Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Chef de Cuisine 2010

After John took home the big prize at the first annual Poort family Chef de Cuisine (chili)...
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...we were looking forward to this year's challenge of baked pasta. I dusted the flower off of my favorite Martha Stewart mac & cheese recipe and we headed to the eastside in hopes of repeating last year's success with this delicious dish.
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Alas, it was Joia's amazing, and aptly named, "the world's best fontina mac & cheese (with ham)" that got my vote and took home this year's title. All of the dishes were spectacular and we were happy to share the runner up prize with Adam & Melissa's rigatoni. Next time I'm going to follow my instincts and, no matter what, find a way to include some sort of salty pork product into my dish. Bring it on "small bites"!

It was a fun and high caloric day topped off with some delicious cheesecake to celebrate Ben and Joia's birthdays.

The big winner
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What cute cousins...and check out Sloane's big pimpin' track suit.
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Hanging out with dad
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Snuggling with Aunt Amy
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Snoozing with mom
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Love, love Jonah's Star Wars shirt.
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