So I spent the day biking over to Uptown (MAN are my legs outa shape! And biking in traffic still terrifies me...) for the Kitchen Windows Culinary Arts Competition! I was paired with Chef Dustin from the Lowry, and he did a great job of cooking pork~ we both had to include three ingredients, Peace Coffe (ground or bean), spices from somewhere else, and edible flowers! Our mystery ingredient was the pineapple- so I used the unground coffee as texture in the pig's ears and coffee beans for the tiny little eyes, the spices as texture in the background, and the edible lily in the pig's ear and snout, as well as apple rings for the nostrils! Oh and I added another flower behind the pig's ear. I think I should've used the yellow one...
I also mixed tomato paste into white paint for the textured background and used the pineapple rind to add more texture there as well! And then I had enough time to make a platter for Dustin to put the plate on!
And we WON!
Yay! So I don't know yet whether we are competing tomorrow or not... if NOT, then I'll be at Wet Paint from noon to 3 for the Sketch-A-Thon for Paws on Grand! Either way, both events are FUN!
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