I recently met up [0] with a few other food bloggers and during the meet-up, Catherine of Food Musings [1] mentioned an article that she read about how there weren't many things in America that most Americans could talk about. In fact, according to the article there were two things: Harry Potter and the Sopranos. We discussed that for a while and decided that American Idol [2] should probably be added to that list too. I mean, I haven't even watched the show in several years and yet I find myself talking about it at least once or twice a week.
At any rate, it got me thinking - there had to be a better reason for a bunch of food bloggers to end up talking about American Idol. So I figured, why not host an American Idol themed food challenge. I know, it's a little bit hokey (okay, maybe a lot hokey), but you know you are secretly excited over this one. And the rules are pretty simple, all you have to do is come up with a dish inspired by American Idol. It can be a loose interpretation of the words (something red white and blue perhaps?), but if you want to make a cake shaped like Simon Cowell, that would be more than awesome.
Here's what you need to do to participate:
- Write about your creation by
May 8May 15 (be sure to include a link to this here post). If you don't have a blog, you can always sign up for a TeamSugar [3] account and post it there. - Send me an email by
May 8May 15 (the roundup will be posted onMay 11May 18) with the following information:- Your name & location
- Your blog name
- Permalink for your post
- What you made and why
- A 100x100 pixel image of your creation (optional)
Send the emails to yumsugar[at]gmail[dot]com with the subject "American Idol Creation" - I can't wait to see what you guys come up with! I'll post the full roundup on May 11th May 18th.
YumSugar Out!
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Oh and if you're wondering, that Sanjaya cookie [4] came from the crazy folks over at Milk Fat.