About Me

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
I am a retired teacher with time on my hands. I love to cook and bake. For the past eight years my hobby has been entering recipe contests. I have done very well and have been to several cook/bake offs although I have never won a grand prize. The ititials of my blog CCC are the same as the site where I get contest information, Cooking Contest Central (CCC). While there are 1000's of food blogs that post recipes this blog will review other cooking blogs.

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

BAKERS ROYALE

Bakers Royale http://www.bakersroyale.com/ is hosted by Naomi who lives in CA with her husband and son






PEPPERMINT MOCHA CUPCAKES


Tuesday, November 29, 2011

MISSIPPI KITCHEN



Missipi Kitchen http://www.loriesmississippikitchen.com/ is hosted by Lorie who lives in Mississipi with her husband, Richard. Lorie and I share the same hobby of recipe contesting. Lorie has won lots of prizes and $$$. Someday I will have the opportunity to go head-to-head with her at a cook-off.






PUMPKIN SCONES WITH STICKY HONEY GLAZE




Monday, November 21, 2011

RETAIL ME NOT

As you begin your holiday shopping, in store or online, check out Retail Me Not http://www.retailmenot.com/. It is full of codes that give you $$ off and/or free shipping. You have to search for the categories you are interested in.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

BUTTERED UP



Jane hosts Buttered Up http://butteredup.blogspot.com/ from Toronto. She enjoys photography, chunky strawberry jam and carnival rides.









LOBSTER PASTA WITH CHEESE SAUCE



Sunday, November 13, 2011

BAKING BITES

BLUEBERRY COCONUT MUFFINS













Baking Bites http://bakingbites.com/ is hosted by Nicole Weston in LA. In addition to her wonderful recipes Nicole posts a lot of useful food informaton. She holds a BA in Linguistics and a certificate of professional pastry from the New School of Cooking in LA. She has written and published a cookbook, The Baking Bites Cookbook. The London Times named Baking Bites as one of the 50 best food blogs in the world. Besides baking Nicole is an avid horsewoman and balet dancer.

Friday, November 11, 2011

VETERAN'S DAY --- 11-11-11

Remember ALL our Veterans





Thursday, November 10, 2011

TONYA STABB

Hosted by Tonya, Tonya Stabb http://www.tonyastaab.com/ Tonya lives in CA with her husband, 3 children and dog,



PILGRIM CUPCAKES

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

COOKIES & CUPS



Cookies & Cups http://cookiesandcups.com/ is hosted by Shelly. Born in Texas, Shelly now lives in NJ with her husband and 4 sons. Most of her recipes are for desserts.



SHELLY

Monday, November 7, 2011

PETITE KITCHENESSE



Petite Kitchenessehttp://http//www.petitekitchenesse.com/ is hosted by Carey. Her "about" page tells nothing about her but her recipes look wonderful







PUMPKIN & SAGE RAVIOLI

Thursday, November 3, 2011

POET IN THE PANTRY

Poet in the Pantry http://poetinthepantry.com/ is hosted by Carrie who is a stay-at-home mother of 2. She was a returning student who got her BA in English in May of this year. In addition to cooking and baking she enjoys photography






WIN

Win a cute, pink mini-foodprocessor

http://http://lisamichele.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/hot-pink-macarons-and-a-hot-pink-giveaway/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wordpress%2FPEjE+%28Parsley%2C+Sage%2C+Desserts+and+Line+Drives%29

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

GIMMESOMEOVEN



Gimme Some Oven http://gimmesomeoven.com/ is hosted by Ali who is a musician by day and a cook by night.




PUMPKIN PIE BISCOTTI

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

BETSYLIFE

Betsy Life http://betsylife.com/ is hosted by Betsy. Born in Chicago she moved to San Diego in 2002 where she lives with her husband and two dogs. Besides cooking Betsy enjoys photography.





SOUTHWESTERN LENTIL PATTIES

THE WINNER

Once again I only had 10 enteries to my most recent giveaway. I guess that there was little to no interest in my prize of 10 packs of flower seeds. However each entry has a 1 in 10 chance of winning the seeds. Like me, the winner will be able to spend a few hours on a cold, snowy winter day planning a garden for the spring/summer of 2012.






I used random .org to select the winner who is #2 Yenta Mary. I have sent Mary an email informing her of the win.