Recipe Contest at Sadia

Sadia, a producer of halal frozen food, including chicken, turkey, pizza, meatballs, and other items, is currently sponsoring a recipe contest for legal residents of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon. The first place winner will receive two airline tickets to the destination of his or her choice, while nine other winners will receive home appliances. You must use at least one Sadia product in your recipe.



Deadline for participation: November 13, 2011

To enter, see the Guidelines.

Moroccan Recipes at About.com and other Info.

Back in September 2007, I mentioned that About.com was in search of guides to various topics, including Moroccan Food and others like Middle East Issues and Arabic Language. This is considered one of the better paying content sites on the Internet as guides receive a monthly stipend of $675 per month for their first two years. Although this is down from $725 (the rate offered back in September 2007), About.com says that:

In addition to a base payment (guaranteed to be $675 per month for Guides in their first two years, with a minimum of $500 per month afterwards), About.com pays Guides by measuring page view growth (month-over-month for Guides in their first year, and year-over-year every year after) with payment incentives for pageview growth. If your page views grow, you will never make less than $675 per month.

And:

On average, a Guide in his or her first two years will make $1,000 a month. The average Guide compensation is around $2,000 a month, and we have Guides who earn more than $100,000 a year.

In any case, I have been meaning for a long time to draw attention to the fact that Sr. Christine Benlafquih, who also writes for Suite101, became the Moroccan Food Guide at About.com. The recipes on Sr. Christine's Moroccan food site are incredibly detailed and mouth-watering. Some dishes I am thinking of trying are:

Mrouzia

Couscous Tfaya

Sardine Balls

If you think you might be interested in becoming a guide at About.com, check out the list of available topics.

Deadline Extended

The submissions deadline for Widad's Cookbook has been extended to September 30, 2007!

Call for Submissions: Recipes, Poems and Short Stories

Back in 2002, Linda D. Delgado (Sis Widad) began collecting recipes from friends around the world as well as original short stories, poems, and scriptural references to food. The result was Halal Food, Fun and Laughter, a delightful cookbook that was published early last year.

Sis Widad is compiling a second volume for charity, and she needs new submissions of recipes, short stories, and poetry. This is what she told me she is looking for:

Recipes: original, never been published before. List ingredients and method for making the recipe. If any unusual ingredient is used (something native to their country), please explain below the recipe in a footnote and suggest something similiar that could be used.

Funny food short stories: a funny story that is about eating or preparing food. We all have such cute stories we can think of when cooking with our kids or making a big goof when trying a recipe! Maximum of 500 words. I will edit for spelling and punctuation but won't change the written story.

Funny food poetry: light-hearted poetry about food. A maximum of 32 lines. Any style acceptable.

Contributor Info: The contributor should include their name/city/state and/or country. If they have a website and/or blog, they can include this. This informationwill be included in the book crediting their contribution.

Deadline: August 15th is the deadline for submissions. I will respond to each contributor and advise if I have chosen his/her work for inclusion.

Contributions to the volume are volunteer submissions, and all profits will go to a Muslim food bank. Contributors will receive a volume of the book their work is published in. Send all submissions and queries directly to Sis Widad.