California Raisin competition

Cooking with the Culinary Institute of America

A 9.3 mile run was a good start to a day filled with food, food, and more food. I ran from the hotel down the main road back toward Napa. The traffic was getting heavier as time passed and the road was rolling and winding. It was a good workout run followed by a wonderful breakfast. The Garden Omelet made with egg whites at the Palisades Deli Café. After breakfast, the California Raisin Bread winners were on the road again to the Culinary Institute of America at the Greystone campus. It was graduation day for one of the classes so [...]

By Joanne|2012-03-11T19:47:23-04:00March 11, 2012|Baking|3 Comments

And the Winner Is…Kansas Day 3

The final day of the California Raisin Bread Competition. What an exciting day. I won’t tell you about being awake at 3:30 am. Nor will I tell you how I forgot my socks and one of the judges told me I had better get my socks and that Ted had to save the day pertaining to both socks and pans. Yes, pans. Ted had to get to Wal-Mart and purchase four 9X13 cake pans. The AIB didn’t have the 11 X 15 I needed (with 2” sides) and neither did Wal-Mart. I made the best out of what we could get. [...]