Menu for Hope - Prize Code UW28

I'm a bit behind this year but am managing to squeeze this in before deadline: For this year's Menu for Hope, which raises money for a VERY good cause, I am donating a dinner with me at the famed Chateau Marmont Hotel restaurant in West Hollywood. Chef Carolynn Spence (formerly of Spotted Pig in NYC) will create an incredible tasting menu for us - with wine pairings - and you may choose the date/time for whenever you'd like. So basically this is a dinner for one, since you will be going with me, if that is OK. :) You will meet the chef and sommelier as well. We will meet there at the restaurant, so this is somewhat limited to locals (unless you plan on being in LA sometime - that's fine too!).

Included in the dinner will be a box of treats created by yours truly, that you can take home with you.

To bid on this prize, use code UW28. Here are instructions:

1. Choose a prize or prizes of your choice from our Menu for Hope at http://chezpim.com/ (or go to MattBites, who is displaying the west coast prizes on his blog).

2. Go to the donation site at http://www.firstgiving.com/menuforhope5 and make a donation.

3. Each $10 you donate will give you one raffle ticket toward a prize of your choice. Please specify which prize you'd like in the 'Personal Message' section in the donation form when confirming your donation. You must write-in how many tickets per prize, and please use the prize code.For example, a donation of $50 can be 2 tickets for EU01 and 3 tickets for EU02. Please write 2xEU01, 3xEU02

4. If your company matches your charity donation, please check the box and fill in the information so we could claim the corporate match.

5. Please allow us to see your email address so that we could contact you in case you win. Your email address will not be shared with anyone.

Only two more days: Menu for Hope!

Menu for Hope ends tomorrow, December 21st. So please click here to find out more and donate today!

Menu for Hope: Gourmet Salt Box (UW31)

Today is the kick-off of Menu for Hope, the annual food-blogger fundraiser started by Chez Pim a few years ago. It's fun, it's easy, you can win fantastic prizes (see more on that below) and you'll be helping out a worthy cause: world hunger.

You can read all the details here at Rasa Mayalsia (she is hosting the West Coast prizes on her site), and view a whole array of prizes. In a nutshell, for every $10 you donate, you get a virtual raffle ticket to bid on the prize of your choice. At the end of the two-week fundraiser, Chez Pim will announce the winners. Pretty instant gratification, if you ask me! The fundraising is being handled by a bonafide charity called Firstgiving, so none of the bloggers are handling any monies. Click here to check out information about Menu for Hope through Firstgiving.

The prize sponsored by Rainy Days and Sundays is this beautiful boxed set of salts from NapaStyle. The prize code for this is UW31.

The box, which is made from non-endangered acacia wood, contains 4.5-oz of each of the five salts: Sundried Tomato, Citrus Rosemary, Roasted Garlic, Hawaiian Red, and Gray Salt. It is a $58.00 value and, from my own personal experience using Michael Chiarello's salts, this will inspire many great recipes! Shipping in the U.S. and Canada only.

Donation instructions:

1. Choose a prize or prizes of their choice from Rasa's list or the complete prize list on Chez Pim.

2. Go to the donation site at http://www.firstgiving.com/menuforhope4 to make a donation

3. Specify the prize you would like to bid for in the 'Personal Message' section in the donation form. Each $10 donate will get one raffle ticket toward a prize. For example, a donation of $50 can be 2 tickets for UW01 and 3 tickets for UW33. Please write 2xUW01, 3xUW33.

The results will be published on Chez Pim on Wednesday January 9th.

So please donate today, even if it's only $10.00. Just think, you can walk away with this gorgeous salt set for a mere $10.00! Last year, Menu for Hope raised a whopping $62,925.12. Let's go for $100,000 this year!