behind you. Each month we will offer a tempting bake for you to try and offer techniques and tips along the way. Come and join us in our Baking Adventures! For more details, please visit Simply Bakes.

MONTHLY - Great Cooks Community County Fair - Each month the Great Cooks County Fair is sponsoring an event designed to bring out your inner chef. The Great Cooks Community is all about simple, delicious, everyday foods. May's topic is Kid Friendly Cooking. Whether your recipe is one that kids love to eat or one they love to cook, enter and join the fun! Rules for entry can be found here. Recipes must be posted before midnight, EST on May 30th. For more questions, email us.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on the 28th of each month and the round-up will be posted a few days later on or around the 1st of the month. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY MEET AND MINGLE. Deadline is May 5, and the theme is Bollywood Cooking. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - TASTY TOOLS! The theme of this event is creating recipes using a specific tool. For April, recipes using ice cream scoops and portion scoops are being featured. Hosted by Joelen of Joelen's Culinary Adventures. Details here.

MONTHLY - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. The theme for June is soups or salads featuring legumes because beans and pulses are an important part of a healthy vegetarian diet. Whole, or split, big or small, anything belonging to the legume family qualifies. Submissions are due no later than June 20th. The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Details can be found here.

MONTHLY - THINK SPICE...THINK CLOVES! This month, the "Think Spice" event from Sunita's World is guest hosted by Gretchen at Canela & Comino and the featured spice for April is CLOVE. How do you use cloves in your home? What are you favorite foods that have cloves in them? Make or bake something that features cloves and submit it on or before April 25th. For complete details, read this!

MONTHLY - MEAT & GREET. This is a new event focusing on, what else? Meat. The theme ingredient for June is "things that used to fly." No other strictures -- it can be from any bird (extra points for flying fish roe, and yes, you can use ostrich, even though they don't fly...). You get bonus points for being unusual. Hosted by Hank of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Details here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 9th - Hay, Hay, It's Donna Day #20. Choux Pastry! - hosted by Suzana @ Home Gourmets - full details can be found here. The facilitator for HHDD is Bron Marshall for more on Hay Hay it's Donna Day events visit here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL JUNE 19th - NUTRIFERIA'S BERRYLICIOUS ROUNDUP EVENT. Who doesn't love berries? They come in so many gorgeous vivid colours and make our desserts irresistible. And yes, you have guessed it, they are the star of Nutriferia's new roundup theme which is Berrylicious. Do you often enjoy a cozy berry cake? Is a wild berry idea speeding in your head right now? Maybe a cocktail? Don't just keep them to yourself! Share them so that others can enjoy them too. Please send your entries by June 19th, 2008. For more details please visit Nutriferia.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 21st Novel Food #4. A new season is around the corner, and that marks the return of Novel Food, the culinary/literary event that Lisa of Champaign Taste and Simona of of briciole co-launched a few seasons ago. As in previous editions of the event, we are looking to find culinary inspiration in literary works. Hence, we are co-hosting the fourth edition of Novel Food, which makes it an event for all seasons. In case you missed the previous editions of the event and you are wondering what it is about, the split roundup of the previous version (Simona's portion is here and Lisa's portion is here) should give you a sense of what this is all about. We will make this announcement short and just lay out the simple rules for participating in Novel Food #4:

Prepare a dish of your choosing that has a connection to a published literary work (novel, novella, short story, memoir, bio).

Post it on your blog by Saturday June 21, 2008, 9 am (Pacific Time).

Send an e-mail to Lisa (webrina AT gmail DOT com) or to me
(simosite AT mac DOT com) and include your name, blog name and blog
address, and a permanent link to your post. Please, include the words "Noel Food" in the email subject, so we can more easily retrieve the message in our inbox.
Non-English submissions are fine. If possible, include an introduction in English.

Lisa and Simona will do a roundup soon afterward the deadline: it will be our special way of welcoming the new season.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL JUNE 28th - MMM ... CANADA. "Mmm… Canada" celebrates our nation in a culinary way: we ask you to blog about foods and drinks that taste like Canada to you. You can choose savoury treats or more the sweet side of things.

Mmm…Canada, The Savoury Edition – http://cardamomaddict.blogspot.com/2008/06/invitation-mmmcanada.html

Mmm…Canada, The Sugar High Edition – http://domesticgoddess.ca/entries.php?entry=10310

NOW UNTIL JUNE 30th - A FRUIT A MONTH. A monthly event that puts spotlight on a fruit comes to Tasty Palettes. This month the focus is on coconut. Deadline is June 30, 2008. More about the event here."

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL JULY 1st - 'FROZEN YOGURT': This is an event hosted by Siri of Siri's Corner, with 'Yogurt' as its theme. Nothing to do with real frozen yogurt - an ice cream substitute. Any dish using 'Yogurt' as its main ingredient is allowed. Only vegetarian entries please. For complete details of the event Click here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL JULY 6th - WAITER, THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY ... This go-around the theme is berries, and you can find all the juicy details right here.

May 2008: Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.
WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - MINGLE - Theme is Appetizers & Hors'Doeuvres. Complete details can be found here. Deadline is June 9th.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - EAT HEALTHY. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - EMPANADA OF THE MONTH. I'm hosting Empanada of the Month as a monthly event-and I'd love you all to participate! This event is all about Empanadas-whether they're sweet or savory, and here's the idea: every month I'll post a new empanada recipe for you to make at home. You make it, send me a photo, and post about it on the round-up date. The deadline to participate in this event is June 8th, 2008. I'll do a round-up on June 12th to showcase all the entries-I just can't wait to see how they turn out!! My email:rebeccatcaro AT hotmail DOT com (and please feel free to email me your own empanada suggestions, too-I'd love to use them in a future event!). This month's recipe is the classic mendocino empanada. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - SIMPLE BAKES. Ever wanted to learn how to bake but felt intimidated by the recipe? Love to bake but prefer easy tried and tested recipes to bake from? Simple Bakes is inviting you to bake along with us and to put your fears behind you. Each month we will offer a tempting bake for you to try and offer techniques and tips along the way. Come and join us in our Baking Adventures! For more details, please visit Simply Bakes.

MONTHLY - Great Cooks Community County Fair - Each month the Great Cooks County Fair is sponsoring an event designed to bring out your inner chef. The Great Cooks Community is all about simple, delicious, everyday foods. May's topic is Kid Friendly Cooking. Whether your recipe is one that kids love to eat or one they love to cook, enter and join the fun! Rules for entry can be found here. Recipes must be posted before midnight, EST on May 30th. For more questions, email us.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on the 28th of each month and the round-up will be posted a few days later on or around the 1st of the month. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY MEET AND MINGLE. Deadline is May 5, and the theme is Bollywood Cooking. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - TASTY TOOLS! The theme of this event is creating recipes using a specific tool. For April, recipes using ice cream scoops and portion scoops are being featured. Hosted by Joelen of Joelen's Culinary Adventures. Details here.

MONTHLY - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. This month's challenge is to create a salad. Our theme is cheese, be it blue, crumbly, creamy, pongy, smoky, gooey or chewy. From vegetarian to vegan. The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Details can be found here.

MONTHLY - SNACKSHOTS #4: Salad - At last summer has arrived here in the UK and what better reason to celebrate than with a crispy, cool salad. Salads definitely top the list of the dish that is easy and quick to prepare and healthy. Whether it is leafy green to-do, starchy pasta or potato salad, meaty or fishy or warm or cold, anything goes. If you have a favourite salad, why not share it with the world and at the same time get all lyrical about it to stand a chance to win the Word4Word writing award? More details here.

MONTHLY - THINK SPICE...THINK CLOVES! This month, the "Think Spice" event from Sunita's World is guest hosted by Gretchen at Canela & Comino and the featured spice for April is CLOVE. How do you use cloves in your home? What are you favorite foods that have cloves in them? Make or bake something that features cloves and submit it on or before April 25th. For complete details, read this!

MONTHLY - MEAT & GREET. This is a new event focusing on, what else? Meat. The theme ingredient for March is offal. No other strictures -- it can be from any animal and can be any variety meat. Tongue, heart, kidneys, livers -- even spleens if you are so inclined. Let's see what you can whip up. Winner this month wins a coveted copy of Richard Olney's "Variety Meats." Hosted by Hank of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Details here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

ANNUAL - SPRING TEA PARTY. Spring Tea Party hosted by The Skinny Gourmet. Gird your pinafores, artfully cuff your kimonos: you are cordially invited to a tea party. Tea is a global industry with a thousand local faces. It is also a really tasty excuse to get together with some friends on a Saturday afternoon and have a good time. So I'm getting in the mood for warm saturday afternoons in the garden and smart picnics with an annual food blogger event: a spring tea party. More details can be found here. Entries due May 23rd. The roundup will be posted by May 31st.

NOW UNTIL MAY 5th - DOLLAR DISH DUEL. Hosted by Just Get Floury, Ginny challenges everyone to make a dish for $5 that must feed at least 2 people. So hit up a dollar store or be creative with what you can find at your local grocery store. Find more details here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 6th - PAPER CHEF #29. This month the ingredients are fennel, prosciutto, honey and fresh fava beans. Think you have what it takes to be a Paper Chef? The details are at Hunter Angler Gardener Cook right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 21st - PUTTING UP. 'Putting Up' Event is a new event hosted by myself, Pixie, at You Say Tomahto, I say Tomayto and Rosie, from Rosie Bakes a Peace of Cake. The event focuses on preserving fruits and vegetables. We're asking you to share your Jams and Conserves, Jellies, Marmalade, Curds and Butters, Chutneys, Pickles, Relishes and Preserves. Your welcome to create a dish around your preserve, however the focus is on the preserve itself and we really want to see that JAR! More details can be found HERE. Hope you can join us!

NOW UNTIL MAY 23rd - DMBLGIT. Complete details can be found here. This month's host is Habeas Brulee.

NOW UNTIL MAY 25th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY #43. The theme this month is Citrus. Lemons, lime, oranges, tangerines, clementines, mandarines, grapefruits, kumquats... The bright colors of the fruits and the desserts they are prepared with cannot but make you happy and ready for summer. Let's get all zesty and let's pucker up with citrus in May!. Details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 25th - VEGETABLE, BEAUTIFUL VEGETABLES. May 19-25 is national vegetarian week in the uk and, as happened last year, abby from eat the right stuff is hosting “vegetables, beautiful vegetables,” an annual event where food bloggers around the world are invited to show off their skills at creating fantastic vegetarian dishes. to participate tell abby about a vegetarian dish that you have cooked, complete with recipe. or maybe review a favourite vegetarian restaurant. or take a photo of your weekly vegetable purchases and tell abby what you plan to do with them. Due by May 25th. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - IN THE BAG. A seasonal food blogging event. This month's bag includes asparagus, eggs and parmesan and readers are challenged to create a dish using these ingredients plus any others they find appropriate. Details here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - AVF #3: A Vegetarian Feast in a Quiche. For the third Vegetarian Feast, we're posting about a meatless savoury tart, quiche, or pastry (or something along those lines). Pick your favourite recipe with no meat, fish or poultry and take at least one photo. Dairy is allowed but vegan recipes are welcomed. Your blog doesn't have to be vegetarian, just your recipe! Check out Shortcut to Mushrooms for more information.

NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - MAD FOR MACARONS IN MAY. Hosted by Minko of Couture Cupcakes. During the month of May I am going to be trying my hand at macarons. What is a macaron? A macaron is a traditional French pastry traditionally made from egg whites, almond powder (flour, ground almonds) icing sugar and sugar sandwiched together with a buttercream or ganache or even a jam filling. The cookie should have a foot and a thin but crisp shell, but when you eat it, it melts in your mouth. There should be a good ratio of cookie to filling and not be too sweet.]Sound daunting? Don't worry, macarons are an obsession and there are a lot of web sites that provide advice and even pictures on how to make the perfect macaron step by step. Get the details here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - BEAUTIFUL BONES. Help promote bone health during the month of May which is National Osteoporosis Awareness Month. Just post a calcium-rich recipe any time between May 1-May 31st, then send it to Susan of Food Blogga. Check out the details here.

April 2008: Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - BOOKMARKED RECIPES. Anyone from anywhere can blog about a recipe they had bookmarked from a cook book, food magazine, food blog, food website, from TV etc, make it and submit it to a weekly roundup every Monday. More details found on Ruth's Kitchen Experiments.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.
WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - CLICK: the photo event. Check out the theme of the month and rules @ Jugalbandi here. Deadline: 30th of the month.

MONTHLY - TRIED AND TASTED (T&T) – a monthly event of appreciation of other blogs - an opportunity to thank your fellow bloggers for sharing their recipes by re-creating them. Peek into their kitchen to see what’s cooking and go for it! Take it,make it and say it! Each month, one of YOU will be Tried and Tasted and after the final verdict given this lovely stamp to prove that your recipes ARE worth it! Read more about the event here.

MONTHLY - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS - Celebrating exotic ingredients, one at a time. For complete details, please click here.

MONTHLY - FOOD ART - From Mahanandi. Theme-based event dedicated to Food drawings and crafts. The theme for spring is "Mango Manthram". For details, please click here.

MONTHLY MEET AND MINGLE. Deadline is May 5, and the theme is Bollywood Cooking. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - TASTY TOOLS! The theme of this event is creating recipes using a specific tool. For April, recipes using ice cream scoops and portion scoops are being featured. Hosted by Joelen of Joelen's Culinary Adventures. Details here.

MONTHLY - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED In anticipation of Spring, we would like participants to submit a soup or a salad featuring mushrooms of any variety. Though mushrooms are probably the meatiest of vegetarian fare, we do ask that you stick to the vegetarian theme, meaning no meat, poultry or seafood. The winner of the challenge will recieve a gorgeous badge for their blog. Details of this month's challenge are here.

MONTHLY - SNACKSHOTS #3: Muffins hosted by Greedy Gourmet. Take a photo of anything muffin. You don't need to bake it necessarily, just buy your favourite muffin and show it to the world! For more info, click here. Deadline: 6 May 2007.

MONTHLY - THINK SPICE...THINK CLOVES! This month, the "Think Spice" event from Sunita's World is guest hosted by Gretchen at Canela & Comino and the featured spice for April is CLOVE. How do you use cloves in your home? What are you favorite foods that have cloves in them? Make or bake something that features cloves and submit it on or before April 25th. For complete details, read this!

MONTHLY - MEAT & GREET. This is a new event focusing on, what else? Meat. The theme ingredient for March is offal. No other strictures -- it can be from any animal and can be any variety meat. Tongue, heart, kidneys, livers -- even spleens if you are so inclined. Let's see what you can whip up. Winner this month wins a coveted copy of Richard Olney's "Variety Meats." Hosted by Hank of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Details here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 1st - THEY GO REALLY WELL TOGETHER #10. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 1st - BREADBAKINGDAY #08: CELEBRATE! Hosted by Wild Yeast. What holiday, festival, or special event are you celebrating this month? As one of the oldest and most universal of foods, bread is associated with celebrations in every part of the world. For this month’s BreadBakingDay, you are invited to share your own spring holiday bread tradition, explore one you’re not yet familiar with, or start a new one. Details on how to participate can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 7th - ONE PERFECT INGREDIENT. Complete details are here. Basically, the bloggers are invited to blog about their favourite ingredient and post a recipe featuring it. 5 lucky winners get Marcus Wareing's new book. Unfortunately, due to DK posting restrictions, the books can only be sent to UK and European addresses.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 7th - MONTHLY MINGLE. The theme this round is Spring Fruit Sensations and complete details can be found here and here.

APRIL 11TH THROUGH THE 25TH. GO AHEAD HONEY, IT'S GLUTEN-FREE is hosted by Gluten A Go Go. Read what GAHIGF is all about here. Send Sheltie Girl your permalink information to be included in the round up.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 15TH - DOSA MELA ~ PANCAKE CELEBRATIONS! This is an one off event to celebrate Dosa and its different varieties. The dosa is a South Indian crêpe. This food is a typical South Indian breakfast recipe. Regular dosa batter is made from rice and split, skinned urad bean blended with water and left to ferment overnight. Dosa refers to anything that's spread like a regular dosa. It can be thick like Uthappam or thin like a paper roast. It can be made with rice, wheat or any of the different flour you can think of. With stuffed or mixed or topped with anything. Post can also be on Dosa Trivia or other Dosa related things. If you are not familier with dosa, you can send a pancake too. Pancakes are a type of flatbread prepared from a sweet batter that is cooked on a hot griddle or in a frying pan. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 18th - A NEB AT NUT ROAST. I want to spread the word about the delicious virtues of nut roasts. Nut roasts have a bad reputation but when done well are heaven on a plate. Nut roasts are savoury baked loaves with nuts that are loved by vegetarians and omnivores alike - but it seems not many people have tried them. At my blog (Green Gourmet Giraffe) I have written about the joys of nutroasts and given advice on making them. I invite you you to make a nut roast - complete details here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 19th - LiveSTRONG WITH A TASTE OF YELLOW. This popular event from last year is back! Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 21st - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY. This time, the theme is Asian Sweet Invasion and the complete details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 21st HAY HAY IT'S DONNA DAY #19. The Clafoutis Edition hosted by Bron Marshall. Full details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 30th - WAITER, THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY ... The theme is breakfast favourites, savoury, sweet, hot, cold – anything but marmite on toast, basically! All the details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 30th- LEFTOVER TUESDAYS #13. Leftovers got you down? How about converting those leftovers into something new and intriguing? That’s what the Leftover Tuesdays event is all about. Project Foodie is hosting Leftover Tuesdays #13 where we challenge you to transform those leftovers into tasty temptations. The leftovers can be the remnants of a previous meal (either home cooked or bought) but they can also be the unused portions of the various components you've used to create recent (or not so recent) meals. Basically, leftovers are anything in your fridge, pantry or freezer for which you have no intended purpose and need/want to use up! Get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 30TH - COOKING IN MICROWAVE. Cooking in Microwave has always been a big challenge, atleast for most of us. Most I have done has been to bake a cake or just use it for for reheating. So this event is a learning experience for many to target on specific theme each month and cook up in microwave. So calling all food bloggers to send in their dish which will be part of "Microwave Easy Cooking". Details can be found here. Dish can be of any cuisine.

NOW UNTIL MAY 5th - DOLLAR DISH DUEL. Hosted by Just Get Floury, Ginny challenges everyone to make a dish for $5 that must feed at least 2 people. So hit up a dollar store or be creative with what you can find at your local grocery store. Find more details here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 21st - PUTTING UP. 'Putting Up' Event is a new event hosted by myself, Pixie, at You Say Tomahto, I say Tomayto and Rosie, from Rosie Bakes a Peace of Cake. The event focuses on preserving fruits and vegetables. We're asking you to share your Jams and Conserves, Jellies, Marmalade, Curds and Butters, Chutneys, Pickles, Relishes and Preserves. Your welcome to create a dish around your preserve, however the focus is on the preserve itself and we really want to see that JAR! More details can be found HERE. Hope you can join us!

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL MAY 25th - VEGETABLE, BEAUTIFUL VEGETABLES. May 19-25 is national vegetarian week in the uk and, as happened last year, abby from eat the right stuff is hosting “vegetables, beautiful vegetables,” an annual event where food bloggers around the world are invited to show off their skills at creating fantastic vegetarian dishes. to participate tell abby about a vegetarian dish that you have cooked, complete with recipe. or maybe review a favourite vegetarian restaurant. or take a photo of your weekly vegetable purchases and tell abby what you plan to do with them. Due by May 25th. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - AVF #3: A Vegetarian Feast in a Quiche. For the third Vegetarian Feast, we're posting about a meatless savoury tart, quiche, or pastry (or something along those lines). Pick your favourite recipe with no meat, fish or poultry and take at least one photo. Dairy is allowed but vegan recipes are welcomed. Your blog doesn't have to be vegetarian, just your recipe! Check out Shortcut to Mushrooms for more information.

NOW UNTIL 31st MAY - MAD FOR MACARONS IN MAY. Hosted by Minko of Couture Cupcakes. During the month of May I am going to be trying my hand at macarons. What is a macaron? A macaron is a traditional French pastry traditionally made from egg whites, almond powder (flour, ground almonds) icing sugar and sugar sandwiched together with a buttercream or ganache or even a jam filling. The cookie should have a foot and a thin but crisp shell, but when you eat it, it melts in your mouth. There should be a good ratio of cookie to filling and not be too sweet.]Sound daunting? Don't worry, macarons are an obsession and there are a lot of web sites that provide advice and even pictures on how to make the perfect macaron step by step. Get the details here.

March 2008 Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - MADE IN AMERICA/LA BUONA CUCINA AMERICANA. Every week one of our circle of expatriate bloggers will post a recipe for old fashioned American food in both English and Italian, in both US measurements and metric. Anyone who can do this is welcome to join up! All the details are here.

WEEKLY - ROOT SOURCE CHALLENGE - From cookthink.com - Every week we propose a new ingredient for our root source newsletter, and make a call out for the best recipes using that ingredient. The winner has their recipe published on the site and our blog, as well as featured in our newsletter. They also receive a cookbook! For rules and current topics, please click here.

WEEKLY - TUESDAYS WITH DORIE. A group who celebrate Dorie Greenspan's brilliant book, Baking: From My Home to Yours, one recipe at a time. If you would like to bake your way through this book, please stop here for more details.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.
WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - MEAT & GREET. This is a new event focusing on, what else? Meat. The theme ingredient for March is offal. No other strictures -- it can be from any animal and can be any variety meat. Tongue, heart, kidneys, livers -- even spleens if you are so inclined. Let's see what you can whip up. Winner this month wins a coveted copy of Richard Olney's "Variety Meats." Hosted by Hank of Hunter Angler Gardener Cook. Details here.

MONTHLY - BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Hosted this round by Mansi of Fun and Food, the theme is Balanced Breakfasts. Check out the event details and send in your entries to her by 31st March. Details are here.

MONTHLY - TASTY TOOLS! The theme of this event is creating recipes using a specific tool. For March, recipes using a kitchen grater or microplane are being featured. Hosted by Joelen of Joelen's Culinary Adventures. Details here.

MONTHLY - CUPCAKE HERO. The theme ingredient for March is Marshmallow. Bake up a cupcake with Marshmallow in the cake, frosting or filling for the shot at being named The Cupcake Hero. Hosted by Laurie of quirky cupcake. Details here.

MONTHLY - GO AHEAD HONEY, IT'S GLUTEN FREE #2 – This month's gluten-free baking challenge is Birthday Baking for Kids and is hosted by make life sweeter! So start thinking gluten-free and post a delicious gluten-free birthday treat between now and March 24th. Details are here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - CARNIVAL OF DINING OUT. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on March 28 and the round-up will be posted on or around April 1. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - SNACKSHOTS #2 hosted by Greedy Gourmet. Take a photo of anything leek. It can be of a fish you prepared or abstract photography. Whatever you do, we want to see it! For more info, click here. Deadline for this month extended to March 31st.

MONTHLY: ART YOU EAT #1 - Chocolate - DEADLINE EXTENDED to FEBRUARY 11! We all want our creations to look as wonderful as they taste and there are tons of absolutely gorgeous examples out there of the amazing creations that all you beautiful bloggers create. Why not hold an event that shares the decorating and presentation tips as well as the food? After all, if someone is going to try to recreate your masterpiece, shouldn't it look spectacular too? Each month we will hold an event that will focus on a different kind of decorating theme, medium, idea, holiday, etc. That way we can all go for variations on a similar theme for that month and end up with lots of ideas to choose from! It should be fun to see all the variations we come up with. To join in the fun get all the details here!

MONTHLY - APPLES & THYME. A celebration of time spent in the kitchen with our mothers and grandmothers (or anyone else you wish to blog about) and what they did or did not pass on to us that influenced how we cook and eat today. The event is hosted by Vanielje Kitchen and The Passionate Palate. We would love you to enter and share with us a person and a dish that celebrates your relationship with them. Deadline is February 20th. More details here.

MONTHLY: ART YOU EAT CHALLENGES. Hello again! We have another challenge before us, chosen by AYE #1's winner, the lovely and oh so creative, Inge of Vanielje Kitchen. For this challenge Inge and I agreed that eggs and creations that are shaped like eggs would be eligible to participate. As before, posts you have published before can be entered as long as you repost it as an entry to the event with a link back and tell us how you made your creation look so amazing and artful. So whether you make something with eggs as a main ingredient or in the shape of an egg, try to make it celebrate the coming spring and Easter season! Please email entries to artyoueat AT gmail DOT com by the end of March 19th and include the following: NAME, LOCATION, ENTRY TITLE, BLOG TITLE, BLOG URL, POST URL, THEME IDEA IF YOU WIN. The top three entries will be chosen by Inge and myself for this challenge (mostly by Inge since it is her theme – I just get to put my two cents in!) and then voting will begin to choose who will host the next round.

ANNUAL - A TASTE OF TERROIR. Between now and January 21, 2008, create and post an entry on your blog which highlights a food or drink, or food/drink product, or recipe which highlights terroir in your location which you can write about with a personal perspective including a photo. Describe how it relates to your locale. Full details are here.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 1st - TO MARKET, TO MARKET. Celebrate your local market with this new event from A Scientist in the Kitchen. Complete details can be found here

NOW UNTIL MARCH 1st - BREAD BAKING DAY #7: FLATBREADS. This one is being hosted by Chili und Ciabatta. Flatbreads were the first breads (people have been making them for more than 6000 years) and exist in almost every culture. Come and join us in baking flatbreads! It's so easy: you can use almost every grain, even legumes such as chickpeas or lentils. And you don't even have to use an oven - you can also throw your flatbread in a pan. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 1st - THEY GO REALLY WELL TOGETHER (TGRWT) #9. This month's challenge is to create a recipe that combines Parmesan cheese and cocoa. The event is being hosted by lamiacucina. They Go Really Well Together (TGRWT) is a food blogging event where you create a recipe that pairs two ingredients that are not usually seen together. Cocoa and Parmesan share several chemical compounds and theory predicts there should be great recipes with the pair. The challenge is finding one. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 3rd - AN APPLE A DAY. I am organizing a Blog Event on foods that can prevent stroke. I made a critical selection. A apple a day … has a great scientific meaning. Indeed apples help also to prevent stroke. In your recipe apples must be present (one apple is enough) plus one of the other ingredients from this list: APPLE(S) + Almonds, Black Tea, Cinnamon, Dark Chocolate, Fish, Peperoncino, or Tomatoes. Complete details on the event can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 8th - CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. A major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. We don't want to celebrate the political way, instead fiordisale and I would like to invite you to prepare some food. Food connects people, so we ask you to cook or bake something yellow for this special day. More information about the event and how to participate you'll find in English here and and in Italian here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 10th - MONTHLY MINGLE. Theme: One-Dish Dinners. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 14th -- ORGANIZE YOUR LUNCH-PACKING GEAR. Anyone who's accumulated more than one or two lunch containers or lunch-packing accessories has probably faced the challenge of organizing their growing collection to keep things accessible without taking over the kitchen. There are many truly creative ways to organize gear using craft boxes, wall shelves, tool boxes, etc. Will you share your clever ideas? The author of the most ingenious solution will receive my review copy of the upcoming bento book Face Food: The Visual Creativity of Japanese Bento Boxes (to be released March 15, 2008). Full details can be found here at Lunch in a Box.

MARCH 10th - MARCH 14th - CELEBRATE Pi DAY. What holiday do we celebrate on March 14th? What might hungry mathematicians eat on the 3rd month’s 14th day? Ah yes, on March 14th, we celebrate Pi Day to honor pi, the revered mathematical constant of 3.14 and a trillion more digits. To help pie lovers and food bloggers celebrate the occasion, you are invited to share a favorite pie recipe for Pi Day here at Kitchen Parade. The challenge: While it's easy to fill a pie, the crust itself is more challenging -- but so worth investing in, so worth doing well. And so for Pi Day, please make your own pastry. Yes, Pi Day is about homemade pie crusts, whether a favorite pie crust recipe, whether a new-to-you recipe with a particular technique, whether your own innovative twist on pastry -- all are welcome. Butter crusts? Crisco? Olive oil? Lard??? All ingredients are welcome! Single crust? Double crusts? Lattice tops? All are welcome, so long as the pastry is homemade. Complete details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 20TH - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. The monthly soup and salad challenge hosted by Holler of Tinned Tomatoes and Lisa of Lisa's Kitchen. This month's challenge is to create a Spicy Vegetarian Soup, that will tingle on the tongue! The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! Rules can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 22nd - Novel Food #3. The culinary/literary event Lisa of Champaign Taste and Simona of briciole co-launched two seasons ago is back. Continuing what is becoming a special tradition, we are looking to find culinary inspiration in literary works. The simple rules for participating in Novel Food #3: Prepare a dish of your choosing that has a connection to a published literary work (novel, novella, short story, memoir). Post it on your blog by Saturday March 22, 2008, 9 am (Pacific Time). Send an e-mail to Lisa (webrina AT gmail DOT com) or to Simona (simosite AT mac DOT com) and include your name, blog name and blog address, and a permanent link to your post. Non-English submissions are fine. If possible, include an introduction in English. The announcement is available here and here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 22nd- "FESTA ITALIANA." A new food event hosted by Marie of Proud Italian Cook and Maryann from Finding La Dolce Vita. Let's celebrate the sweet life together! Bring your favorite Italian dish or drink and gather with your friends for a food event not to be missed. All are welcome. Complete details here and here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 24th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY #41: SWEET GIFTS. Habeas Brulee invites you to share the recipe for a dessert you made (or want to make) for someone else. Any sweet will do, as long as you also share the story of why you made (or want to make) that particular dessert for that particular person! The deadline for entries is March 24th, and the round-up will be posted on March 28th. Get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 26th - PULLET SURPRISE. Here we go, let's have a drum roll, please... This years category, keeping with the poultry theme, is Eggs. Now the only restriction is the dish must have eggs as it's main attraction but we'll leave the finer points of argument to you. If you think it qualifies then send the entry. Here are the rules: Make a recipe with the main ingredient being eggs. Post recipe on your blog. Photos are a plus. Have this link back to PBE in your post (http://pbetouffee.blogspot.com/). Send us your permalink E-mail. Do all of this by midnight PST March 26, 2008 Don't have a blog? Just e-mail all your info and we'll post it here. Note: Pullet Surprise is a play on words. You will not be getting the real Pulitzer.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 28th - WAITER, THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY... This popular monthly event is celebrating its 14th edition this month and focusing on pulses. Don't know what that is? Check out all the details right here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 30th - CLICK: a theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for March 2008 is 'METAL'. For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 29th - IN THE BAG. An event where people create a dish using a bag of seasonal ingredients selected by us. This month we've selected just one
- the fantastic vegetable Purple Sprouting Brocolli. More information can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 1st - THEY GO REALLY WELL TOGETHER #10. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 1st - BREADBAKINGDAY #08: CELEBRATE! Hosted by Wild Yeast. What holiday, festival, or special event are you celebrating this month? As one of the oldest and most universal of foods, bread is associated with celebrations in every part of the world. For this month’s BreadBakingDay, you are invited to share your own spring holiday bread tradition, explore one you’re not yet familiar with, or start a new one. Details on how to participate can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 7th - MONTHLY MINGLE. The theme this round is Spring Fruit Sensations and complete details can be found here and here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 19th - LiveSTRONG WITH A TASTE OF YELLOW. This popular event from last year is back! Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 21st HAY HAY IT'S DONNA DAY #19. The Clafoutis Edition hosted by Bron Marshall. Full details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL APRIL 30th- LEFTOVER TUESDAYS #13. Leftovers got you down? How about converting those leftovers into something new and intriguing? That’s what the Leftover Tuesdays event is all about. Project Foodie is hosting Leftover Tuesdays #13 where we challenge you to transform those leftovers into tasty temptations. The leftovers can be the remnants of a previous meal (either home cooked or bought) but they can also be the unused portions of the various components you've used to create recent (or not so recent) meals. Basically, leftovers are anything in your fridge, pantry or freezer for which you have no intended purpose and need/want to use up! Get all the details here.

February 2008 Food and Drink Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.
WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - MASTER BAKER. Bake what you want. Every month we will choose an ingredient of the month and you're job is to bake whatever your little heart desires with our ingredient of the month. For more info, click here.

MONTHLY - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - Carnival of Dining Out. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on February 27 and the round-up will be posted on or around March 1. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - SNACKSHOTS #2 hosted by Greedy Gourmet. Take a photo of anything leek. It can be of a fish you prepared or abstract photography. Whatever you do, we want to see it! For more info, click here.

MONTHLY: Art You Eat #1 - Chocolate - DEADLINE EXTENDED to FEBRUARY 11! We all want our creations to look as wonderful as they taste and there are tons of absolutely gorgeous examples out there of the amazing creations that all you beautiful bloggers create. Why not hold an event that shares the decorating and presentation tips as well as the food? After all, if someone is going to try to recreate your masterpiece, shouldn't it look spectacular too? Each month we will hold an event that will focus on a different kind of decorating theme, medium, idea, holiday, etc. That way we can all go for variations on a similar theme for that month and end up with lots of ideas to choose from! It should be fun to see all the variations we come up with. To join in the fun get all the details here!

MONTHLY - APPLES & THYME. A celebration of time spent in the kitchen with our mothers and grandmothers (or anyone else you wish to blog about) and what they did or did not pass on to us that influenced how we cook and eat today. The event is hosted by Vanielje Kitchen and The Passionate Palate. We would love you to enter and share with us a person and a dish that celebrates your relationship with them. Deadline is February 20th. More details here.

MONTHLY: ART YOU EAT CHALLENGES. Hello again! We have another challenge before us, chosen by AYE #1's winner, the lovely and oh so creative, Inge of Vanielje Kitchen. For this challenge Inge and I agreed that eggs and creations that are shaped like eggs would be eligible to participate. As before, posts you have published before can be entered as long as you repost it as an entry to the event with a link back and tell us how you made your creation look so amazing and artful. So whether you make something with eggs as a main ingredient or in the shape of an egg, try to make it celebrate the coming spring and Easter season! Please email entries to artyoueat AT gmail DOT com by the end of March 19th and include the following: NAME, LOCATION, ENTRY TITLE, BLOG TITLE, BLOG URL, POST URL, THEME IDEA IF YOU WIN. The top three entries will be chosen by Inge and myself for this challenge (mostly by Inge since it is her theme – I just get to put my two cents in!) and then voting will begin to choose who will host the next round.

ANNUAL - A Taste of Terroir. Between now and January 21, 2008, create and post an entry on your blog which highlights a food or drink, or food/drink product, or recipe which highlights terroir in your location which you can write about with a personal perspective including a photo. Describe how it relates to your locale. Full details are here.

ANNUAL - EAT LIKE A PIRATE DAY. September 19th is the first annual Eat Like a Pirate Day! If you are going to talk like a pirate, you should eat like one too! Whether it's parrot a'la orange or seaweed-wrapped seaweed, swash your buckle on over and share. More details soon. Contact kitchenMage(at)gmail(dot)com.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 4th - MONTHLY MINGLE. This time, the 17th!! Monthly Mingle will be focusing on Comfort Foods. After all the big fancy meals we have been eating the last few months, wouldn't it be simply great to go back to the simple, undressed-up charms of comfort foods? I keep finding myself creating simpler foods right now. Food that hugs me from the inside out! It's the type of food that picks us up when we are down, warms us when we are feeling lost and cold and blurs out the bad mood. The first mouthful takes us straight back to the familiar, the good; to the time when all was well. That is what I am looking for this month. Your very favorite comfort foods. Comfort food is not to be confused with favorite foods though. Favorite foods are more fancier like a lemon tart, mousse au chocolat or a Chateaubriand steak. Comfort foods are often simple, no frills and easy to prepare kind of foods. So, do something good for yourself and bring over your Comfort Foods to my mingle this month. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 9th - MY LEGUME LOVE AFFAIR. Hosted by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook.Looking for a healthy, economical, yet tasty change after the overindulgences of the holiday season? Consider the legume. Full details found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 12th - MINI PIE REVOLUTION EVENT #2: Small Tarts Have Big Hearts! Here at the Mini Pie Revolution HQ, we know that Valentine's Day requires tarts of a different kind. Grandmothers everywhere would not lie – the stomach leads to the heart, and nothing inspires love like a filled pastry crust. For Valentine's Day, we want to see your sweetest tarts! Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 15th - A HEART FOR YOUR VALENTINE. On February 14th we celebrate Valentine's Day, a holiday honoring love and lovers. In the spirit of the holiday, I suggest to romance the special person in our life not only with a love note but also with a homemade "edible heart." So I would like to invite you to treat your Valentine with something sweet or savory but always heart-shaped or heart-decorated. Give your fantasy full scope and surprise your beloved one with a special heart! Of course we would like to see what kind of heart you give away, so please blog about it from now until February 15. More information about the event can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 20TH - NO CROUTONS REQUIRED. A monthly soup and salad challenge, hosted by Holler of Tinned Tomatoes and Lisa of Lisa's Kitchen. This month's challenge is to create a tasty vegetarian soup, that even the most carnivorous diner would drool over! The winner will be awarded a gorgeous badge for their blog! More details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 21 - WEEKEND COOKBOOK CHALLENGE #25. The theme is Nigella Lawson, and the due date is Feb 21. Ani from Foodiechickie is hosting and complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 25th - A FRUIT A MONTH. Sra from When My Soup Came Alive is hosting the A Fruit A Month (AFAM - Pomegranate) event this month. AFAM is an event that focuses on dishes of all kinds - savoury and sweet - made with the fruit chosen for the event every month. In February, it's pomegranate. The deadline is Feb 25. Find the event details at right here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 29th- LEFTOVER TUESDAYS #12: THE SWEETHEART CHALLENGE. Leftovers got you down? How about converting those leftovers into something new and intriguing? That’s what the Leftover Tuesdays event is all about. This month Project Foodie is hosting Leftover Tuesdays #12. We’re going to add a twist to our leftover challenge in honor of Valentine’s Day. Make a leftover creation for your sweetheart. The leftovers can be the remnants of a previous meal (either home cooked or bought) but they can also be the unused portions of the various components you've used to create recent (or not so recent) meals. Basically, leftovers are anything in your fridge, pantry or freezer for which you have no intended purpose and need/want to use up! Get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 29th - FRUGAL FOODIE CHALLENGE. Food Revolution is pleased to host the Frugal Foodie Challenge. This monthly event is to encourage creativity within saving money. How creative can you get with $7 and a required ingredient? You must create a meal for two people with the $7. This month’s required ingredient – Apples (or a natural derivative – applesauce, apple juice, etc)! Deadline for entries is February 29 at 5pm EST.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 29th - THE POTATO FE(A)ST, in collaboration with International Year of Potatoes (2008). Hosted by Dhivya Karthik from Culinary Bazaar, you can find the complete participation details right here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 29th - FOOD FIGHT #3: Pantry Raid! Monthly Food Fight's are being resurrected by Allen at Eating Out Loud. This month's theme is somewhat voyeuristic since it focuses on what's in your pantry and what you can make from it. Anything goes -- are you ready for the challenge? Be creative and wow us with what you can whip up. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 29th - SERENDIPITY BAKE-OFF. We are hosting a contest for the Most Pleasing Dessert - baker’s choice of what to prepare. Then, take at least one photo during its preparation process (so we know you didn’t go to Confetti Cakes for it!), photograph the finished treat & share the recipe and your experience with us on your blog. In the end, we all win, right? However, since it is a contest, the prize will be 3 To-Die-For products from Serendipity Soap. The Contest Rules are simple: All entries must be posted or emailed to us (bencomobaby AT hotmail DOT com & soapchix AT gmail DOT com) by February 29. By entering this contest, you agree to divulge your secrets (i.e. your personal recipe or its source). If you are friends, relatives, neighbors, or mere acquaintances of any of the judges (Amy, Ash or Tiff), then you not only qualify to participate in this contest, but are strongly encouraged to do so (this means you Mom & Aunt Jenny!). Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 29th - CLICK. A theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for February 2008 is 'FLOUR'. For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 29th - WEEKEND BREAKFAST BLOGGING - HEALTHY EATS EVENT. Weekend Breakfast Blogging, the monthly event that celebrates the most important meal of the day. comes to Tasty Palettes. This month's theme is Healthy Eats. To participate in this event, send in your healthy, nutritious and well balanced recipes that can be served at breakfast. Deadline is Feb 29. More details here."

NOW UNTIL MARCH 1st - TO MARKET, TO MARKET. Celebrate your local market with this new event from A Scientist in the Kitchen. Complete details can be found here

NOW UNTIL MARCH 1st - BREAD BAKING DAY #7: FLATBREADS. This one is being hosted by Chili und Ciabatta. Flatbreads were the first breads (people have been making them for more than 6000 years) and exist in almost every culture. Come and join us in baking flatbreads! It's so easy: you can use almost every grain, even legumes such as chickpeas or lentils. And you don't even have to use an oven - you can also throw your flatbread in a pan. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 1st - THEY GO REALLY WELL TOGETHER (TGRWT) #9. This month's challenge is to create a recipe that combines Parmesan cheese and cocoa. The event is being hosted by lamiacucina. They Go Really Well Together (TGRWT) is a food blogging event where you create a recipe that pairs two ingredients that are not usually seen together. Cocoa and Parmesan share several chemical compounds and theory predicts there should be great recipes with the pair. The challenge is finding one. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 3rd - AN APPLE A DAY. I am organizing a Blog Event on foods that can prevent stroke. I made a critical selection. A apple a day … has a great scientific meaning. Indeed apples help also to prevent stroke. In your recipe apples must be present (one apple is enough) plus one of the other ingredients from this list: APPLE(S) + Almonds, Black Tea, Cinnamon, Dark Chocolate, Fish, Peperoncino, or Tomatoes. Complete details on the event can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 8th - CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. A major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women. We don't want to celebrate the political way, instead fiordisale and I would like to invite you to prepare some food. Food connects people, so we ask you to cook or bake something yellow for this special day. More information about the event and how to participate you'll find in English here and and in Italian here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 10th - MONTHLY MINGLE. Theme: One-Dish Dinners. Complete details can be found here.

MARCH 10th - MARCH 14th - CELEBRATE Pi DAY. What holiday do we celebrate on March 14th? What might hungry mathematicians eat on the 3rd month’s 14th day? Ah yes, on March 14th, we celebrate Pi Day to honor pi, the revered mathematical constant of 3.14 and a trillion more digits. To help pie lovers and food bloggers celebrate the occasion, you are invited to share a favorite pie recipe for Pi Day here at Kitchen Parade. The challenge: While it's easy to fill a pie, the crust itself is more challenging -- but so worth investing in, so worth doing well. And so for Pi Day, please make your own pastry. Yes, Pi Day is about homemade pie crusts, whether a favorite pie crust recipe, whether a new-to-you recipe with a particular technique, whether your own innovative twist on pastry -- all are welcome. Butter crusts? Crisco? Olive oil? Lard??? All ingredients are welcome! Single crust? Double crusts? Lattice tops? All are welcome, so long as the pastry is homemade. Complete details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 22nd - Novel Food #3. The culinary/literary event Lisa of Champaign Taste and Simona of briciole co-launched two seasons ago is back. Continuing what is becoming a special tradition, we are looking to find culinary inspiration in literary works. The simple rules for participating in Novel Food #3:

Prepare a dish of your choosing that has a connection to a published literary work (novel, novella, short story, memoir).
Post it on your blog by Saturday March 22, 2008, 9 am (Pacific Time).Send an e-mail to Lisa (webrina AT gmail DOT com) or to Simona
(simosite AT mac DOT com) and include your name, blog name and blog
address, and a permanent link to your post.

Non-English submissions are fine. If possible, include an introduction in English. The announcement is available here and here.

NOW UNTIL MARCH 22nd- "FESTA ITALIANA." A new food event hosted by Marie of Proud Italian Cook and Maryann from Finding La Dolce Vita. Let's celebrate the sweet life together! Bring your favorite Italian dish or drink and gather with your friends for a food event not to be missed. All are welcome. Complete details here and here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL MARCH 24th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY #41: SWEET GIFTS. Habeas Brulee invites you to share the recipe for a dessert you made (or want to make) for someone else. Any sweet will do, as long as you also share the story of why you made (or want to make) that particular dessert for that particular person! The deadline for entries is March 24th, and the round-up will be posted on March 28th. Get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 19th - LiveSTRONG WITH A TASTE OF YELLOW. This popular event from last year is back! Complete details can be found here.

January 2008 Food Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - Carnival of Dining Out. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) or meat you have raised and post about it. You can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown or raised the item. Posts are due on February 27 and the round-up will be posted on or around March 1. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - SNACKSHOTS #1 hosted by Greedy Gourmet. Take a photo of anything potato. Whether it is dish you made or freshly dug up tubers from your garden, we want to see it! For more info, click here.

ANNUAL - A Taste of Terroir. Between now and January 21, 2008, create and post an entry on your blog which highlights a food or drink, or food/drink product, or recipe which highlights terroir in your location which you can write about with a personal perspective including a photo. Describe how it relates to your locale. Full details are here.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 1 - BREAD BAKING DAY #5. Hosted by Chelsea of Rolling in Dough, the theme is Filled Breads. Mix up any bread you like, white or wheat, roll it out, fill it with something inspiring, roll it up and bake it. It can be fruit, cheese, salsa, sauce, spices, veggies, candy - whatever you are in the mood for. Rolls, calzones and meat pies all count as filled breads and if you have a filled bread that is a tradition where you live, we'd love to read about it. Simply bake your lovely filled bread creation, take some pictures, write about it and post between now and January 1. Please include a link to Rolling in Dough in your post and send me an email at chelsea@tresbonvivant.com, including the permalink to your post, a picture if you have one and your name and general location. I'll have the collection of wonderful breads up by January 5.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 7th- MONTHLY MINGLE. Theme is Drop In & Decorate. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 15th - APPLES & THYME. A celebration of time spent in the kitchen with our mothers and grandmothers (or anyone else you wish to blog about) and what they did or did not pass on to us that influenced how we cook and eat today. The event is hosted by Vanielje Kitchen and The Passionate Palate. We would love you to enter and share with us a person and a dish that celebrates your relationship with them. As we have got a bit of a slow start to this year we have extended the closing date for the third Apples & Thyme to 15th January. It is a monthly event with the closing date normally the 10th of each month with the roundup on the 15th and we will revert to this format in February. More details here.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 19th - 2008 COMFORT FOOD COOK-OFF. Here in the northern hemisphere, we're about to enter the bleakest stretch of winter so it's time to cook up some serious comfort food. What do you yearn to eat when the days get short, the nights get cold, and the going gets tough? Are you a chicken soup chica? A mashed potatoes man? A mac and cheese mama? Or do you find comfort in a food that is(gasp!) not white?!? I'm looking for more than just recipes here -- if there's a story behind your comfort food, I want to hear it! I'm also very curious about comfort foods from other countries and cultures. The deadline for entries in the Comfort Food Cook-Off is Saturday, January 19th. I'll post the round up on Monday, January 21st and announce the winner on Sunday, January 27th. The winner will receive a copy of Macaroni & Cheese: 52 Recipes from Simple to Sublime by Joan Schwartz. Please email your entry to Eve -- gardenofeatingblog (at) gmail (dot) com (all one word, no spaces) and be sure to put "Comfort food cook-off" in the subject of your message. Please include the following information in your message: Your name, the name and URL of your blog, the name of your dish and the permalink to your entry posting (and if you'd include a link to the announcement on my blog: http://www.gardenofeatingblog.com, I'd appreciate that.) Feel free to use the comfort food cook-off logo I've created. If you don't have a blog, you can still participate, just email your entry and a photo with the info above. If your blog is not in English, please make sure that your entry is in English.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 20th - CLICK. A theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for January 2008 is 'Liquid Comfort.' For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 20th - WEEKEND COOKBOOK CHALLENGE #24. This time, the theme is Veggin' Out and it's hosted by the lovely Sara of I Like to Cook.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 22nd - "WAITER! THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY..." is back in 2008 and the theme this January, hosted by Johanna of thepassionatecook, is terrines – savoury or sweet, meaty or vegetarian, as long as it’s in pate shape, you’re in business! Submissions are due by the 22nd of January. Details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 24th - FOOD FOR THOUGHT. Proust had his madeleines, but we all have something. Food is evocative. It has the power to transport us, to connect us to times and places past. It has the ability to recall to us lost loved ones. I have never been more aware of this than when I am living far from home. My experiences living in Accra, Ghana have made me acutely aware of the importance of food in connecting to beloved memories and traditions. I am spending January doing a series on food nostalgia. I invite you to join me. Blog about a dish that recreates a memory for you. Tell us about the food, the recipe, the process, and a little about why it is so memorable. Include a link back to The Skinny Gourmet. Post it on your blog before January 24th and send an email, by Jan 24 at the latest, to skinnygourmet(at)gmail(dot)com including your name, your blog's name and URL, the name of your dish and the post's URL, your hometown/region and country. Roundup will be posted by the end of January. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL JANUARY 25th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY. The theme is baking with candy, and the permalink with all the details is right here.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 26th - HAY, HAY, IT'S DONNA DAY. The latest Hay Hay It's Donna Day is being hosted by Joey at 80 Breakfasts with the theme Pizza. Complete details can be found here. Entries to Joey at eighty_breakfasts(AT)yahoo(DOT)com on or before January 26, 2008.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 31st - LEFTOVER TUESDAYS #11. Leftovers got you down? How about converting those leftovers into something new and intriguing? That’s what the Leftover Tuesdays event is all about. Project Foodie is hosting Leftover Tuesdays #11 where we challenge you to transform those leftovers into tasty temptations. The leftovers can be the remnants of a previous meal (either home cooked or bought) but they can also be the unused portions of the various components you've used to create recent (or not so recent) meals. Basically, leftovers are anything in your fridge, pantry or freezer for which you have no intended purpose and need/want to use up! Get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 4th - MONTHLY MINGLE. This time, the 17th!! Monthly Mingle will be focusing on Comfort Foods. After all the big fancy meals we have been eating the last few months, wouldn't it be simply great to go back to the simple, undressed-up charms of comfort foods? I keep finding myself creating simpler foods right now. Food that hugs me from the inside out! It's the type of food that picks us up when we are down, warms us when we are feeling lost and cold and blurs out the bad mood. The first mouthful takes us straight back to the familiar, the good; to the time when all was well. That is what I am looking for this month. Your very favorite comfort foods. Comfort food is not to be confused with favorite foods though. Favorite foods are more fancier like a lemon tart, mousse au chocolat or a Chateaubriand steak. Comfort foods are often simple, no frills and easy to prepare kind of foods. So, do something good for yourself and bring over your Comfort Foods to my mingle this month. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 9th - MY LEGUME LOVE AFFAIR. Hosted by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook.Looking for a healthy, economical, yet tasty change after the overindulgences of the holiday season? Consider the legume. Full details found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 12th - MINI PIE REVOLUTION EVENT #2: Small Tarts Have Big Hearts! Here at the Mini Pie Revolution HQ, we know that Valentine's Day requires tarts of a different kind. Grandmothers everywhere would not lie – the stomach leads to the heart, and nothing inspires love like a filled pastry crust. For Valentine's Day, we want to see your sweetest tarts! Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 15th - A HEART FOR YOUR VALENTINE. On February 14th we celebrate Valentine's Day, a holiday honoring love and lovers. In the spirit of the holiday, I suggest to romance the special person in our life not only with a love note but also with a homemade "edible heart." So I would like to invite you to treat your Valentine with something sweet or savory but always heart-shaped or heart-decorated. Give your fantasy full scope and surprise your beloved one with a special heart! Of course we would like to see what kind of heart you give away, so please blog about it from now until February 15. More information about the event can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL FEBRUARY 21 - WEEKEND COOKBOOK CHALLENGE #25. The theme is Nigella Lawson, and the due date is Feb 21. Ani from Foodiechickie is hosting and complete details can be found here.

December 2007 Food Blog Events

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MONTHLY - GARDEN-COOK-EVENT. This is a monthly food blog event, although the theme will change each time. For November, the theme is Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke). The English version can be found here, and the German version right here.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods that we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) and post about it. If you don't have a garden, you can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown the item. Posts due on December 29 and the round-up will be posted on January 2. Check out the full details here.

MONTHLY - Cooking in Microwave has always been a big challenge, at least for most of us. Most I have done has been to bake a cake or just use it for for reheating. So this event is a learning experience for many to target on specific theme each month and cook up in microwave. So calling all food bloggers to send in their dish which will be part of "Microwave Easy Cooking". Details can be found here. Dish can be of any cuisine.

MONTHLY - HOMEGROWN GOURMET #4: Participants must make a stew/casserole that somehow represents their home region - town, state, area. Representation can feature a local ingredient, be a traditional dish from your area, or be a creative twist. Deadline 31 December. More info can be found here.

NEW!!! ANNUAL - A Taste of Terroir. Between now and January 21, 2008, create and post an entry on your blog which highlights a food or drink, or food/drink product, or recipe which highlights terroir in your location which you can write about with a personal perspective including a photo. Describe how it relates to your locale. Full details are here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 1st - A SPOONFUL OF CHRISTMAS, dedicated to Food Gift Ideas. A Spoonful of Christmas is an event designed for all the people who love to cook for their loved ones; those who are willing to spend some time in the kitchen in order to come up with great ideas for food as a gift. In order to participate, please post an entry with a recipe for food that can be wrapped and given away as a gift - such as Chutneys, pickles and other relishes; Jams and marmalades, Home-made wines or liquors; Flavored vinegars or oils; Herb and spice mixtures; Chili sauces and other condiments; Curry powders or masalas … and many more. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 7th - ADOPT A FOOD BLOGGER. We all can remember what it was like starting out in the world of food blogging. This is your chance to share your expertise as a "veteran" food blogger and take a "newbie" under your wings. Sign up to adopt a blogger or to be adopted by Friday, December 7th. Complete details can be found at http://dineanddish.squarespace.com.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 9th - FESTIVAL FOOD FAIR. It’s that time of year again when we’re busy preparing feasts for Diwali, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Christmas, etc. Just like we did in 2006, the Festive Food Fair is an opportunity to share special food/drinks from around the globe. And who knows, maybe your dish will be enjoyed by a family on the other side of the world! Blog about your "feasting food" any time from now until Sun 9 Dec and share it with the global foodie community. We had 67 entries last year, let's see what 2007 brings. More info on how to participate can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 17th - A RECIPE FROM THE CREASE OF MY RIGHT EYE. This event is a celebration of Catherynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tales. To participate, all you have to do is post a recipe inspired by the books. This includes any recipe involving things that are layered or things that are stuffed (which echo the structure of the stories), as well as things that are otherwise inspired by the books. This event comes with a prize. The author of the best recipe will receive a copy of both Orphan's Tales books. If the winner already has them, he or she will receive a copy of two of Cat's other books. For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 18th - GINGERBREAD HOUSE EVENT. One of my favorite things about the holidays is the gingerbread house. If you enjoy it too, then show us what you can do and make one! It can be from scratch or from a kit, just be sure to use your imagination! The deadline for entries is Tuesday, December 18. A full “neighborhood” roundup will be posted on Friday, December 21. Happy holidays and happy house decorating! To be included in the roundup post a photo of your gingerbread house (either on your blog or photostream) and send the following info to yumsugar@gmail.com

- Name you want me to use & city (so I can give credit)
- Your blog name
- Link to your post
- A photo of your gingerbread house - preferably 200px wide

Full details are available here: http://yumsugar.com/824036.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 21 - NOVEL FOOD #2. The culinary/literary event Lisa of Champaign Taste and Simona of briciole co-host is back for the winter season. We would like to continue on the same path of finding culinary inspiration in literary works. Read more about the event here or here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 22 - GRINDLESS GARVIES. There are days when you want a thick, refreshing gravy but not the bother of grinding much of the stuff that goes into it, not to mention having to wash the food processor later. Grindless Gravies aims to be a collection of recipes that can be made without a grinder/mixer/blender. The deadline is December 22, 2007. Details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 24 — EAT CHRISTMAS COOKIES. The sky is grey, it’s 68 degrees F, and it’s drizzling. It must be Christmas time in San Diego. This is about as Christmas-y as things are gonna get around here. So please help me get in the Christmas mood by baking and eating cookies. Post about a Christmas cookie between now and Monday, December 24, 2007 and send them to Food Blogga. Please try to send them by Monday, December 17th so others will have a chance to make your recipe before Christmas. Rather than having a final round-up, I will post submissions as I receive them. For complete details, click here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 25th - MINI PIE REVOLUTION! Maybe you've always preferred pie to cake. Maybe you like tiny things. Maybe you feel, in your gut, that the cupcake's so last year. Well now it's time to preheat your ovens, fill your cupcake tins with mini pies, and aim your cameras at the delicious results. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 30th - CLICK. A theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for December 2007 is 'Nuts.' For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 30 - BEST OF 2007. Browse through your blog archives, think of the year that just flew by and write your own Best of 2007 post highlighting the very best that your blog had to offer this year. It could be your favorite recipes of the year, new techniques/ingredients/gadgets that you discovered this year, or anything at all that you feel was your favorite this year. The deadline is December 30, 2007. Details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 1 - BREAD BAKING DAY #5. Hosted by Chelsea of Rolling in Dough, the theme is Filled Breads. Mix up any bread you like, white or wheat, roll it out, fill it with something inspiring, roll it up and bake it. It can be fruit, cheese, salsa, sauce, spices, veggies, candy - whatever you are in the mood for. Rolls, calzones and meat pies all count as filled breads and if you have a filled bread that is a tradition where you live, we'd love to read about it. Simply bake your lovely filled bread creation, take some pictures, write about it and post between now and January 1. Please include a link to Rolling in Dough in your post and send me an email at chelsea@tresbonvivant.com, including the permalink to your post, a picture if you have one and your name and general location. I'll have the collection of wonderful breads up by January 5.

NOW UNTIL JANUARY 7th- MONTHLY MINGLE. Theme is Drop In & Decorate. Complete details can be found here.

2007 Food Blog Awards

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The 2007 Food Blog Awards are here and the nominations have begun. C'mon and get in on the action right here on The Well Fed Network.

If you're a food blogger and would like to spread the word, feel free to use the badges below.

November 2007 Food Blog Events

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MONTHLY - GARDEN-COOK-EVENT. This is a monthly food blog event, although the theme will change each time. For November, the theme is Sunchoke (Jerusalem Artichoke). The English version can be found here, and the German version right here.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods that we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) and post about it. If you don't have a garden, you can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown the item. Posts due on November 28th and the round-up will be posted on December 1. Check out the full details here.

NEW!!! MONTHLY - Cooking in Microwave has always been a big challenge, atleast for most of us. Most I have done has been to bake a cake or just use it for for reheating. So this event is a learning experience for many to target on specific theme each month and cook up in microwave. So calling all food bloggers to send in their dish which will be part of "Microwave Easy Cooking". Details can be found here. Dish can be of any cuisine.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 1 - TGRWT #7. This month's challenge is to create a recipe that combines caramelized cauliflower and cocoa. The event is being hosted by Flavor Alchemy. They Go Really Well Together (TGRWT) is a food blogging event where you create a recipe that pairs two ingredients that are not usually seen together. Caramelized cauliflower and cocoa share several chemical compounds and theory predicts there should be great recipes with the pair. The challenge is finding one.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 10th - APPLES & THYME. The event is a celebration of time spent in the kitchen with our mothers and grandmothers (or anyone else you wish to blog about) and what they did or did not pass on to us that influenced how we cook and eat today. We would love you to enter and share with us a person and a dish that celebrates your relationship with them. The closing date is 10th November, with the roundup being posted on 15th November, the first annual Apples & Thyme Day. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 20th - CLICK. A new, theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for November 2007 is 'Noodles.' For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 25th - BLOG OR BUST #3. We all love fall food: pumpkin, apples, squash, with its comfy spices (nutmeg, cinnamon) and warm-up your heart feel. So, Blog or Bust this time asks for you to create a "Fall" dish - pumpkin pie, chili, gratin, soup, the possibilities are almost endless. Something comfortable, something cozy, something hearty. Something that screams "Come on, holidays, do your worst!" We need to prepare ourselves for winter, people, and the best way to do that is to fill our bellies with something delicious, nourishing, and homey. We don't, however, want to feel like stuffed turkeys, so keep things healthy. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 26 – HOMEGROWN GOURMET #3: PIES AND TARTS Hosted this month by Columbus Foodie, participants will make a dish that follows the theme and that somehow represents their home region (town, state or area). Representation can feature a local ingredient, be a traditional dish from your area, or be a creative twist. The theme this month is PIES and TARTS, both sweet and savory. The closing date of the event is November 26th, so get all of the details here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 26th - SHF. This month's theme is beta carotene harvest. The deadline is November 26th, round-up will be posted on the 30th and the web addy for more information is right here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 30th - LEFTOVER TUESDAYS #10. Got leftovers? Thanks to Thanksgiving, November may well be the biggest leftover month of the year. What do you do with those (or any other) leftovers? Project Foodie is hosting Leftover Tuesdays #10 where we challenge you to transform those leftovers into tasty temptations. The leftovers can be the remnants of a previous meal (either home cooked or bought) but they can also be the unused portions of the various components you've used to create recent (or not so recent) meals. Basically, leftovers are anything in your fridge, pantry or freezer for which you have no intended purpose and need/want to use up! Get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 30th - VEGAN VENTURES. November is Vegan month. You have a tasty vegan recipe? Send it to Vegan Ventures hosted by Tasty Palettes. For more details visit here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 1st - A SPOONFUL OF CHRISTMAS, dedicated to Food Gift Ideas. A Spoonful of Christmas is an event designed for all the people who love to cook for their loved ones; those who are willing to spend some time in the kitchen in order to come up with great ideas for food as a gift. In order to participate, please post an entry with a recipe for food that can be wrapped and given away as a gift - such as Chutneys, pickles and other relishes; Jams and marmalades, Home-made wines or liquors; Flavored vinegars or oils; Herb and spice mixtures; Chili sauces and other condiments; Curry powders or masalas … and many more. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 3rd - MONTHLY MINGLE. This time, the theme is Traditional Feasts, and complete details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 7th - ADOPT A FOOD BLOGGER. We all can remember what it was like starting out in the world of food blogging. This is your chance to share your expertise as a "veteran" food blogger and take a "newbie" under your wings. Sign up to adopt a blogger or to be adopted by Friday, December 7th. Complete details can be found at http://dineanddish.squarespace.com.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 9th - FESTIVAL FOOD FAIR. It’s that time of year again when we’re busy preparing feasts for Diwali, Thanksgiving, Hannukkah, Kwanzaa & Christmas, etc. Just like we did in 2006, the Festive Food Fair is an opportunity to share special food/drinks from around the globe. And who knows, maybe your dish will be enjoyed by a family on the other side of the world! Blog about your "feasting food" any time from now until Sun 9 Dec and share it with the global foodie community. We had 67 entries last year, let's see what 2007 brings. More info on how to participate can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 17th - A RECIPE FROM THE CREASE OF MY RIGHT EYE. This event is a celebration of Catherynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tales. To participate, all you have to do is post a recipe inspired by the books. This includes any recipe involving things that are layered or things that are stuffed (which echo the structure of the stories), as well as things that are otherwise inspired by the books. This event comes with a prize. The author of the best recipe will receive a copy of both Orphan's Tales books. If the winner already has them, he or she will receive a copy of two of Cat's other books. For details, go here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 18th - GINGERBREAD HOUSE EVENT. One of my favorite things about the holidays is the gingerbread house. If you enjoy it too, then show us what you can do and make one! It can be from scratch or from a kit, just be sure to use your imagination! The deadline for entries is Tuesday, December 18. A full “neighborhood” roundup will be posted on Friday, December 21. Happy holidays and happy house decorating! To be included in the roundup post a photo of your gingerbread house (either on your blog or photostream) and send the following info to yumsugar@gmail.com

- Name you want me to use & city (so I can give credit)
- Your blog name
- Link to your post
- A photo of your gingerbread house - preferably 200px wide

Full details are available here: http://yumsugar.com/824036.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 22 - GRINDLESS GARVIES. There are days when you want a thick, refreshing gravy but not the bother of grinding much of the stuff that goes into it, not to mention having to wash the food processor later. Grindless Gravies aims to be a collection of recipes that can be made without a grinder/mixer/blender. The deadline is December 22, 2007. Details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 24 — EAT CHRISTMAS COOKIES. The sky is grey, it’s 68 degrees F, and it’s drizzling. It must be Christmas time in San Diego. This is about as Christmas-y as things are gonna get around here. So please help me get in the Christmas mood by baking and eating cookies. Post about a Christmas cookie between now and Monday, December 24, 2007 and send them to Food Blogga. Please try to send them by Monday, December 17th so others will have a chance to make your recipe before Christmas. Rather than having a final round-up, I will post submissions as I receive them. For complete details, click here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 30th - CLICK. A theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for December 2007 is 'Nuts.' For details, go here.

October 2007 Food Blog Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - Carnival of Dining Out. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - POTATOES ... How do you find them? Great? OK? Routine? Boring?
In any which case, just cook up something with this universal tuber, take pictures, and publish them along with the recipe & a write-up on your blog on the 1st of March. That would be your entry to the March edition of Jihva for Ingredients hosted by Vaishali on my blog Happy Burp. Wanna go for it?

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

MONTHLY - GARDEN-COOK-EVENT. This is a monthly food blog event, although the theme will change each time. This month, the theme is Cranberries. The English version can be found here, and the German version right here.

MONTHLY - GROW YOUR OWN celebrates the foods that we grow ourselves and the dishes we make using our homegrown products. Make a dish that uses at least one item from your very own garden (indoor, outdoor, urban, whatever) and post about it. If you don't have a garden, you can use something that was gifted to you, but the giver must have personally grown the item. Posts due on October 30th and the round-up will be posted on November 1. Check out the full details here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 1st - TRGWT #6. African Vanielje at Vanielje Kitchen is hosting this month's molecular gastronomy event TGRWT #6 (They Go Really Well Together). The event is not as difficult as it sounds and no molecular science degrees are required. It is based on the premise that certain foods which may share certain molecular similarities, should go really well together. This month the challenge is to pair apple & lavender. To participate people, check out all the details right here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 7th - BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT. Celebrate the best of British by cooking a traditional British dish with British ingredients, or a British dish with your local ingredients. This is the first food blogging event hosted by Hippolyra at Fuss Free Flavours, full details to be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 8th - YES, OF COURSE YOU CAN PAIR GARLIC WITH THAT! This new, one-time event is being hosted by the lovely Danielle at Habeas Brulee. I’ve never tried garlic with peaches, but I bet I could make a pretty good barbecue sauce with the two of them together, at least. The Greeks haven’t thought up every delicious food combination that can possibly exist. That’s the joy of food blogging - we can experiment and discover wild new creations, and sometimes they are great successes! To participate in Yes, Of Course You Can Pair Garlic With That!, all you have to do is cook a dish that pairs garlic with something it’s not usually paired with. I have a really strong preference for seeing garlic/hazelnut dishes, but any unusual garlic pairing is fair game. Have fun with this! Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15th - Think Pink for Pinktober. Hosted by Minko of Couture Cupcakes. To coincide with Pink Ribbon Day in Australia on October 22, I am inviting people to make a pink dish and post it (or email me photo, recipe and story) by 15 October. To enter, you must make a dish that is either pink or uses a pink ingredient (I will accept red) e.g., guava, pink grapefruit, etc. Your post must include the recipe. Optional - a story of how breast cancer has affected you or why supporting breast cancer research is important to you. Post it on your blog by 15 October. Once you have posted your entry, email me at minhnieme@gmail.com with the following details: Your Name, Your Blog, Title of post/recipe, URL to post, photo. I will do a round up of all entries on 16 October. You will then be able to vote for your favourite entry (will be a poll). The 3 most popular entries will be announced on Pink Ribbon Day on 22 October. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 16TH: MEATLOAF APPRECIATION DAY Meatloaf: You can make it from a classic pork-veal-beef mixture or with lean ground turkey. You can flavor-boost it with a packaged soup mix or deck it out with fresh herbs, dried fruits, and exotic meats. Meatloaf lends itself to improvisation while being comforting, and unites tradition and innovation. Maybe your recipe is your grandmother's or maybe you make it up as you go along. It ain't always pretty, but it's just the thing for satisfying your soul, true sweater-weather food, and a home-cooked standard. Serious Eats has declared Thursday, October 18 "National Meatloaf Appreciation Day" and are creating a food event to capture the festivities. What does this mean for you? BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 16TH, PREPARE A MEATLOAF. You can use an existing recipe as written or come up with your own, make it a fancy foie gras–studded affair or stick to the basics. TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR DISH and write about how you made it, the details of its deliciousness and how you felt through your meatloaf-making process. IF YOU HAVE A BLOG, POST YOUR MEATLOAF EXPERIENCE as an entry by October 16, with "National Meatloaf Day" in the title. Please send an email to jenn@seriouseats.com with the following details: Your name, blog URL, URL of your National Meatloaf Day post, and a picture for your entry in the roundup. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BLOG, CAPTURE YOUR MEATLOAF EXPERIENCE IN AN EMAIL, including your name, location, recipe, and meatloaf photo and send to jenn@seriouseats.com. READ THE ROUNDUP ON SERIOUS EATS ON OCTOBER 18. Participants at Serious Eats will include Ed Levine and Adam Kuban. You have plenty of time, so join us on National Meatloaf Appreciation Day to celebrate the great variety and limitless potential of this humble main course!

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 17th - WORLD BREAD DAY. Last year's World Bread Day was such a great and successful event. Thanks to all the participants, we presented a huge basket of bread filled with breads from 6 continents! So let's bake and talk about bread on this day again! You are cordially invited to participate. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 20th - SHOW US YOUR SARNIE. This October food event is being hosted by Marie of A Year At Oak Cottage. This is a first time food blogging event hosted by myself in which I have challenged food bloggers to make their absolutely favourite and most creative sandwiches and then write a post about them, including the pictures and recipes. I have three prizes on offer. The date to have the entries in by is Midnight on October 20th, 2007, with the roundup being posted on October 21st (hopefully, fingers crossed) and then I will open it up to voting for the readers favourites until October 30th with the three top winners being announced on the 31st. Complete details can be found here.

OCTOBER 15th to OCTOBER 25th. The goal is to highlight issue of Sustainable Seafood Choices during the month of October, National Seafood Month. Here are the rules: Subject line: "Teach a Man to Fish." Entries should include blogger's Name, Country, blog URL, link to post and 100x100 pixel photo of dish. Give a man a fish and you have fed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a cook to choose sustainable seafood choices... Well, you get the point. October is National Seafood Month. We're turning it into Sustainable Seafood Month. Submit your recipe using a sustainable seafood choice. Throughout the month, I'll be posting tips and news from my friends at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program. Chefs like Barton Seaver of Hook in D.C., a leader in sustainable seafood movement are joining in and sharing their recipes, so grab your parchment, your bouillabaisse pot, your grill. Tell us what you're learning about sustainable seafood choices, what it means to you and most important: share your dish. Submit recipes to http://leatherdistrictgourmet.blogspot.com/.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 20th - CLICK. A new, theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for October 2007 is 'Eggs.' For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 25th - BLOG PARTY #27. This month, your hostess is scaring up a delivishly good time with a Halloween-themed fete. Want to join in the fun? Check out all the details right here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 26th - RETRO RECIPE CHALLENGE # 9: The Candyman. Cook up a sugar-soaked retro recipe (candy or desserts), circa 1980 or earlier. Full details at http://culinarycuriosity.blogspot.com/2007/09/who-can-take-sunrise.html.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 31st - LEFTOVER TUESDAYS #9. Project Foodie is hosting Leftover Tuesdays where you are challenged to convert your leftovers into new and exciting dishes. The leftovers can be the remnants of a previous meal (either home cooked or bought) but they can also be the unused portions of the various components you've used to create recent (or not so recent) meals. Basically, leftovers are anything in your fridge, pantry or freezer for which you have no intended purpose and need/want to use up! Get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 1 - TGRWT #7. This month's challenge is to create a recipe that combines caramelized cauliflower and cocoa. The event is being hosted by Flavor Alchemy. They Go Really Well Together (TGRWT) is a food blogging event where you create a recipe that pairs two ingredients that are not usually seen together. Caramelized cauliflower and cocoa share several chemical compounds and theory predicts there should be great recipes with the pair. The challenge is finding one.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 10th - APPLES & THYME. The event is a celebration of time spent in the kitchen with our mothers and grandmothers (or anyone else you wish to blog about) and what they did or did not pass on to us that influenced how we cook and eat today. We would love you to enter and share with us a person and a dish that celebrates your relationship with them. The closing date is 10th November, with the roundup being posted on 15th November, the first annual Apples & Thyme Day. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 20th - CLICK. A new, theme-based event dedicated to food photography. The theme for November 2007 is 'Noodles.' For details, go here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 25th - BLOG OR BUST #3. We all love fall food: pumpkin, apples, squash, with its comfy spices (nutmeg, cinnamon) and warm-up your heart feel. So, Blog or Bust this time asks for you to create a "Fall" dish - pumpkin pie, chili, gratin, soup, the possibilities are almost endless. Something comfortable, something cozy, something hearty. Something that screams "Come on, holidays, do your worst!" We need to prepare ourselves for winter, people, and the best way to do that is to fill our bellies with something delicious, nourishing, and homey. We don't, however, want to feel like stuffed turkeys, so keep things healthy. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL DECEMBER 1st - A SPOONFUL OF CHRISTMAS, dedicated to Food Gift Ideas. A Spoonful of Christmas is an event designed for all the people who love to cook for their loved ones; those who are willing to spend some time in the kitchen in order to come up with great ideas for food as a gift. In order to participate, please post an entry with a recipe for food that can be wrapped and given away as a gift - such as Chutneys, pickles and other relishes; Jams and marmalades, Home-made wines or liquors; Flavored vinegars or oils; Herb and spice mixtures; Chili sauces and other condiments; Curry powders or masalas … and many more. Complete details can be found here.

September 2007 Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen. And when food bloggers need a bit of escapism, there's Weekend Baby Blogging. Your bases are definitely covered.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - Carnival of Dining Out. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - POTATOES ... How do you find them? Great? OK? Routine? Boring?
In any which case, just cook up something with this universal tuber, take pictures, and publish them along with the recipe & a write-up on your blog on the 1st of March. That would be your entry to the March edition of Jihva for Ingredients hosted by Vaishali on my blog Happy Burp. Wanna go for it?

MONTHLY - FOOD BLOGGY PETS OF THE MONTH. Peanut Butter Etouffe is doing a monthly round-up featuring all your pets. Come join in the fun - all the details are right here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st - TGRWT #5. Chocolate and Oranges, Chocolate and Bananas, Chocolate in Risotto... Chocolate in... MEAT? Some may be appalled by the very thought of adding meat to chocolate, or vice versa. However, science tells us that the two were just MADE for each other! Don't believe me? Well try it out for yourself and join TGRWT! This is how you can participate in TGRWT #5:
1. Prepare a dish that combines chocolate and meat. You can either use an existing recipe (if there is any) or come up with your own.
2. Take a picture of the dish and write an entry in your blog by September 1st with TGRWT #5 in the title. Readers will be particularly interested in how the flavour pairing worked out, so make an attempt at describing the taste and aroma and whether you
liked it or not.
3. A round-up will be posted here (with pictures). Please send an email to tunasushister@gmail.com with the following details:
Your name, URL of blog, URL of the TGRWT #5 post and a picture for your entry in the round-up. If you don't have a blog, email me your name, location, recipe and a brief description of how it worked out and I'll be glad to include it in the final round-up. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3rd - La Festa al Fresco 2007: Tutti a Tavola. Hosted by Ivonne of Cream Puffs in Venice and Lis of La Mia Cucina. The first La Festa al Fresco was last year. The premise is very simple: prepare a dish using a fresh, seasonal ingredient. You can prepare any dish you like. It can be an appetizer; a soup; a salad; a meat, fish or vegetarian dish; a dessert or even a beverage. The only rule is that it must feature a fresh, seasonal ingredient, preferably something that grows in your neck of the woods. Post about it by midnight on September 3, 2007. Send an e-mail to Lis (lamiacucina67@gmail.com) or Ivonne (creampuffsinvenice@gmail.com) and include your name, blog name and blog address. Also include a link to your post and 100 x 100 pixel photo of your dish.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10th - Monthly Mingle. The theme this time is Liquid Dreams. Cocktails, aperitifs, milkshakes, smoothies or lassi. Add a splash of alcohol or keep it pure. Shake it, stir it or blend it - just mix up a refreshing drink. Serve it hot or cold but I need it in a glass. Whatever you concoct make sure it satisfies all our Liquid Dreams! Complete details are here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 16th - WEEKEND COOKBOOK CHALLENGE. The theme this round is Show and Tell and it's being hosted by Sara of I Like To Cook. All the information you need can be found here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 20th - BLOG PARTY #26. This month, Stephanie from Dispensing Happiness kicks off her next blog party with a theme of "It's What's Inside." Interested in joining in the fun? Check out the deets right here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21st - EDIZIONE SPECIALE - NOVEL FOOD. We may have a dish that is associated in our mind with a novel. In recent weeks Lisa of Champaign Taste and myself have been talking about food mentioned in the Montalbano novels and Lisa came up with the idea of launching a food in novels event. We are co-hosting it and look forward to hearing interesting literary and culinary stories. Complete details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 24th - SUGAR HIGH FRIDAY (SHF) #35. Theme: The Beautiful Fig. This is the time of year to celebrate the glory that is the fig. Prepare a sweet using figs in any form (fresh, dried, etc.) and then post about it. The deadline for submissions is midnight on Monday September 24th. The round-up will be posted on Friday September 29th. Submissions should be mailed to Ivonne (creampuffsinvenice@gmail.com) of http://www.blogger.com/www.creampuffsinvenice.ca. All the deets can be found right here

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29th - IN THE BAG. The idea behind this new event is to promote the best of seasonal food, and as such this time around people are encouraged to cook up a dish (or two) with whichever fruits are seasonal where they come from. More information can be found here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29th - HAY HAY IT'S DONNA HAY #15. This go 'round, this fun and festive event is being hosted by TriniGourmet and the theme is Tarts (sweet, savory, have your pick). Entries submitted for HHDD must be made specifically for this event, although photos may be submitted to Does My Blog Look Good In This. The host will select, make and post the original Donna Hay recipe without any changes. Participants may make the same recipe as is, or put their own spin on the recipe by altering the ingredients whilst remaining with the theme. Entrants should include a link to the host in their post. Entries can be made at any time once the event has been announced but must be posted and emailed to the host by the closing date. The deadline for entries to be posted is September 29th, 2007. The roundup will be posted on with voting to follow for a week afterwards. The winner will be announced October 13th, 2007. Please post your entries and clearly mark them as an HHDD# post. After you post, please send an email to HHDD@TriniGourmet.com with the following information: your name, the name of your blog, your recipe’s name or title, your location, and the permalink to your HHDD post. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30th - JIHVA FOR INGREDIENTS. This month the theme is Banana. To participate in this event:

1. Prepare a dish with banana (green or ripe), flower, stem, or any other part of banana plant, and post it on your blog in the month of September. The choice of recipe is not restricted to Indian cuisine.

2. Please link to this event announcement: http://ahaar.blogspot.com/2007/09/jfibanana.html

3. Send your recipe with the name of the recipe, name of your blog, permalink of the post and a picture (400x250) of your blog post to ahaarmail@gmail.com. Please include JFI in your subject line. Let's celebrate banana and the banana plant this month.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 1st - TRGWT #6. African Vanielje at Vanielje Kitchen is hosting this month's molecular gastronomy event TGRWT #6 (They Go Really Well Together). The event is not as difficult as it sounds and no molecular science degrees are required. It is based on the premise that certain foods which may share certain molecular similarities, should go really well together. This month the challenge is to pair apple & lavender. To participate people, check out all the details right here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 7th - BRITISH FOOD FORTNIGHT. Celebrate the best of British by cooking a traditional British dish with British ingredients, or a British dish with your local ingredients. This is the first food blogging event hosted by Hippolyra at Fuss Free Flavours, full details to be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 8th - YES, OF COURSE YOU CAN PAIR GARLIC WITH THAT! This new, one-time event is being hosted by the lovely Danielle at Habeas Brulee. I’ve never tried garlic with peaches, but I bet I could make a pretty good barbecue sauce with the two of them together, at least. The Greeks haven’t thought up every delicious food combination that can possibly exist. That’s the joy of food blogging - we can experiment and discover wild new creations, and sometimes they are great successes! To participate in Yes, Of Course You Can Pair Garlic With That!, all you have to do is cook a dish that pairs garlic with something it’s not usually paired with. I have a really strong preference for seeing garlic/hazelnut dishes, but any unusual garlic pairing is fair game. Have fun with this! Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15th - Think Pink for Pinktober. Hosted by Minko of Couture Cupcakes. To coincide with Pink Ribbon Day in Australia on October 22, I am inviting people to make a pink dish and post it (or email me photo, recipe and story) by 15 October. To enter, you must make a dish that is either pink or uses a pink ingredient (I will accept red) e.g., guava, pink grapefruit, etc. Your post must include the recipe. Optional - a story of how breast cancer has affected you or why supporting breast cancer research is important to you. Post it on your blog by 15 October. Once you have posted your entry, email me at minhnieme@gmail.com with the following details: Your Name, Your Blog, Title of post/recipe, URL to post,
photo. I will do a round up of all entries on 16 October. You will then be able to vote for your favourite entry (will be a poll). The 3 most popular entries will be announced on Pink Ribbon Day on 22 October. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 16TH: MEATLOAF APPRECIATION DAY Meatloaf: You can make it from a classic pork-veal-beef mixture or with lean ground turkey. You can flavor-boost it with a packaged soup mix or deck it out with fresh herbs, dried fruits, and exotic meats. Meatloaf lends itself to improvisation while being comforting, and unites tradition and innovation. Maybe your recipe is your grandmother's or maybe you make it up as you go along. It ain't always pretty, but it's just the thing for satisfying your soul, true sweater-weather food, and a home-cooked standard. Serious Eats has declared Thursday, October 18 "National Meatloaf Appreciation Day" and are creating a food event to capture the festivities. What does this mean for you? BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 16TH, PREPARE A MEATLOAF. You can use an existing recipe as written or come up with your own, make it a fancy foie gras–studded affair or stick to the basics. TAKE A PICTURE OF YOUR DISH and write about how you made it, the details of its deliciousness and how you felt through your meatloaf-making process. IF YOU HAVE A BLOG, POST YOUR MEATLOAF EXPERIENCE as an entry by October 16, with "National Meatloaf Day" in the title. Please send an email to jenn@seriouseats.com with the following details: Your name, blog URL, URL of your National Meatloaf Day post, and a picture for your entry in the roundup. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BLOG, CAPTURE YOUR MEATLOAF EXPERIENCE IN AN EMAIL, including your name, location, recipe, and meatloaf photo and send to jenn@seriouseats.com. READ THE ROUNDUP ON SERIOUS EATS ON OCTOBER 18. Participants at Serious Eats will include Ed Levine and Adam Kuban. You have plenty of time, so join us on National Meatloaf Appreciation Day to celebrate the great variety and limitless potential of this humble main course!

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 17th - WORLD BREAD DAY. Last year's World Bread Day was such a great and successful event. Thanks to all the participants, we presented a huge basket of bread filled with breads from 6 continents! So let's bake and talk about bread on this day again! You are cordially invited to participate. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 20th - SHOW US YOUR SARNIE. This October food event is being hosted by Marie of A Year At Oak Cottage. This is a first time food blogging event hosted by myself in which I have challenged food bloggers to make their absolutely favourite and most creative sandwiches and then write a post about them, including the pictures and recipes. I have three prizes on offer. The date to have the entries in by is Midnight on October 20th, 2007, with the roundup being posted on October 21st (hopefully, fingers crossed) and then I will open it up to voting for the readers favourites until October 30th with the three top winners being announced on the 31st. Complete details can be found here.

NEW!!! OCTOBER 15th to OCTOBER 25th. The goal is to highlight issue of Sustainable Seafood Choices during the month of October, National Seafood Month. Here are the rules: Subject line: "Teach a Man to Fish." Entries should include blogger's Name, Country, blog URL, link to post and 100x100 pixel photo of dish. Give a man a fish and you have fed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a cook to choose sustainable seafood choices... Well, you get the point. October is National Seafood Month. We're turning it into Sustainable Seafood Month. Submit your recipe using a sustainable seafood choice. Throughout the month, I'll be posting tips and news from my friends at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Program. Chefs like Barton Seaver of Hook in D.C., a leader in sustainable seafood movement are joining in and sharing their recipes, so grab your parchment, your bouillabaisse pot, your grill. Tell us what you're learning about sustainable seafood choices, what it means to you and most important: share your dish. Submit recipes to http://leatherdistrictgourmet.blogspot.com.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 26th - RETRO RECIPE CHALLENGE # 9: The Candyman. Cook up a sugar-soaked retro recipe (candy or desserts), circa 1980 or earlier. Full details at http://culinarycuriosity.blogspot.com/2007/09/who-can-take-sunrise.html .

August 2007 Events

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July 2007 Events

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June 2007 Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen. And when food bloggers need a bit of escapism, there's Weekend Baby Blogging. Your bases are definitely covered.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - Carnival of Dining Out. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - POTATOES ... How do you find them? Great? OK? Routine? Boring?
In any which case, just cook up something with this universal tuber, take pictures, and publish them along with the recipe & a write-up on your blog on the 1st of March. That would be your entry to the March edition of Jihva for Ingredients hosted by Vaishali on my blog Happy Burp. Wanna go for it?

NOW UNTIL JUNE 1st - TGRWT #2. TGRWT (They Go Really Well Together) is about flavour pairing of ingredients that wouldn't usually be put together, based on their volatile aroma compounds. It is a little bit sciency, but it is really just about experimenting with new flavour combinations to see how they work out, instead of using the same flavours all the time! This months ingredients are Banana & Parsley, so people can make a sweet or savoury dish that contains both of these. Full instructions are available right here. The event was created by Martin at http://blog.khymos.org/.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 3rd - Retro Recipe Challenge #7. For Retro Recipe Challenge #7 -- From Retro With Love -- recreate a dish with international flare using a recipe first published before 1985. After you've created your dish, post the recipe on your blog, along with the year it was published, its source (e.g., Gourmet), a pic and your review. Submit your entry to RetroRecipeChallengeATgmailDOTcom by Sunday, June 3 at 11:59pm EST. In the email, please include Your name or blogging nickname, your blog's name and URL, the recipe's title, the post's URL. Please attach a photo (no larger than 100x100 pixels) and include "RRC#7" in the subject line. Additional details right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 6th - Monthly Mingle #11. Hard to believe it's been nearly a year since this event started, but it is. This round, the theme is Big Birthday Bang! Information is here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 8th - Deep Freeze Summer Challenge. This challenge calls for creativity, not only in the kitchen, but in the freezer. Roll up your sleeves, throw on a big sweater, and dive into the abyss of bags, boxes, and ice cube-filled freezer. All submissions must include ingredients from your freezer. You may use seasonings &/or oils, milk/cream, and/or eggs to assist you if needed. Your submission can be a full meal, or a single dish, snack, or other – it is totally up to you. Additional details can be found in the announcement post here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 19th - I HEART CANDY. June is National Candy Month and it’s time to celebrate our favorite sweet treats! Your challenge is to make something that uses candy, tastes like candy or just makes you think of candy. If you don’t have a candy dish, then blog about your favorite candy or candy-related story. The deadline for entries is Tuesday, June 19th, a roundup will be posted Friday, June 22. Full details are available here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 25th - Sugar High Friday (SHF) - The Sweetest Thing. "So, I ask you. What is your favourite, most craved dessert? What do you want when you are on a diet or when you've been away from home for a long time? What dessert always catches your eye on a menu in a restaurant and you've had it made by a thousand different people but never made it yourself? I want to know. I want you to make it for SHF this month and post about it." Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 28th - The Great Cheese Pairing Project. Hosted by the folks at Fork and Bottle, you've got plenty of time to join in the fun. Full details here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 28th - Blog Party #23. Stephanie is throwing another one of her fab parties, and this time, she's celebrating sci-fi. Go on and get yourself on the guest list - all the info you need is right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 29th - Muffin Monday Round-Up #4. It's finally time to announce the theme for MM04. I must say that choosing the theme was NOT easy: so much to choose from that in the end I decided not to ; ) Instead, I would like you to complement the muffin of your choice with the perfect drink: are you a morning-oatmeal-apple-muffin-with-freshly-squeezed-carrot-and-beetroot-juice type of person, or you'd rather enjoy your choco muffin with a cup of flavoured coffee after the kids have gone to bed? (any personal reference is purely casual) ... Or maybe this is the perfect excuse to think of an unexplored combo and discover a new treat! You can be as traditional or inventive as your wish: muffins can be sweet or savoury and drinks can be hot or cold. Complete details are here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 29th - Chilled Out. This new event comes to you from 28 Cooks. I'm looking for your best frozen concoction recipes. I'm talking sorbets, I'm talking granitas, I'm talking frozen smoothies - anything that's icy cool and refreshing, I'm looking for it. If you've got a favorite popsicle recipe or a frosty icy beverage - bring it! Complete deets are right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 30th - Waiter, There's Something In My... Dumpling. Join in this fun monthly event, now in its sixth round. Complete details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 30th - Centerpiece of the Month. Hosted by www.talkoftomatoes.com. Enter photos/blog posts from anytime in JUNE. Due June 30; roundup July 7th. COTM is my blogs way of saying: let’s generate a pile of possibilities for mood-setting, table-gracing, stage-grabbing centerpieces. Not just from my singular humble mind, but from the minds and hearts of foodies all over. What is your best idea this month? How did you make your create artful ambiance and/or give your table more presence? What inspired your centerpiece? Email entry and photo URL here: Janelle at talkoftomatoes dot com.

NOW UNTIL JULY 1st - They Really Go Well Together #3. The idea of the event is to pair ingredients that have similar volatile aroma compounds. This month's ingredients are srawberry and coriander. Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL JULY 1st - Wild Food. Host Bron Marshall is inviting and encouraging food bloggers to join with her and take a walk on the WILD side. The theme for this month is… Wild Weeds! You can choose to create something new or share a past experience cooking or eating any legal Wild Weed, anything that grows Wild in your backyard, home town, or country. The theme's been extended to include any native plant, fungi, seaweed, fresh Wild herbs, dried Wild herbs or spices, Wild greens or any weed grown or sold as food i.e dandelions, nettles, watercress, Wild thyme, Wild mint, Wattle seeds, Wild pepper, Samphire (sea asparagus), piko-piko, fern fronds etc. As living in the heart of many cities some of us don't have access to such products, any meal, dish, dessert or treat that has been given the Wild Weed treatment, theme, shape, name etc. is totally accepted! This is a fun event aimed at using ones' imagination! Bron knows you won't be silly enough to go out hunting endangered plant life, or serving up unknown, unidentified or illegal weeds!! Visit Bron's blog for more information and WILD ideas!

NOW UNTIL JULY 4th - Monthly Mingle. This time, the theme is Scream for Ice-Cream. July is HOT. Temperatures rise and many of us are on summer break. It's a great month to kick back, relax and chill with a refreshing bowl of something cool. Cool, creamy, smooth, rich and straight out of the freezer. Some say there are only "31 flavors", but I believe you all can prove that theory wrong! This is what I want for the next mingle: your perfect ice-cream creation. Be creative, be imaginative most of all be cool. Pair flavors never dared, make floats, sundaes or sorbets - whatever you do I want you all to scream for ICE-CREAM! Complete details are here.

NOW UNTIL JULY 5th - Blogging by Mail. Spearheaded by Stephanie at Dispensing Happiness, this is a great, fun way to hear from other food bloggers, and better yet, get cool goodies in the mail. All the information you need is right here.

NOW UNTIL JULY 8th - Hay Hay It's Donna Hay #13. Consider this the sorbet edition, this time hosted by Eat, Drink, Live. Want to join in this fun event? Check out all the details right here.

NOW UNTIL JULY 15th - Weekend Cookbook Challenge #18. This month the theme is red and white. All the info you need is right here.

NOW UNTIL JULY 18th - Blog Or Bust #1. This brand new monthly event comes to us courtesy of Clumsy Cook. This blogging event will feature healthyish foods that won’t bust the measurement tape. There are no rules about low-carb or low-fat (though I’d love some recipes), but all entries should have good health in mind—be it the inclusion of whole grains, nutrient rich ingredients, etc. A dish that you won’t regret cleaning your plate for! You don’t have to include a calorie count, but you can if you want, and the calorie count doesn’t have to be low as long as the recipe is nutritious. Feel free to add any weight loss tips or tidbits in your post! If you have any concerns about whether your recipe is nutritious, send it anyway! I’ll post and we can all discuss what we think. I’ll post a theme for each month’s event. The first Blog or Bust event theme is “Party food.” Since it’s summer, and everyone loves a get together in the backyard, beach, or park, this month’s theme can feature the food you’d like to eat there. No rules really—other than creating something “good for you” (we need to get into those bathing suits ya know!) Your dish can feed a party of 30 or 1, so no need to focus on potato salads and fruit punch (though those would be great too!) Simply create a dish you’d like to share with family and friends. Complete details are here.

NEW!! NOW UNTIL AUGUST 1st - They Really Go Well Together (TRGWT) #4. The idea of the event is to pair ingredients that have similar volatile aroma compounds. This month's ingredients are mint and mustard. Prepare a dish that combines mint and mustard (any type mint or mustard). You can either use an existing recipe (if there is any) or come up with your own. Take a picture of the dish and write an entry in your blog by August 1st with TGRWT #4 in the title. Readers will be particularily interested in how the flavour pairing worked out, so make an attempt at describing the succession of taste and aroma and whether you liked it or not. A round-up will be posted with pictures. Complete details can be found here.

May 2007 Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen. And when food bloggers need a bit of escapism, there's Weekend Baby Blogging. Your bases are definitely covered.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - Carnival of Dining Out. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - POTATOES ... How do you find them? Great? OK? Routine? Boring?
In any which case, just cook up something with this universal tuber, take pictures, and publish them along with the recipe & a write-up on your blog on the 1st of March. That would be your entry to the March edition of Jihva for Ingredients hosted by Vaishali on my blog Happy Burp. Wanna go for it?

NOW UNTIL MAY 4th - Food Fight #2. Mother's Day is coming soon and it's time to honor our mother's through cooking. Your challenge is to make your mother's favorite dish, and maybe post a few kind words about her as well. And if you don't know your mother's favorite dish, you'll need to call her or pester a relative who may know . :-) The deadline for all entries is Friday, May 4th. Roundup to be posted on Monday, May 7th. Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 6th - A TASTE OF YELLOW. "I'm asking all bloggers to participate in the blog event A TASTE OF YELLOW by making a dish containing some type of yellow food. This can be anything you like as long it features a yellow food. Some ideas to get you started are lemon, banana, saffron, corn, eggs, cheese. On the 16th May to coincide with LIVESTRONG Day 2007 I will post a round up of all the entries. Please make and post your entries using any yellow coloured food and send them to me at atasteofyellowATgmailDOTcom before the 7th May. The A Taste of Yellow has been approved by the Lance Armstrong Foundation as an official LIVESTRONG Day event . I am organising the event to raise awareness of cancer. However if you wish to make a donation you can do so by visiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation donation page." Additional information can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 9th - MONTHLY MINGLE #10 - Spring is in the Air. "Your challenge this month is to go to your local grocer's or Farmer's Market and buy yourself a basket load of fresh Spring fruit and vegetables. Then get back home to your kitchens and create the ultimate Spring Dish. Asparagus, Spinach, Avocado, Summer Squash, Strawberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Apricots. The variety is exquisite and the ways to prepare them tantalizing. Folks, 'Spring Is In The Air' and I want you to feel it, hear it, smell it and taste it." Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 11th - American Idol Cooking Event. Create a dish/recipe/cookie/drink/etc that has been inspired by American Idol (it can be a loose interpretation of the title, or a cake of Simon Cowell’s head, whatever makes you think of “American Idol”). Blog about it by May 8 (be sure to include a link to our post). Send an email to yumsugar[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject "American Idol Creation" by May 8 and include your name & location, your blog name & permalink for your post, what you made and why, a 100x100 pixel image of your creation (optional). Roundup will be posted on May 11th.

NOW UNTIL MAY 12th - Weekend Cookbook Challenge #16. This go 'round, the theme is "Something New." "So try out a new ingredient, technique, book, utensil, whatever. Just get in that kitchen and cook!Find a recipe that fits the theme in a never before used or seldom used cookbook from your collection. Or if you would rather, use a recipe from a magazine, website or any source you'd like." Interested in joining in this fun event? Check out the deets right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 15th - Big Burger Ballyhoo 2007. This new event comes to us by way of the Writing at the Kitchen Table team. We're asking people to dust off their aprons, de-rust their tongs and get bbq-ing and post about their favourite burger recipes. We are using the term 'burger' loosely. It can be vegetarian, vegan, falafel, venison, kangaroo...whatever! The only proviso is that Paul can cook it on a barbeque. There is a prize for the winner, as determined by Paul once he has completed his taste testing! Complete details are here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 17th - Blog Party #22. This time, the theme is the Wild, Wild West. "Doesn't matter if you're born & raised here in the United States, or from a country thousands of miles away. This is your chance to turn the foods of the West into appetizers! What does that mean? Well, really, it's whatever 'Wild, Wild West' means to you. Do you envision ranch hands cooking around a fire pit? Or do you, in fact, find yourself remembering the very clever, retro-punk The Wild, Wild West, a re-run favorite from my childhood? Does it get you thinking of the fabulous culinary strides the Western states have made over the last few decades, or do you see yourself going old school? For this event, I leave interpretation up to you. Create something amazing...in bite-size, with an accompanying cocktail/beverage...just make sure it has a Western spin." Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 19th - The Daily Tiffin has a Safety & Care - Kids in the Kitchen theme this round. In May we would like you to go into your kitchens, have a good long look at it and make a list of any hazards, traps, dangerous gadgets or material you see that might harm the little ones in our lives. The first thing you do - remove them. Then send us an email telling us about them. Even if your kitchen is a safe haven for children - tell us what measures you took to remove those lurking dangers. Complete details are here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 23rd - SHF #31. This round is hosted by Seven Spoons. The theme for the desserts is "Shades of White," with a posting deadline of May 21, 2007 and a submission deadline for noon Wednesday, May 23. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 27th - Hay Hay, It's Donna Hay #12. This go around, it's being hosted by new food blogger, Other People's Food, and the theme? Caesar Salads. "Then it came to me, with the last two months of fantastic, mouth-watering sweets, that I could really really use a salad. You know that feeling? You glut your way through a weekend, and you really just want some nice crunchy lettuce? Mind you, this caesar has bacon... but its crunchy, too, so... yah. :) So, ladies and gentlemen, send me your salads, your wraps, your pizzas and your stuffed things. Anything with the main elements of caesar, and I want to see it. You all are a crafty bunch and I can't wait to see what you come up with." Wanna join in the fun? You can get all the details right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 27th - Vegetables, Beautiful Vegetables. Eat the Right Stuff is celebrating UK's National Vegetarian Week with a new event. “vegetables, beautiful vegetables” is a one-off (until next year!) event where food bloggers around the world are invited to show off their skills at creating fantastic vegetarian dishes. All the details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 29th - Waiter, There's Something In My ... Stuffed Fruit/Vegetable. "Want to scoop the insides out of a cherry tomato and fill it with pate? Have you always had a yen to make baked apples stuffed with dried fruit? Maybe an aubergine with its flesh scooped out and mixed with couscous takes your fancy? You've come to the right place! Sweet or savoury, the choice is once again yours - but the fruit or vegetable must be stuffed, not merely coated with a topping or sauce." Complete details are here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 30th - Leftover Tuesdays #5. It's time for the May issue of Leftover Tuesdays where leftovers are recycled into wonderful and amazing new dishes! This month will be hosted by Project Foodie. So, take your cooking leftovers or even dinning out leftovers, make them into something new, and blog about your creation between May 23 and May 30th. Post your blog entry by midnight (PST) on Wednesday, May 30, and send me an email at pam @ projectfoodie.com (take out the space), with the subject "Leftover Tuesdays". Be sure to include the following, very important information: Your name and location, Your blog name and URL, URL for your Leftover Tuesdays entry, A 100 x 100 jpeg photo if you would like it included in the roundup. For the complete details check out the Leftover Tuesdays # 5 announcement.

NOW UNTIL MAY 30th - Browniebabe of the Month #2. "wheither you like to bake them with nuts, fruits, white or dark chocolate - join the event! all you need to do is bake a fudgy, nice and delicious brownie, then post about it on your blog (please make sure you include a recipe so others can bake your delicious stuff, too!)." Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 30th - "Make My Kid Eat." This one-off event is a way for parents with picky kids to share and collect recipes, with a chance to win some prizes on the way. Each entrant must submit a recipe that is made from scratch that might appeal to picky eaters. Each entry should feature at least one vegetable and protein, either together or as a main and side. Deborah will host a round up on or around June 2. She will then pick her favourite three and make them for her kids. The recipe which they receive the most favourably wins, but the runners up get prizes too! Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - WILD FOOD - Edible Reptile. Bron Marshall is inviting all food bloggers to take a walk on the WILD side, to show your inner WILD self, get really WILD and reach out for that fear!! The chosen theme for the inaugural 1st round is… Edible Reptile! You can choose to create something new, share your first or a past experience cooking and/or eating any legal reptile meat sold as food i.e crocodile/alligator meat, rattle snake meat, frog legs etc. For those who don't have access to such products, or for the more shy at stomach, any meal, dish, dessert or treat that has been given the Edible Reptile treatment, theme, shape, name etc. is totally accepted! This is a fun event aimed at using ones' imagination, Bron knows you won't be silly enough to go out hunting endangered species, or serving up animals from unknown or illegal sources!! Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - Meals Abroad. This new event is brought to you by Bon Vivant. Everyone has eaten something on vacation that defined their whole trip. Maybe it was something crazy, like beating frog hearts, or something romantic, like a picnic in the Alps. Maybe it was just something so wonderful that when you think about your trip, all you can remember is the perfect gelato you had at midnight in Rome. Post your favorite vacation food memory, with pictures, if you have them, by May 31, 2007, and I'll compile a virtual scrapbook. We will travel the world in true foodie style, a trip based entirely on what we ate, not what we saw. Send me an email at Chelsea@tresbonvivant.com with Meals Abroad in the subject line and include your name, the name of your blog and the permalink to your post. I can't wait to hear all about your vacation! Original announcement here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 1st - TGRWT #2. TGRWT (They Go Really Well Together) is about flavour pairing of ingredients that wouldn't usually be put together, based on their volatile aroma compounds. It is a little bit sciency, but it is really just about experimenting with new flavour combinations to see how they work out, instead of using the same flavours all the time! This months ingredients are Banana & Parsley, so people can make a sweet or savoury dish that contains both of these. Full instructions are available right here. The event was created by Martin at http://blog.khymos.org/.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 3rd - Retro Recipe Challenge #7. For Retro Recipe Challenge #7 -- From Retro With Love -- recreate a dish with international flare using a recipe first published before 1985. After you've created your dish, post the recipe on your blog, along with the year it was published, its source (e.g., Gourmet), a pic and your review. Submit your entry to RetroRecipeChallengeATgmailDOTcom by Sunday, June 3 at 11:59pm EST. In the email, please include Your name or blogging nickname, your blog's name and URL, the recipe's title, the post's URL. Please attach a photo (no larger than 100x100 pixels) and include "RRC#7" in the subject line. Additional details right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 6th - Monthly Mingle #11. Hard to believe it's been nearly a year since this event started, but it is. This round, the theme is Big Birthday Bang! Information is here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 8th - Deep Freeze Summer Challenge. This challenge calls for creativity, not only in the kitchen, but in the freezer. Roll up your sleeves, throw on a big sweater, and dive into the abyss of bags, boxes, and ice cube-filled freezer. All submissions must include ingredients from your freezer. You may use seasonings &/or oils, milk/cream, and/or eggs to assist you if needed. Your submission can be a full meal, or a single dish, snack, or other – it is totally up to you. Additional details can be found in the announcement post here.

NEW!! NOW UNTIL JUNE 25th - Sugar High Friday (SHF) - The Sweetest Thing. "So, I ask you. What is your favourite, most craved dessert? What do you want when you are on a diet or when you've been away from home for a long time? What dessert always catches your eye on a menu in a restaurant and you've had it made by a thousand different people but never made it yourself? I want to know. I want you to make it for SHF this month and post about it." Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 28th - The Great Cheese Pairing Project. Hosted by the folks at Fork and Bottle, you've got plenty of time to join in the fun. Full details here.

April 2007 Events

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Dog Blogging is by Sweetnicks - get info here. Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen. And when food bloggers need a bit of escapism, there's Weekend Baby Blogging. Your bases are definitely covered.

WEEKLY - Presto Pasta Night. Channel your inner comfort food muse and join in the new, fun weekly event. Hosted by Ruth at Once Upon A Feast, complete details to participate can be found right here.

WEEKLY - ARF/5-A-Day. Hosted by Cate at Sweetnicks every Tuesday night. Have you recently made a recipe with fruit and/or vegetables? Then this is perfect for you. Come on and join in the fun - complete details are right here.

ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

MONTHLY - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!

MONTHLY - Carnival of Dining Out. Come celebrate your favorite place to eat in this new monthly event. Entries are due by the end of the month, and complete information can be found here.

MONTHLY - POTATOES ... How do you find them? Great? OK? Routine? Boring?
In any which case, just cook up something with this universal tuber, take pictures, and publish them along with the recipe & a write-up on your blog on the 1st of March. That would be your entry to the March edition of Jihva for Ingredients hosted by Vaishali on my blog Happy Burp. Wanna go for it?

NOW UNTIL APRIL 2nd -- Food Fight with Eggs! Whip up your favorite custard, quiche, or other egg-based dish. Food Fight is hosted monthly by Eating Out Loud (http://www.eatingoutloud.com) - each month a different theme or concept. Join the fun and find complete submission details here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 7th - Centerpiece of the Month hosted by Talk of Tomatoes. Each month, centerpieces from around the blogosphere find their way to talkoftomatoes and are posted on the 7th of the following month. COTM is my blogs way of saying: let’s generate a pile of possibilities for mood-setting, table-gracing, stage-grabbing centerpieces. Not just from my singular humble mind, but from the minds and hearts of foodies all over. What is your best idea this month? How did you make your create artful ambiance and/or give your table more presence? What inspired your centerpiece? Rules: Send entry to janelle@talkoftomatoes.com. (Subject title: COTM). Include photo or flickr URL and blog post URL if applicable (should be posted or photoed during ‘the month’). (If no blog post goes with photo, link referral will be to your home page). Include your name and your Blog URL/Title.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 9th - Cooking to Combat Cancer. Mele Cotte is hosting this new event, and now you can cook for a good cause. "One way we can help reduce the risk of developing the disease is by making healthy lifestyle choices. Since this is a food blog, I am going with…eating well. There are many foods out there are can help our bodies fight the illness. And with those foods come recipes….so bring it on!" Interested in joining in the fun? Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 9th - Weekend Cookbook Challenge #15. This round celebrate all things Spring and/or Easter related. Want to join in the fun? Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 9th - Easter Cake Bake. This new event is brought to you by A Slice of Cherry Pie. "Easter is coming up so I thought it would be fun for us all to get baking and see what fabulous Easter themed cakes we can make in our kitchens. All you need to do is bake a cake with an Easter theme then post about it on your blog, including a link to this post so that people know what the event is about and where it came from. Feel free to use the logo too, which you'll find on my blog. All the info you need is right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 10th - Green Blog Project (Winter/Spring 2007), hosted by Ahaar. Grow something in your garden, or even pots as I do. Then cook a dish using the veggies, flowers and herbs. Send me your entries with pictures of your plant and recipes by April 10, 2007. Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 11th - Monthly Mingle #8. This monthly event is back and this round, the theme is the very creative Arabian nights. Go on and join in the fun -- you can get all the details here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 19th - Blog Party #21. Hard to believe it's #21 already! The hostess with mostest is unveiling a picnic theme this month. Wanna join in? Check out the deets right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 20th - Show Us Your Lunchbox. The Daily Tiffin is hosting a new event, and if you get creative when packing your lunchbox (or your kids), then this is just the place of you. All the details are right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 20th - Hay Hay, It's Donna Hay #11. This go-around, the monthly event is being hosted by Tartelette, and the theme is mousse. Want to be included in the fun? You have a little more time to join in, and complete information is right here.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 30th - Muffin Monday #2 hosted by Experiments. Muffin Monday (MM02) is Muffins that Make you go *Ooooh!* Unusual and Unique Muffins - using ingredients that you won't normally find in a muffin that you could buy from a store. So that means no regular muffins, no chocolate chip muffins, no banana muffins, etc. Think very healthy and wholesome, think comfort and sweet, savory and surprising, spicy and exotic, think junk food, think outside the box. The wonderful thing about creating a muffin is it's versatility, you can include almost anything in it! I know everyone is going to create something totally fabulous, amazing and fun (and yummy)!

NOW UNTIL APRIL 30th - Brownie Babe, a new event hosted by Once Upon a Tart. All you need to do is bake a fudgy, nice and delicious brownie, then post about it on your blog, including a link to my post so that people know what the event is about and where it came from. Once you’ve baked and posted about it, send an email with "browniebabe of the month" in the subject line to: onceuponatart AT yahoo DOT de with the following information: your name, location, the name of your blog and its URL, a link to your post, a picture. Round up to be posted by 5/4 at the latest.

NOW UNTIL APRIL 30th - Centerpiece of the Month hosted by Talk of Tomatoes. Runs until the END of April, roundup posted on May 7th. Each month, centerpieces from around the blogosphere find their way to talkoftomatoes and are posted on the 7th of the following month. COTM is my blogs way of saying: let’s generate a pile of possibilities for mood-setting, table-gracing, stage-grabbing centerpieces. Not just from my singular humble mind, but from the minds and hearts of foodies all over. What is your best idea this month? How did you make your create artful ambiance and/or give your table more presence? What inspired your centerpiece? Interested in joining in the fun? Complete details can be found right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 4th - Food Fight #2. Mother's Day is coming soon and it's time to honor our mother's through cooking. Your challenge is to make your mother's favorite dish, and maybe post a few kind words about her as well. And if you don't know your mother's favorite dish, you'll need to call her or pester a relative who may know . :-) The deadline for all entries is Friday, May 4th. Roundup to be posted on Monday, May 7th. Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 6th - A TASTE OF YELLOW. "I'm asking all bloggers to participate in the blog event A TASTE OF YELLOW by making a dish containing some type of yellow food. This can be anything you like as long it features a yellow food. Some ideas to get you started are lemon, banana, saffron, corn, eggs, cheese. On the 16th May to coincide with LIVESTRONG Day 2007 I will post a round up of all the entries. Please make and post your entries using any yellow coloured food and send them to me at atasteofyellowATgmailDOTcom before the 7th May. The A Taste of Yellow has been approved by the Lance Armstrong Foundation as an official LIVESTRONG Day event . I am organising the event to raise awareness of cancer. However if you wish to make a donation you can do so by visiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation donation page." Additional information can be found here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 9th - MONTHLY MINGLE #10 - Spring is in the Air. "Your challenge this month is to go to your local grocer's or Farmer's Market and buy yourself a basket load of fresh Spring fruit and vegetables. Then get back home to your kitchens and create the ultimate Spring Dish. Asparagus, Spinach, Avocado, Summer Squash, Strawberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Apricots. The variety is exquisite and the ways to prepare them tantalizing. Folks, 'Spring Is In The Air' and I want you to feel it, hear it, smell it and taste it." Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 11th - American Idol Cooking Event. Create a dish/recipe/cookie/drink/etc that has been inspired by American Idol (it can be a loose interpretation of the title, or a cake of Simon Cowell’s head, whatever makes you think of “American Idol”). Blog about it by May 8 (be sure to include a link to our post). Send an email to yumsugar[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject "American Idol Creation" by May 8 and include your name & location, your blog name & permalink for your post, what you made and why, a 100x100 pixel image of your creation (optional). Roundup will be posted on May 11th.

NOW UNTIL MAY 12th - Weekend Cookbook Challenge #16. This go 'round, the theme is "Something New." "So try out a new ingredient, technique, book, utensil, whatever. Just get in that kitchen and cook!Find a recipe that fits the theme in a never before used or seldom used cookbook from your collection. Or if you would rather, use a recipe from a magazine, website or any source you'd like." Interested in joining in this fun event? Check out the deets right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 15th - Big Burger Ballyhoo 2007. This new event comes to us by way of the Writing at the Kitchen Table team. We're asking people to dust off their aprons, de-rust their tongs and get bbq-ing and post about their favourite burger recipes. We are using the term 'burger' loosely. It can be vegetarian, vegan, falafel, venison, kangaroo...whatever! The only proviso is that Paul can cook it on a barbeque. There is a prize for the winner, as determined by Paul once he has completed his taste testing! Complete details are here.

NEW!! NOW UNTIL MAY 17th - Blog Party #22. This time, the theme is the Wild, Wild West. "Doesn't matter if you're born & raised here in the United States, or from a country thousands of miles away. This is your chance to turn the foods of the West into appetizers! What does that mean? Well, really, it's whatever 'Wild, Wild West' means to you. Do you envision ranch hands cooking around a fire pit? Or do you, in fact, find yourself remembering the very clever, retro-punk The Wild, Wild West, a re-run favorite from my childhood? Does it get you thinking of the fabulous culinary strides the Western states have made over the last few decades, or do you see yourself going old school? For this event, I leave interpretation up to you. Create something amazing...in bite-size, with an accompanying cocktail/beverage...just make sure it has a Western spin." Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 19th - The Daily Tiffin has a Safety & Care - Kids in the Kitchen theme this round. In May we would like you to go into your kitchens, have a good long look at it and make a list of any hazards, traps, dangerous gadgets or material you see that might harm the little ones in our lives. The first thing you do - remove them. Then send us an email telling us about them. Even if your kitchen is a safe haven for children - tell us what measures you took to remove those lurking dangers. Complete details are here.

NOW UNTIL MAY 31st - WILD FOOD - Edible Reptile. Bron Marshall is inviting all food bloggers to take a walk on the WILD side, to show your inner WILD self, get really WILD and reach out for that fear!! The chosen theme for the inaugural 1st round is… Edible Reptile! You can choose to create something new, share your first or a past experience cooking and/or eating any legal reptile meat sold as food i.e crocodile/alligator meat, rattle snake meat, frog legs etc. For those who don't have access to such products, or for the more shy at stomach, any meal, dish, dessert or treat that has been given the Edible Reptile treatment, theme, shape, name etc. is totally accepted! This is a fun event aimed at using ones' imagination, Bron knows you won't be silly enough to go out hunting endangered species, or serving up animals from unknown or illegal sources!! Complete details are right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 3rd - Retro Recipe Challenge #7. For Retro Recipe Challenge #7 -- From Retro With Love -- recreate a dish with international flare using a recipe first published before 1985. After you've created your dish, post the recipe on your blog, along with the year it was published, its source (e.g., Gourmet), a pic and your review. Submit your entry to RetroRecipeChallengeATgmailDOTcom by Sunday, June 3 at 11:59pm EST. In the email, please include Your name or blogging nickname, your blog's name and URL, the recipe's title, the post's URL. Please attach a photo (no larger than 100x100 pixels) and include "RRC#7" in the subject line. Additional details right here.

NOW UNTIL JUNE 28th - The Great Cheese Pairing Project. Hosted by the folks at Fork and Bottle, you've got plenty of time to join in the fun. Full details here.

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EVERY WEEKEND - Weekend Dog Blogging is by Sweetnicks - get info here. Weekend Herb Blogging hosted by Kalyn's Kitchen. And when food bloggers need a bit of escapism, there's Weekend Baby Blogging. Your bases are definitely covered.

NEW!! ONGOING - World Bread Day - After Hours Party. For those that missed out on the recent 113-entry roundup for World Bread Day, this is your chance to join in the fun. Complete details can be found here.

EVERY MONTH - Weekend Breakfast Blogging. Saffron Trail hosts this event. Complete rundown is here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 1st - Special Event for the one year anniversary of Weekend Herb Blogging: Post about your favorite herb anytime from September 25-October 1. Complete details can be found here - come celebrate with Kalyn!

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 12th - Monthly Mingle #5. This round, the theme is Take Two. Entries are due by October 12th. Drop by here for all the nitty-gritty details.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15th - The Spice is Right #7 (Seasons of Love). This event, originally the brainchild of Barbara from Tigers & Strawberries is going to be hosted at Habeas Brulee temporarily while Barbara enjoys her new baby, Kat. Complete info can be found here if you'd like to join the event.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15th - Hay Hay It's Donna Hay #6. Don't miss this fun event. This time around it's hosted by Milk and Cookies. The theme is F is for Fritters and all the tasty details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 15th - Retro Recipe Challenge #3. The challenge for this round is to create a recipe originally published within five years of your birth year. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 16th - World Bread Day #1. This new event goes out to all the bakers out there ... or those who want to start. Entries are due by October 16th; go here for all the details.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 18th - Dine and Dish. Discover something new and unleash the virgin in your neighborhood ... to participate, get complete details here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 20th - Food Geography #1. This NEW event is the brainchild of the husband-and-wife team behind The Husband Cooks. The theme for the kick-off is the South. This is your chance to show off some Southern cooking, or try it for the very first time. Get all the details to participate here.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 21st - Blog Party #15. Join Stephanie's monthly party, featuring appetizers and cocktails. This time, the theme is all about something literary. Complete details can be found here. Party on!

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 29th - Weekend Breakfast Blogging #6. This event has now become a monthly feature, and the new theme for this month is A Twist in the Plate. You can go here for all the important details.

NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 29th - Does My Blog Look Good in This #10. This is definitely one event I try never to miss. This time around, it's hosted by The Laughing Gastronome and you can find out how to join in the fun here.

NEW!! NOW UNTIL OCTOBER 30th - Food Destinations #3 - My Favorite Chocolate Shop. Hosted by the lovely Emily from Chocolate in Context, simply visit the local chocolate shop that you like most of all and write about it. You may choose any kind of chocolate purveyor--the salon of a brilliant French-trained chocolatier, an old-fashioned candy store, a new mecca of chocolate haute-cuisine--as long as it reflects your personal taste. You may also interpret "hometown" however you like--it could be the place where you live, or the place where your heart lives. Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 15th - Retro Recipe Challenge #4. RRC#4 is all about Fall Favorites. Go on the hunt for recipes published between 1920 and 1980 that work well in fall: apple cider donuts, cheesy chicken casseroles, hot toddys, squash gratins, etc. – what ever makes you think "fall" and "retro" is perfect! Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 15th - The Spice is Right VIII - Frankenstein's Monster. "Let us celebrate November by switching things around. Try using a spice (or blend of spices) with a technique or dish from a cuisine that typically never uses that spice (or blend). For example, you could make a stir-fry with cardamom, or ras al hanout paella, or chicken paprikash with Chinese five spice powder instead." Complete details can be found here.

NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER 16th - Monthly Mingle. This round the theme is appropriately Give Thanks. Want to join in on the fun? Complete details are here.

MONTHLY - Cooking with Tea Contest sponsored by Tea Chef. Experiment with different ideas to develop the best recipe with that tea, then send it in with a picture. Every month new recipes are posted for community voting (look for the "Vote for this Recipe" links). The highest-ranked recipe will win a fabulous tea-related reward and the acclaim of the community!