Congratulations!

Aw, you doubted our true admiration for your work. Dang. We tried so hard to let you know we like it. Now you know it's not false praise. You go!

Wow that's drop-dead professional-looking! And - I'm soooo glad you didn't decide to use one of those dreadful, snooty, elitist square or rectangular plates, too!!

Congrats!! So when is your next competition.

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Excellent! This will give your cooking some much deserved exposure.

You would be a tough contender in any cooking contest.

Jim

Congratulations - nice job!

Thank you everyone. It was kind of fun to enter, even more fun to win. LOL!

That forum sometimes give out great prizes for their competitions. I was told one time they gave a smoker worth $1,000.

Is this some kind of Karma?

I am philosophically against buying a Thermapen. It is an excellent thermometer, but not at close to $100.00.

As I said, my digital thermometer which served me well for 6 years and is still going strong only costed less than $3.00.

I said to myself, I am never going to own a Thermapen!

Now, I am forced to have a Thermapen! LOL!

dcarch

Happy to relieve you of the burden of owning a Thermapen, dcarch :)

Pretty food...

I agree, I'd never pay $100 for a thermometer, no matter how well it works. Elery would love to have one, though, go figure.

Congratulations on the contest, carbonara is one of the pasta dishes I actually like. And, of course, it's so bad for me, go figure. Lobster is good for you, so that makes up for it, maybe.....

Annie

katiec, Thanks, and thanks for the offer. Karma being what it is, I have a feeling that when it arrives, my 6 year old $3.00 job will immediately retire, and I would be forced to use that Thermapen against my will :-).

Thanks Annie, Yes, carbonara is definitely comfort food, all that bacon and egg yolks.

dcarch

Good job! I am not at all surprised that you won. To me part of the appeal of this forum is your food art. A Thermapen too!

Wonderful!

Way to go, Dcarch! And, I'm so happy you're not going. I was a bit worried when I saw your title.

Sally

Not at all surprised that you won DC. Congratulations!
Competitions are always fun, especially when you win.

While true artists don't need every tool known to man, in order to create a masterpiece, they're still nice to own, so enjoy the prize and the praise :)

Sol

Congratulations! And it looks great.

I want a thermapen but would never buy one. Recently surprised by the gifting on the web!
Congrats on the win. Seems it is a new era for bloggers and such. Enter before it slides away.
I won an ipod...gave it to my nephew.
What i noticed immediately is your swirl of the noodles. In your creative mind and experience, you did what others may not think of. I would have overlapped the limes on the other side of the plate from the lobster swirl, for balance. Critics like a simple white plate.
(don't take me too seriously, but i am an artist and like visual balanced construction)
Again congrats on the win. Keep doing that! Food is art and visually stimulating.

Fantastic but not surprising!!! Had I known you were seeking validation for your plating, I would have reached out with the numerous awards that I have bestowed on you from my den.

Thank you again everyone. I think I have shown how much fun you can have with cooking, besides the enjoyment of eating.

sleevendog, you have a great artistic eye. In fact, I was having doubts about balance of the plating. I might have done things a little different if I had more time.

The problem was the size of the lobsters, they were bigger than they were supposed to be. The store ran out of chicken lobsters, they had to give me the largest size ones at the same price. Even I used a 14 inch platter, the plating still look crowded.

dcarch

Like others I am not surprised by your well deserved win! Congrats!

"I have a feeling that when it arrives, my 6 year old $3.00 job will immediately retire." dcarch

I seriously doubt that. I have a feeling you are going to take that 6-year old thermometer and pair it with a hair dryer, a bird bath, some string and who knows what else. And you will come up with a tool that no one has heard of and it will serve multiple, magical purposes!

Teresa

The MacGyver of the Cooking Forum. HA! Teresa, you just made me spit out my drink.

Hahaa, Teresa & Rob!

Yes, I do have a bad habit of re-purposing junk.

dcarch