Thursday, December 17, 2009
Food for a Cause
Food Bloggers Seek to Raise Funds for Poor Farmers with Menu for Hope 6
Posted
By Mary Ladd
on Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The sixth annual
Menu for Hope kicked off Monday. It's a blog-based charity fundraiser for the U.N. World Food Programme, organized by
Chez Pim blogger Pim Techamuanvivit after the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia and supported by food sites worldwide. Think of it as a big online raffle, with the chance to win a food and wine-related prize. All proceeds go to small, low-income farmers. Bloggers and others donating prizes with include Cooking with Amy,
Cucina Nicolina, Coi, Cane Rosso, Manresa,
Married with Dinner,
Simply Recipes,
Soul Food Farm, and
Wild Yeast; peruse specific items
here. Buy tickets online at $10 a pop; for a full list of prizes, peek here. The raffle ends Dec. 25, and Chez Pim will announce the winners Jan. 18.
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