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It’s good to be the life of the party, and the cocktail is at the heart of it. That’s why the World Bartending Championship is looking for new and unique cocktail recipes from their fans and guests. The T.G.I. Friday’s® WBC Cocktail Recipe contest will help celebrate the 21st birthday of the World Bartender Championship and what better way to celebrate being 21 with some amazing new drink recipes? So, whether it’s a twist on a classic favorite or your grandfather’s uncle’s secret family recipe, they want to see what you’ve got.

Click for details and enter by 2/26/12

Serve up your best slice of perfect pie for a chance to win $500 in the Taste of Home Country Woman’s magazine Perfect Pies contest.

Each of the winners in the Country Woman “Perfect Pies” contest receives a wonderful prize:

• GRAND PRIZE: $500; Pie Contest in a Box by Gina Hyams, containing everything you need to host a pie contest of your own.
• 2nd Prize: $300; Pie Contest in a Box by Gina Hyams
• 3rd Prize: $200; Pie Contest in a Box by Gina Hyams
• Runners-Up: A free year of Country Woman for themselves or a friend.

Get baking – contest entry deadline is February 1, 2012.  Click here to enter and for more details.

Thanksgiving isn’t just about that delicious bird – it’s also about the desserts.  What are you having for Thanksgiving dessert?  Tell @RespectTheBird and win this week’s giveaway!

The winner will get an Allrecipes.com reusable bag, Turkey Pop-Up Timers, Turkey Baster and a Chef’n Switch It Spatula. (US Residents only, please).  Here’s what you need to do:

1. Follow @RespectTheBird on Twitter. (If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can great one here: http://twitter.com/)
2. Starting tomorrow (11/8) at 9am PST through Friday (11/11) at 3pm PST, tweet your favorite Thanksgiving dessert to @RespectTheBird. Be sure to include #RTB and you’ll be entered to win!

• My favorite #Thanksgiving dessert is Pumpkin Pie! Three slices please! #RTB @RespecttheBird
• #Thanksgiving isn’t complete without pie and ice cream #RTB @RespecttheBird

Check @RespectTheBird’s Twitter feed at 3 PM PST to see if you’re the winner, winner, turkey dinner!  For all the details on this giveaway, check out RespectTheBird.com.

Food, bourbon (ok not really grog), gaming, white sand beaches…food…bourbon…did I mention food & bourbon? – what more could you ask for?

The weekend of September 24 in Biloxi, Mississippi, culinary connoisseurs from across the country will face off in Southern Gaming Magazine’s Casino Cook-off presented by Four Roses Bourbon. The event will showcase the talents of top casino chefs in a “Live Cooking Competition” that will take place as the marquee event of the 28th Annual Chefs of the Coast Culinary Weekend, the premier culinary event of the Gulf Coast.

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