READ ALL ABOUT IT\This entry a rich confection in more ways than one.

Kurt Wait's Macadamia Fudge Torte was a rich confection indeed: He won $1 million Feb. 27 as the first man ever to capture the grand prize at the Pillsbury Bake-Off.

The health-care sales analyst and self-taught cook mixed up devil's food cake mix, canned sliced pears and nuts, with a butterscotch-caramel-fudge topping. One serving: a whopping 460 calories, 140 of them from fat.

The 43-year-old single father from Redwood City, Calif., also won a $10,000 kitchen makeover after viewers of a network TV special voted his recipe the most appealing.

Wait competed against dozens of other cooks from around the country in the 37th Super Bowl of baking. There have been 32 male winners in the past, but none had walked away with the top award.

Of the 100 finalists this year, 10 were men.

"A lot of my (male) friends cook, so I am surprised more don't enter," Wait said.

Wait said he learned cooking from his mother and from reading cooking magazines. He decided to enter the bake-off after his recipe drew rave reviews at an office meeting.

The bake-off, which began in 1949 and is held every other year, got a makeover this year. The grand prize was raised from $50,000, and more emphasis was put on quick recipes for today's busy people. Pillsbury and Sears sponsor the contest.

Cooking for the finals was done Feb. 26 at a hotel in downtown Dallas. The finalists measured, mixed and baked for six hours, each preparing their recipes two or three times.

With his winnings, Wait plans to establish a college fund for his 9-year-old son.

Numerous bake-off dishes have become classics - among them, Orange Kiss-Me Cake, Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs and Ring-A-Lings.

Use information from the story to answer the following true and false questions:

1) Kurt Wait entered the Pillsbury Bake-Off and won the grand prize of $1 million.

2) Since 1949, about 32 men have won the top prize.

3) According to the article, Wait's fudge-topped dessert was voted the best because it contained 460 calories.

4) The self-taught cook found the recipe for Macadamia Fudge Torte in one of his mother's cookbooks.

5) When Wait served his creation at an office meeting, his fellow workers complained that the torte was too sweet.

6) To make the winning confection (sweet food), the California baker used cake mix, canned fruit and nuts.

7) Contestants were asked to use a recipe that would take about six hours to cook.

8) Each of the finalists was required to prepare two or three dishes.

9) Ring-A-Lings is one of the many bake-off preparations that has become a classic (well-known as the best of its kind).

10) You can guess that Wait will be asked to keep his award-winning recipe a secret.

Answers:

1. True

2. False

3. False

4. False

5. False

6. True

7. False

8. False

9. True

10. False