Morel Risotto

I wanted to take a minute to thank you all for helping out with my bake sale benefiting Relay for Life.  With your help, we were able to raise over $350 for the cause!  Thank you so much!  I'm very excited to take part in the Relay this coming June.  Now, to celebrate our successful fundraiser, I've made you a fancy dinner.


They're so weird looking!

According to my mother, I have spent 26 of my 30 years on this earth going to school.  I started pre-school at the sweet age of 3.  Blonde with ringlet pigtails, I headed off into the world to learn my ABCs and 123s.  Apparently I wanted to go to school the year before because my brother was going and I was jealous. 

I always liked school.  I liked learning, taking tests, doing homework and bringing home good grades.  When I got a good report card we went to the toy store and I got more Barbies.  High marks = more Barbies.  That's some good math for a little girl.

As I continued through high school, the Barbie brides fell away and I simply realized my nerd potential and kept up my good grades.  I don't think it would surprise you if I said I took advanced placement chemistry and placed in the top of the New York State Chemistry challenge.

I spent a year in college, trying to pretend that I wasn't a big old nerd.  I was a photography major!  I spent hours learning about shutter and aperture, shooting roll after roll of film and wandering blindly through the color darkroom.  I wasn't a nerd, I was an artist!  Unfortunately, I was doing better in my calculus classes than I was in my art classes (I am not a painter).  Come sophomore year, I switched majors and the rest is history (or a story for another time!).

Watson's Sponge candy Winner!

From the comments left of my Sponge candy giveaway, there are a lot of Buffalo ex-pats that miss their sponge candy!  I can definitely count myself among them!

In the end, there were 47 comments and Random.org chose...

Comment number 32!  Which was...

bflogurl!  Did Random.org not so randomly pick out a former Buffalonian as the winner?  We'll never know! 

Okay bflogurl, send me your details to wildeinthekitchen (@) hotmail (dot) com and I'll have Watson's send you your big box of sponge candy! 

Weren't the winner?  Head over to Watson's and buy a little bag for yourself.  Personally, I'll be ordering two big boxes.  One for bflogurl and one for ME!  And I'm not planning on sharing...  (bflogurl, it's up to you whether you share your winnings!)

WITK Bake Sale for Relay for Life!

The WITK bake sale for Relay for Life has concluded! 
Thank you everyone for bidding!

It's time for the WITK Bake Sale for Relay for Life!  All I can say is thank you to the bloggers and friends that have come together to deliver an amazing bunch of treats.  If you are looking for more information about the cause, check out this post of mine from a few weeks ago!

Be sure to check where the bakers are shipping to!  There are even a treat or two for my friends in the UK & Canada!

Here are the details...  The bake sale will run through Friday at 11:00pm eastern standard time. Each item has a starting bid of $15 and can be bid up in $1 increments.  All bids should be e-mailed to me, no bids left in the comments section will be counted. Be sure to include your bid as well as which item you are bidding on!

Bids will be updated through the course of the day as I recieve new bids.

Winners will be e-mailed on Saturday, May 19 and will be directed to the Relay for Life Website to post their donation/bake sale purchase.

Bakers will then make & ship their delicious treats and mail them to the winners within 7 days!

HAPPY BIDDING!!!

Tennessee Tea Cakes from Morgan @ Being the Secret Ingredient 
(Shipping to the US)
Current Bid - $40 from Tara

Earl Grey Tea Cakes from Lynn @ I'll Have What She's Having
(Shipping only to Canada)

Chocolate Chip Brownies from Jenny @ BAKE
(Shipping only to the UK!)

                                      

1 Dozen Big, Fat, Chewy Multichip Cookies from Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie
(Shipping to the US)
Current bid - $30 from Stephanie

Maple Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Steph @ Steph's Bite by Bite
(Shipping to the US)
CURRENT BID - $40 from Tara

Chocolate Brownie Cookies with White Chocolate Chips and Roasted Macadamia Nuts from Chung-Ah @ Damn Delicious
(Shipping to the US)
Current bid - $15 from Cindy

Vegan Pumpkin Orange Cake/cupcakes from Cindy @ Cindy's Recipes and Writings 
Winner can choose to have a cake or 1 dozen cupcakes!
(Shipping to the US)
Current bid - $15 from Marisa

Oatmeal butterscotch coconut cookies from Missy @ Mrs. Maki Cooks
(Shipping to the US)
Current bid - $21 from Marisa

Coconut filled brownie cookies from Heather @ Bake, Run, Live
(Shipping to the US)
Current bid - $15 from Marisa

Chocolate chip Snickerdoodles from Heather @ Bake, Run, Live 

(Shipping to the US)

Current Bid - $15 from Heidi

Trail Mix Cookies from Heidi @ Young Grasshopper

(Shipping to the US)

Current Bid - $15 from Molly

Yours will look like this, except without the bite mark! 

2 Dozen PB&J Mallomars from Me!
Peanut butter Cookie with your choice of grape, raspberry or strawberry marshmallow!
(Shipping to the US)
Current Bid - $20 from Tania

1 Loaf Povitica Bread from Me!
(Shipping to the US)
Current Bid - $15 from Heidi

  

1 - 8x8 slab Peanut butter Bars from Me!
(Shipping to the US)
Current bid - $15 from Marisa

1 - 8x8 slab Coconut Brownies from Me!
(Shipping to the US)

Current bid - $32 from Marisa

1 batch Pomegranate-Blueberry-Concord Grape Marshmallows from Me!

(Shipping to the US)

Current bid - $15 from Marisa

Good Luck and Happy bidding!

Don't want to bid on tasty treats, but still want to donate to Relay?  Stop by my personal page and you can do just that.  You can also leave me a message too! :)

Let's all Relay for MORE BIRTHDAYS!