Comments on: SF Food Wars: Mac and Cheese

By: SF Food Wars: Mini Cupcakes | Local Lemons

SF Food Wars: Mini Cupcakes | Local Lemons — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:10:48 +0000

[...] Once again, my top choice did not take home the blue ribbon. Light, airy and totally delicious, the red velvet cupcake, called Tiny Treasure, left me weak in the knees. I’m a sucker for tradition. If you can take an everyday, traditional cupcake like the red velvet and make it spectacular, well that just takes talent. Marianne, the baker of the tiny treasures, told me she used a combination of buttermilk, vegetable oil and butter to get the texture just right. Her soft and rich cream cheese frosting was mixed with butter and a tad of salt, and lacked the graininess that usually comes with cream cheese frosting. [...]

By: Allison Arevalo

Allison Arevalo — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:18:53 +0000

The vegan one was good! The winning mac and cheese came in a pie crust – not quite a grilled cheese, but a bit closer! You should start a competition in your neck of the woods.

By: GrilledShane

GrilledShane — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:17:25 +0000

It is too bad that I live so far away as I would have loved to gone to that competition. It seems like Mac & Cheese is very similar to Grilled Cheese Sandwiches in that you can do so much with it while still staying true to the basics. It is definitely awesome. Surprisingly, the vegan one sounds good.

By: Allison Arevalo

Allison Arevalo — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:55:28 +0000

Hi Kate. I can’t seem to find it – but I’m on it! Check back soon and I’ll give you an update. I’d be curious to see it too – it was seriously one of the best vegan dishes I’ve ever had.