And the lucky fan is…
Last week I posted about my chance to meet my favorite Food Network star, Alton Brown.
It was a great experience. I had him autograph an extra copy of his new book, Good Eats, The Early Years for a lucky fan so that I could give it away on here. I loved reading all the things people love about AB. I’m definitely looking forward to making some more of his recipes now that I have two of his cookbooks.

As a reminder, you can still enter my Power of Pink Challenge until midnight (EST) on Saturday, October 31. Simply make something pink and get a chance to win a great pink prize.

And stay tuned next week when I’ll be featuring a Week of Pumpkin!
And now on to the reason you’re all here. The winner of the autographed cookbook. I used random.org to choose a random number between 1 and 319. And the lucky fan is…








I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions weβve ever made. 






My last huge successful meal is the crown roast from Bon Apetite magazine. I almost canceled making it when I found out how much it cost, but ended up making it anyway. I’m glad I did, everybody loved it!
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My last hugely successful meal was sundried tomato and artichoke stuffed chicken breasts for 60you people! I have never cooked for that many people at once but with the help of my Mom we pulled it off! π
My last hugely successful meal was pad Thai for friends.
Thanksgiving
I’d have to say my Christmas Eve meal. Yummy pork tenderloin, baked cauliflower and my grandma’s spinach that was all on the table within 20 minutes of my planned dinner time. I’d call that a success!
The last hugely successful meal I executed was actually a cookie swap party. I asked people who RSVP’d to bring only a dozen cookies. Everyone brought so much more and brought snacks, too. I was so worried there wouldn’t be enough, I made too much just in case. Instead I had to have one guest make sure no one left without a good supply. And we helped each other set up trays for relatives in nursing homes, nursing home staff.
The spirit of the holidays was incredible and brought a bunch of strangers so much closer. (We’re all snowbirds in a campground in Mississippi)
I made slow roasted pork chops with apples and onions, scalloped potatoes and I baked Italian bread. So simple yet delicious!
I am a vegetarian, but I made Christmas dinner for our family and successfully made the ham. Everyone loved it, thank goodness! π
Thanksgiving! Gluten free thanksgiving to be more specific π