My cookies are winners!

2007 TASTE OFF WINNERS!!!

I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Cooking for Kids Taste Off.
Participating law firms were:

Arent Fox
Bracewell & Giuiliani
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
Reed Smith
Spriggs & Hollingsworth
Steptoe & Johnson
Washington Lawyer's Committee
Weil, Gotshal & Manges

Thanks to all of the law firms and bakers for participating in this event. Our judges were:

David Dorsen, Esq., noted former Wine & Food Editor, Washingtonian Magazine;

Thomas Head, former Executive Wine &Food Editor, Washingtonian Magazine;

Melanie Parker, Pastry Chef at the award-winning Equinox Restaurant; and

Nancy Brier, Assistant to the Owner, Equinox Restaurant.

The judges picked one winning dessert from each category. From those three desserts a grand prize winner was selected. The winners are:

Pie – Elizabeth Carder, Reed Smith – Triple Berry Pie
Cake – Tonie Davis, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw – Lemon Pound Cake
Cookie – Amanda Fillmore, Bracewell & Giuiliani – Chocolate Chip Cookie

Tonie Davis, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw was awarded the Grand Prize, dinner for two (2) at a D.C. restaurant courtesy of our judge, David Dorsen, Esq. The remaining winners will each receive a bottle of fine wine recommended by our wine critic.

Congratulations to the winners and to all of the baking participants. The desserts were fabulous!! Thanks also to the bake sale coordinators and to the firms for your enthusiastic support of this activity.

Thank you to everyone for participating in today's Cooking for Kids bake sale and contest. The big winners are the students at Brightwood Elementary School since we raised $245!