| Chef2Chef News - Click the link below for removal or change of address instructions http://chef2chef.net/forms/unsubscribe.htm __________________________________________________ August 3, 2000 In today's issue: 1. We have a Winner for the two Cookbooks from King Estate Winery! 2. Charming "Dragon of the Month" - Crescent Dragonwagon 3. Culinary Excellence Awards 4. Winery of the Month and Prize giveaway from Pine Ridge Winery 5. Cooking Contests. Win BIG PRIZES! 6. Looking for a Job? 7. Alize Launches Second Annual Culinary Mentorship Challenge to Salute Women in the Culinary Arts. 8. Webmaster Update _________________________________________________ 1. We have a Winner! We had a great response to the giveaway from King Estate Winery. We thank them for their participation and generosity. Liz Hoffman from Scottsdale, AZ writes us upon notification…"I’ve won something already! Thanks for such a great site. I love all the info and links Chef2Chef has." Congratulations and enjoy your cookbooks. For this month’s Winery giveaway, see the feature on Pine Ridge Winery below. _________________________________________________ 2. "Dragon of the Month" Crescent Dragonwagon Called "Alice Waters of the Ozarks" Crescent Dragonwagon has the honor of being Workman Publishing's first cookbook author. This self-named, flower child from Hastings-On-Hudson, New York arrived in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in the early 70’s and opened its first Bed and Breakfast in 1981. In addition to her running of the historic inn, creating cookbooks, and writing for numerous national magazines, Crescent is an award winning author of over 35 children’s books. She has served her "Nouveau Zarks" cuisine to President Bill Clinton and his family. Her book DAIRY HOLLOW HOUSE SOUP & BREAD BOOK was nominated for a James Beard Award for Best Americana Cookbook. Crescent and her husband Ned Shank closed the Inn in 1998 and have converted it into the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow. The only writers colony in the world where culinary writing is considered a legitimate writing genre, and they are equipped (kitchens etc.) to handle these writers. Crescent Dragonwagon is looking for chef-writers to apply for the Tyson Fellowship, an all expense paid stay at the WCDH. To find out more about this unbelievable opportunity, to visit her page, view her book and recipes, and get links to her own web site and the WCDH, go to http://topchefs.chef2chef.net/recipes/crescent/index.shtml _________________________________________________ 3. Culinary Excellence Awards We don't care about glitzy appearance or even functionality. We scour the Internet for culinary sites that offer unique ideas, great recipes and valuable tips. When we do find a site that offers great culinary content, we add it to our favorites. When we find a true *GEM*, we give it the Culinary Excellence Award. Only 12 of 600 sites we reviewed received it. Look for our picks at http://chef2chef.net/links/favorites.htm If you know of a great site we missed please write to David Nelson. _________________________________________________ 4. Winery of the Month and Prize from Pine Ridge Winery Napa Valley welcomes you to the Pine Ridge Winery founded in 1978 by Gary and Nancy Andrus. Pine Ridge now owns more than 300 acres in 16 estate vineyards throughout Napa Valley appellations, in addition to 3,500 French oak barrels aging in the Cabernet Caves. To find out more about this great winery, their wines and to register to WIN a FREE long sleeve denim shirt with their logo and a set of 12 oz. etched wine glasses, visit their page at http://chef2chef.net/rank/month/pineridge.shtml _________________________________________________ 5. Cooking Contests. Win up to $25,000 Our Cooking Contest Section has many great contests for chefs. There’s a Kiwi Fruit Contest with a prize of a trip for two to New Zealand. A "Build a Better Burger" Contest with a prize of $20,000 and a trip to Sutter Home Winery. Stouffer’s "Real Home Cooking Contest" has a prize worth over $15,400 and the Chicken Council has a contest for $25,000. Thinking about going to culinary school? Check out the CIA scholarship contest. And there are others! Check out all these great contests at: DISCONTINUED 6. Looking for a Job? Check out our NEWLY updated Job Pages. Hundreds of chefs and foodservice people search for jobs here every day. You can use our job search engine, post in our FREE posting area, or if you are looking for qualified personnel, you can post a position available at: http://jobs.chef2chef.net/ _________________________________________________ 7. Alize Launches Second Annual Culinary Mentorship Challenge to Salute Women in The Culinary Arts. The makers of Alize are once again offering aspiring chefs across the country the chance to showcase their finest gastronomic creations. But for this year’s national recipe contest, Alize is saluting women chefs across the country by giving them the chance of a culinary lifetime! The woman chef who develops the winning recipe will receive a six-week trip and scholarship to Le Cordon Bleu in France and a month-long career enhancing apprenticeship with Diane Forley, the Executive Chef and owner of Verbena in Manhattan. For more on this exciting program click here http://chef2chef.net/news/launch.htm _________________________________________________ 8. Webmaster Update It has come to our attention that some areas were not working properly with the Netscape Browser. We do support all browser types and the problems have been resolved. If you find another incompatibility, please write to the Webmaster. We have also installed an Archive for Press Releases we receive and issue. 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