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Dry Spells, Tracking and Lulls: Fanning the Fires in the Sport of Cooking

The territory of competitive cooking and recipe development is like any other ambition you may have. You go through dry spells, you have to learn to be organized and know that you’ll have lulls, especially in your outcomes or ...   READ MORE

BY ALLY PHILLIPS on June 5, 2013
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A Temporary Depression: Facing Defeat and Huge Vulnerability

Cooking contests are brutal. You never know what’s going to turn the judging panel on or turn them off.  Probably the Mack daddy of the cooking recipe contest circuit is the Pillsbury Bake-Off, with a million dollar prize on ...   READ MORE

BY ALLY PHILLIPS on May 22, 2013
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Pielicious and Pieriffic: Big Pie Fives for The Crisco National Pie Championships!

When it comes to sweets, Willy Wonka and Elf have nothin’ over Ally!  I mean, try to imagine three days of being in pie-nirvana, where you are inundated and immersed with pies of every kind: apple, cherry, key lime, raisin, ...   READ MORE

BY ALLY PHILLIPS on May 9, 2013
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Cooking Contests: A Sure-Fire Way to Feel like You’re a Teenager Again!

Cooking contests require a great deal of brainpower and creativity, not to mention flat-out hard work.  Most of us foodie contest junkies work alone in our laboratories (our kitchens), as we go from wheels turning in our ...   READ MORE

BY ALLY PHILLIPS on April 25, 2013