Eugene cook takes national contest with unique nachos.Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard She won! Judy Sanfilippo, Eugene resident and obviously cook extraordinaire ex·tra·or·di·naire adj. Extraordinary: a jazz singer extraordinaire. [French, from Old French, from Latin extra , took the grand prize Wednesday in a national cooking contest, with an original recipe that gives traditional nachos a Middle Eastern twist. Chosen as one of four finalists - two hailed from Texas and one from Oklahoma - Sanfilippo prepared her Near Eastern Lamb "Nachos" at the Bryant Park Bryant Park is a 9.603 acre (39,000 m²) public park located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is bounded by Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue, 40th Street and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan.[1] The central building of the New York Public Library is in the park. Grill in midtown Manhattan in front of a panel of judges Panel of Judges is an indie pop band from Melbourne, Australia. Members
"When they announced the winner, it threw me for a little bit," she said early Wednesday afternoon, speaking on a cell phone while walking in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City's Central Park after her triumph. "They announced the name of the winning dish instead of the name of the cook, and then all of a sudden I realized they were talking about me." The entire contest "was so stylish; it was done with such class," Sanfilippo said. "The chefs at the Bryant Park Grill had cooked all four finalists' recipes, and there was a big luncheon afterward." The other recipes featured stuffed quail with a tamarind tamarind (tăm`ərĭnd), tropical ornamental evergreen tree (Tamarindus indica) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to Africa and probably to Asia, but now widely grown in the tropics. barbecue sauce and grilled vegetables; chicken with a lime and cilantro cream sauce cream sauce n. A white sauce made by cooking together a mixture of flour and butter with milk or cream. Noun 1. cream sauce - white sauce made with cream ; and haloume cheese tacos with a cilantro and tomatillo sauce. For winning the contest, Sanfilippo receives a stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. Wolf Grill and her choice of a $25,000 makeover for her kitchen or garden, reflecting the theme of the contest, "Where the Garden Meets the Grill." She also received an all-expenses-paid trip to New York for herself and her husband, to participate in the finals. She had entered only one cooking contest previously. Sponsors of the contest included Turning Leaf Vineyards, Gourmet and Bon Appetit magazines and the online cooking Web site Epicurious.com. A story about Sanfilippo - including her recipe - appeared on the front of the Entree section of Wednesday's Register-Guard. |
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