The Auction has begun!

Love Iron Chef? Wish you could BE an Iron Chef? Just want to get your mitts on some of the recipes?

Now is your chance! For the next 24 hours, you have a chance to bid on Iron Chef - The Official Book! Of course, all proceeds go to the National Kidney Foundation!

Bid here!

One hour til Blogathon begins!

The Ingredient Poll is now closed

...and the theme ingredients are:

-- Cheese
-- Chocolate
-- Wine
-- Garlic

So how does this work? It does NOT work by me combining all of these ingredients in one dish. Come on, people. You've seen Iron Chef, you know how it works! Each one of these ingredients will be featured in three or four dishes designed to showcase their flavors. Some of the "also rans" will also make appearances - but I'm not going to tell you how yet!

Tune in on Saturday!

Sign-ups are OPEN!

Blogathon sponsor sign ups are now OPEN! HOORAY!

Hey, brother (sister!), can you spare a dollar? Twenty-four hours of posting, forty-nine posts. A whole bunch of recipes and a good time will be had by all!

Sponsors who pledge $5 or more will receive a link in the sidebar to their blog, website or forum. Sponsors who pledge $10 or more will get to vote in the sponsors only poll to choose 4 theme ingredients from a list for Blogathon Day - Alex, Ernie and I will be playing Iron Chef, and cooking dishes throughout the day a la Iron Chef, documenting as we go with posts and photos. Want to have a say in what we cook with? Pledge $10 and I'll send you the poll link!

We'll also be auctioning off a copy of Iron Chef: The Official Book, with the proceeds of the auction going to the National Kidney Foundation.

Blogathon 2007 is a GO!

On Saturday, July 28th, 2007, I will be participating in Blogathon to raise funds for the National Kidney Foundation for the third year in a row.

If you're not familiar with the NKF, they provide education and counseling for sufferers of chronic kidney disease, transplant recipients, living donors, and their families, as well as funding for research to find a cure for kidney disease.

Long time friends know that I blog in honor of my best friend, David, who was diagnosed with Alport Syndrome in November, 2003. David's transplant is imminent - he was just greenlighted for surgery, as his bloodwork indicates that the numbers are "right" (in other words, David is very sick), and is scheduled for transplant on July 25th. He's luckier than most - he has a related, living donor and will be getting his transplant at Stanford, the center with the highest one year survival rates in the nation. He's in good hands...but it doesn't make the need for research to stomp out Alport Syndrome any less important.




Sponsorships will be open soon.

Sponsors who pledge $5 or more will receive a link in the sidebar to their blog, website or forum. Sponsors who pledge $10 or more will get to vote in the soon to be published poll to choose 4 theme ingredients from a list for Blogathon Day - Alex, Ernie and I will be playing Iron Chef, and cooking dishes throughout the day a la Iron Chef, documenting as we go with posts and photos.

AND - to add to the fun, we'll be auctioning off a copy of Iron Chef: The Official Book, with the proceeds of the auction going to the National Kidney Foundation.

Watch this space! It's going to be a terrific time!