Easter / Passover season has drawn to a close yet again. No more melting Peeps in the microwave for another year. Sad, right? But we can still ooh and ahh at all of our creativity putting it all together! As we said, the judges aren’t going to do any judging this time around. Rather, we wanted to enjoy the holidays with you all. So let’s get started! Continue reading
Greetings, chickadees! I know you’ve been eagerly waiting for the results of our Crasserole Contest. This time we asked you to be a little luxurious with the ingredients seeing as we’ve been making you be all stingy with el budget. You did not disappoint! We ended up having an ultimate smackdown between The Grand Inquisitor herself and our resident Aussie, BaldwinP. Both formidible opponents who you wouldn’t want to get caught in a culinary dark alley with, so to speak. So without any further ado, on to the results! Continue reading
Below, you will find ten quotes from the works of two great authors: Ernest Hemingway and Marilyn Hagerty. Both have captivated the world with their sparse, pithy writing. And so I present to you, Crasstalk readers, lurkers and passers-by, the great Moveable Olive Garden Contest. Can you identify who wrote which quote without the assistance of Google or your dog-eared copy of In Our Time? Put your guesses in the comments. Continue reading
Back by special request, we are bringing you our latest contest installment: CASSEROLES. You love them, they’re easy, they usually contain some wonderful form of cheese. What’s not to like? But after awhile, you do end up running out of ideas and it’d be great to get new ones to reinvigorate the ol’ repertoire. We only have a few weeks left of winter so why not celebrate the end with homey goodness? Conversely, what better way to celebrate spring with one made with new vegetables? Continue reading
Here is your Thanksgiving Recipe Contest recipes in one handy place so that you can easily bookmark for all of your future holiday entertaining. All of these are amazing and I know that people got a lot of great ideas from them. THANK YOU! (Note: These recipes were based on a budget cap of $25 but amounts have been edited out for length.) Continue reading
Thanksgiving has past but we are still thankful to all of you who participated in our Thanksgiving Recipe Contest, especially since it was a little earlier than the actual day. You all did an amazing job! There was a lot of squeeing behind the scenes seeing what you all created! Continue reading
Calling all food slores! We are back and asking you to be responsible for our family’s Thanksgiving happiness by sharing your best and most awesome recipes. Because you see, we couldn’t be bothered to think up anything for ourselves, so we want you to do it for us. No pressure or anything. Continue reading
Hi, Crassholes. As many of you probably remember, pssh is dealing with a mouse problem. Also you might remember my story about an enormous cockroach that tried to eat my bathroom a couple weekends ago. This got me thinking: everyone has a creepy crawly story to tell, and it’s close to Halloween, so why not have a Creepy Crawly Story Contest?!
Thanks for hanging in there and being patient while I have been composing this. Here are the recipes from our budget $10.00 and under meal for two challenge. Bookmark and enjoy! Continue reading
OK FOOD SLORES! Here is your First Ever Crasstalk Recipe Contest First Ever Winner! We had some formidable, formidable talent! Would Homoviper NurseWrestle Tacky_Tick? Or, would Greenwitch_Refugee try to cast a spell over the Shes_a_Rainbow. OR, maybe the Grand Inquisitor would drill Ross, MissLinda, BaldwinP and the others. Because nobody expects the Grand Inquisition. Continue reading