Who knew??

Well, I'll admit it: I've been a little slow lately with updating recipes. But, forgive me. I was in Europe for almost two weeks with my roommate (London, Paris, and Amsterdam were amazing....oui oui!) and it's just been a slow cooking month for me. BUT, I have some big news (if you haven't already heard)....

I'm going to be in a cook-off! That's right! I submitted the very first recipe that I blogged about, my Shallot Smothered Chicken, to the 5th Annual Man-O-Manischewitz Cook-off...and I'm one of the 5 finalists! I actually got word of this while I was in Paris...I turned on my phone after Shabbos, and I had a message from Manischewitz telling me the good news! I kind of freaked out, haha. I called my parents' house - knowing that it was still Shabbos back home - and left them a message, hoping that they were home to hear it!

I still laugh every time I think about it, but the truth is - I'm a little nervous! Jacques Pepin is one of the judges - and he's legendary! That's kind of scary!

Also scary....I hadn't cooked the dish a single time between the time I made it up and blogged about it and the time that I learned I'd be in the cook-off! Don't worry, I've been practicing in the last few weeks :-)

Anyway, the cook-off is on March 31 in New York City....please come and cheer me on if you're in the area! More information is available on the Manischewitz website. I'll keep you posted on how I do. Until  then....wish me luck!!