S T A Y I N G  F O R  B R E A K F A S T - May 26, 2005
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Welcome to Staying for Breakfast, Coming for Dinner's newsletter.

When I first started playing around with the idea of writing a cookbook, and was trying to come up with "the pitch", one of my ideas was to have my angle be that my recipes were for the single person trying to woo that special someone. Ok, ok, that was pretty much my only idea. Well, that and trying to help de-mystify cooking. But really, making a fancy dinner and winding up with a breakfast guest was the basic gist.

That said, my breakfast pans haven't seen any action in a while, so I figured I'd try to put my skills to use for y'all. I've had a few people mention that they have ideas for a dinner, or thoughts on ingredients, but that they don't know either how to make the meal, or what to do with the ingredients to have the follow up be coffee and French toast. And I thought "hey, why not have a little contest". Here's how it'll work:

You tell me who you are, who you're trying to impress / get to stay for breakfast, and maybe some direction on what you want to make (or just the ingredients). I'll take and choose from all the submissions and pick a "winner", come up with the recipe/menu, and will post it in about a month.

Usual caveats apply - I won't do anything nefarious with your email address or name, and if you win and don't want your real name used, I'll make one up.

THE CONTEST!
Go on, go on - you can't win if you don't play...
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/about/contest.php

SOME OTHER RECIPES:
Rumor has it summer's around the corner. Couldn't prove it by me. Regardless, here are some recipes for your Memorial Day Weekend:

JIM BOWIE'S CHILLED STRAWBERRY SOUP
Jim Bowie is one of my best friends, and one of the guys who I worked with for many years in the kitchen. One incredibly hot summer day he decided to have the soup du jour be chilled strawberry soup - this is my twist on it.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=22

CABIN BBQ SAUCE
This recipe came out of three years of visiting various family cabins in Southern Humboldt County, and inevitably having a barbecue at some point during the course of a weekend.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=9

THE BEST POTATO SALAD IN THE WORLD
Ya, it is.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=69

RATATOUILLE
I've cooked with anchovies a thousand times, for some reason it got into my head that if I made a ratatouille with anchovy oil, roasted all the vegetables, and gave it more of a Mediterranean taste, that I might have something pretty yummy.
-> http://www.comingfordinner.com/recipe.php?recipe_id=2

SEARCH THE RECIPES:
Wondering what to make for dinner? Enter stuff you have in your fridge into the search to see recipes that match your ingredients. Or just enter a main ingredient and see what meals you can make.
http://www.comingfordinner.com/search.php

And remember, have fun when you're having people come for dinner.

-l