Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Fat Tuesday is tomorrow – Feb. 12 – and WMPG is firing up the celebration with a friendly competition of Cajun materpieces (i.e., tasty recipes from local eateries).
This year's Cajun Cookin' Challenge lineup of competitors include the defending champions of last year – Bayside Bowl. Some of the other participants include:
Silly's (3rd place last year)
Empire Dine & Dance
Gritty's
USM Dining
Great Lost Bear (2nd place last year)
Izzy's Cheesecake and Po Boys & Pickles
Bintliff American Cafe
Pepper Club
The event – in it's 18th year – will be held from noon to 3 p.m. in the Woodbury Campus Center of the USM's Portland Campus.
The event will be broadcast live on WMPG – 90.9 or 104.1 on your radio – and feature Cajun Aces Rob Sylvain performing live at 2 p.m.
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Meredith Goad has harvested oysters on the Chesapeake Bay, eaten reindeer in Finland and sipped hot chai in the Himalayas. She writes the weekly Soup to Nuts column and enjoys a good cocktail.
Meredith can be contacted at 791-6332 or
mgoad@pressherald.com
On Twitter: @meredithgoad
Susan Axelrod's food writing career began in the kitchen; she owned a restaurant and catering business before turning to journalism more than a decade ago. To relax, she bakes, gardens and hikes with her husband and their two dogs. A newcomer to Portland, she is an online content producer for the Press Herald.
Susan can be contacted at 791-6310 or saxelrod [at] pressherald.com.
On Twitter: @susansaxelrod
Wendy Almeida and her family have a smattering of livestock and a summer garden. After 10 years of her kids being involved in 4-H, she's finally accepted the term "hobby farm" to describe her family's work at sustainable living. These days her morning starts with milking a goat before heading into the office for her day job as an assistant editor for features.
Wendy can be contacted at wea [at] mainetoday.com or on Twitter @wea1021.
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