Boston Blogger Cookie Challenge Winners
We absolutely loved reading through all the entries to our Boston Blogger Cookie Challenge (see all the entries: part 1, part 2 and part 3). After tallying up the votes from our judges, here are the results.
Finalists: (each win a 1-year membership to CooksIllustrated.com)
kitchentangents, by Bethanie Humphreys
Blog Post: Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies and Motherhood
Judges’ comment:
- “What struck me about this post was about the connection between baking, learning, and connecting with family. The focus wasn’t on the step-by-step follow-through of the recipe, but rather on the philosophical narrative about the small, sweet bits of memory that linger in the kitchen, from one generation to the next.”
Pixelated Crumb, by Kristen Llobrera
Blog post: perfect chocolate chip cookies from cook’s illustrated
Twitter: @pixelatedcrumb
Judges’ comments:
- “In addition to the adorable cooking anecdotes with her sister and partner, the photos are absolutely gorgeous, with seriously standout cookie-tude.”
- “Chocolate chip cookies remind me of family, so I really enjoyed the tie-in with her sister. As an older sister, I can relate to delegating my sibling to the “boring” tasks, like mixing the dry ingredients. Cute story and great pictures.”
blandishments in Boston, by Jordan
Blog Post: America’s Test Kitchen Challenge: The “Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie”
Twitter: @jeblandishments
Judges’ comments:
- “With all the comparisons between the Cook’s Illustrated recipe and the ubiquitous back-of-the-bag method, it was cool to see an entry that embraced the spirit of recipe comparison and actually documented a head-to-head testing.”
- “The ‘bona fide taste testing party’ is an elaborate touch, and oh so America’s-Test-Kitchen! No longer satisfied with mere empirical yumminess, our perfect cookie is proven the winner in a head to head blind tasting against Tollhouse.”
Winner: (wins a visit to the set of America’s Test Kitchen TV)
Erstwhile & dear, by Rachael Ringenberg
Blog post: Cook’s Illustrated’s Perfect Cookies
Twitter: @girlpolish
Judges’ comments:
- “Simply put, brevity is the soul of wit, and the vintage-tinged ‘Brief Guide’ photo essay bridges that sexy line between straight-forward utilitarianism and a lyrical portrayal of the kitchen. ”
- “Her opening paragraphs perfectly capture what we do at America’s Test Kitchen, and the photos are great. They illustrate the most important parts of the recipe— and her final batch looks picture-perfect.”
Congratulations to the winner and finalists!
