This year, Menu for Hope raised a whooping $91,188; how fantastic is that? Thank you so much everyone. You who offered prizes, you who promoted Menu for Hope and you who bid on the prizes.

If you are one of the lucky winners, click on the prize code to go to the blog hosting your prize and contact the blogger, either via email or leave a comment on their blog. You should also receive an email by tomorrow with the email address to contact for your prize. If you have any problem at all, please feel free to contact me, or email Pim.

EU01 – Edible Paris food tour (worth 200€)

From Rosa.
Contact: Rosa Jackson.
= Charlotte Smelik

EU02 – Gorgeous Italian hamper

From Sara & San Lorenzo.
Contact: Kitchen Pantry.
= Nina Mc Collum

EU03 – Fun gourmet bag

From Tertia.
Contact: Koken and Co.
= Rolf HH Groenwold

EU04 – Paris market tour and lunch for two

From See.
Contact: Umami.
= Chee Wah Teo

EU05 – A box of Belgian homemade sweets by il cavoletto di Bruxelles

From Sigrid.
Contact: il cavoletto di Bruxelles .
= Paola Porfiri

EU06 – A signed copy of Mercotte latest book Desserts créatifs, plus Trish Deseine’s Fêtes Maison and Quiche, cakes et compagnie

From Mercotte.
Contact: La cuisine de Mercotte.
= Evelyn A Merrin

EU07 – A signed copy of Clotilde’s upcoming book on Paris: Clotilde’s Edible Adventures in Paris

From Clotilde.
Contact: Chocolate and Zucchini.
= Susan Hurst

EU08 – Teatime at la Cocotte

From Rachel.
Contact: Rkhooks.
= Hsien Y Tan

EU09 – La Cocotte’s speciality dulce de leche Coquettines

From Rachel.
Contact: Rkhooks.
= Samantha Breach

EU10 – Homemade sablés aux olives noires and sablés au chocolat et à la fleur de sel, just like Pierre Hermé’s

From Fanny.
Contact: foodbeam.
= Jana Zunbaum

EU11 – Foodie week end with French girl Fanny

From Fanny.
Contact: foodbeam.
= Elizabeth Cheslock

EU12 – Two homemade loafs cakes (green tea and chestnut, and yuzu) plus Swiss specialty gruyère bricelets

From Marcia.
Contact: Sooishi.
= Céline Tissot

EU13 – A big box of Swiss chocolates

From Makiko.
Contact: Just Hungry.
= Sonja Habernig

EU14 – Bento Maker’s Starter Box

From Makiko.
Contact: Just Bento.
= Jennifer RK Iriye

EU15 – A special irresistible baking collection for all Moomin lovers

From Dagmar.
Contact: a Cat in the kitchen.
= K. Santos

EU16 – A jar of homemade chocolate and banana jam, and tea with Marion at Jean-Paul Hévin

From Marion.
Contact: Il en faut peu pour être heureux.
= Rachanawan Swusdipanee

EU17 – A shining new KitchenAid stand mixer with ice cream attachment, plus David’s lastest book: The perfect scoop (US only)

From David.
Contact: David Lebovitz.
= M Guia Palma

EU18 – A signed copy of Pascale’s Cadeaux gourmands, and a microplane grater (Europe only)

From Pascale.
Contact: C’est moi qui l’ai fait.
= Paul Reiss

EU19 – Cooking lesson in northern Umbria for two (worth 175€)

From Judith.
Contact: Think on it.
= Paul Reiss

EU20 – Name a sweet baby girl goat (names start with a D this year) that will make one of the finest organic goat’s cheese of the French Riviera

From Fanny.
Contact: foodbeam.
= Céline AM Rouquet

EU21 – A pretty vintage print advertising Beurre de Normandie.

From Lucy.
Contact: Lucy’s kitchen notebook.
= Margaret Pilgrim

EU22 – Seminar walk around Paris (worth 110€).

From Jeremy & Context Travel.
Contact: Context Travel.
= Hsien Y Tan

EU23 – A signed copy of Dorie’s beautiful cookbook: Baking from my home to yours (can be delivered by Dorie herself if you’re lucky enough to live in Paris)

From Dorie.
Contact: Dorie Greenspan.
= Jesper T Moll

EU24 – A lovely food tour of Lyon and a basket full of homemade chocolaty goodies

From Guillemette.
Contact: Chocolat et caetera.
= Kalen Delaney

EU25 – One of Kate’s much loved and precious hand-thrown Cassoulet pots from Camp Cassoulet

From Kate.
Contact: Kate Hill: A French kitchen adventure.
= Suzanne Heinrichs

EU26 – Pierre Hermé’s latestbook: Confidences sucrées

From Jessica.
Contact: La cilliegina sulla torta.
= Joseph J Fenush III

EU27 – “Artigianale basket” of Italian artisan goodies

From Sara.
Contact: Ms Adventures in Italy.
= Lauren K Kawakami

EU28 – Lunch with Elisabeth at Lenôtre in Cannes (France)

From Elisabeth.
Contact: La vie en English.
= Marty McCarty

EU29 – A signed copy of Sophie’s stunning book: La table du thé

From Sophie.
Contact: Chez Ptipois.
= Jeff Trockman

EU30 – A five-day cooking with fire workshop in the heart of Chianti for one lucky person (worth 2000€)

From Judy and Kate.
Contact: Over a Tuscan stove.
= Lucy Vanel

EU31 – A personal tour of elBulli kitchen laboratory with Ferran Adria

From Pim.
Contact: Chez Pim.
= Françoise E Galleto

EU32 – Two tickets to Madrid Fusion, worth 1,200 euros!

From Pim.
Contact: Chez Pim.
= Itir Karaesmen

EU33 – A signed copy of Cléa’s latest book: Quinoa

From Cléa.
Contact: Cléa cuisine.
= Florence Luisier

EU34 – Very Swedish: a parcel containing a great cookbook, Swedish bread, spices, candy and a hand-made heart-shaped potholder

From Anne.
Contact: Anne’s food.
= Caitlin R Myers

EU35 – Duchy original cookbook, and a print of one of Meeta’s pictures

From Meeta.
Contact: What’s for lunch honey?.
= Don Vienne Sebathit

EU36 – Vintage Gourmet vegetarian food for carnivores cookbook, and a gorgeous Christmas box with one of Sandra’s homemade jam

From Sandra.
Contact: Un tocco di zenzero.
= L Chu

EU37 – Gastronomic tour of Barcelona with Silly Disciple

From Mariano.
Contact: Silly Disciple.
= Abby S Dyson

EU40 – Lunch for two at Alain Passard’s Arpège

From Pim.
Contact: Chez Pim.
= Jeff Trockman

Can you believe that Menu for Hope already raised 86,451$? And there still is plenty of time for you to pick a prize or more, and bid on it.

I mean, for just 10$ you can win the prize of your dreams.
1. Check all the prizes – or from Europe only
2. Discover the great odds
3. Buy raffle tickets

Who wouldn’t want a KitchenAid stand mixer or a special English tea with Sam or an Apple iPhone or a lunch at l’Arpège or two tickets to Madrid Fusion or Pierre Hermé’s lastest cookbook or a case of top-rated wine bottles or a set of Global knives…

Please, someone stop me! I could rave about all those awesome prizes for hours. But you would do the same, wouldn’t you?

You should know me by now. I can’t not bake. It gets me physically-and-emotionally-damaged. Yes, it’s that bad. I need to bake. Really, I need it.
However, I do understand that some people consider baking and pastry as difficult and time-consuming.

Here is the thing: I’m addicted to baking and you desperately need some help/step-by-step guidance.
Is there a cake/tart/entremet you’re too scared or lazy to make? Just tell me one word and I’ll make your dreams come true. May it be St Honoré, Tarte Tatin, macarons, éclairs au chocolat, doughnuts. I will make anything. Just for you.

Everyone* that bids on one of my prizes – or actually any prize from Europe – to raise money for Menu for Hope will get the chance to be one of the three lucky people that will receive a customised envelop, containing:
- the hand written recipe of their choice
- beautifully printed step-by-step pictures
- my phone number/aim so you can call me if having troubles with the recipe

I’ll be your own private pastry chef. So bid on my prizes before tonight and send me an email before the 31st of December. Three lucky winners will be randomly picked on the 1st of January.
So think about it. Whether you would like to name a sweet-looking baby goat (EU20), or win some delicious cookies that just tastes like Pierre Hermé’s (EU10), or even be lucky enough to spend a day or more with me (EU11).

Buy a raffle ticket now.

* Please pick either EU10, EU11 or EU20 by the end of the day and email me by the 31st of December. This offer applies to everyone who has already bid on one of my prizes too, just email me.

Hope to see that 5+ number on my screen tomorrow morning when I wake up!

It’s you that makes it all. Pick a prize or more that you like; and trust me, there are many many prizes. Buy raffle tickets. And make lots of people happy.

ps. If you didn’t get it. I mean that drawing above. It’s me. Sleeping (with red lipstick on, Chanel – it goes without saying). And dreaming. I know: what bad illustrator I make!

Same applies to Menu for Hope. While I should try to be as fair as possible, I couldn’t help but pick some favourites. And if I love them, I think you will love them too. So here they are. Play favourites too. Choose one or more prizes. Buy tickets to enter the raffle and maybe win your most favouritest prize.

Teatime at La Cocotte with Rachel *EU08*

It might be because I love Rachel and pretty much everything she does, but well, the girl’s talented. She’s currently the head pastry chef at La Cocotte, Paris hypest cookbook shop and place for gourmandes.
For Menu for Hope, Rachel gives you the chance to have tea at La Cocotte with her. There will only be one lucky winner, so make sure you secure yourself a place.
Read more about this prize on Rachel’s blog.

Name this baby goat *EU20*

Although this is somewhat one of the prizes I’m offering, but Bruno – the farm owner – really is the generous man behind this. He’s the kindest person you’re likely to meet and I admire his passion and devotion. His goats mean everything to him and that’s why the cheese is so good. Probably the best goat’s cheese on the French Riviera.
You can win the opportunity to name one baby goat. Look how cute she is! She’ll be ‘yours’ and if I were you I wouldn’t miss this. I got the chance to name baby goats two years ago and feel very proud about it every time I spend a day on the farm.
Read more about this prize on foodbeam.

A signed copy of Dorie Greenspan’s Baking from my home to yours *EU23*

Three words: chocolate chip cookies. I made them last week and they’re out of this world. Simply the best chocolate chip cookies ever.
This is definitely the leitmotiv of this book. Every recipe is the best recipe ever. You’ll never be disappointed. They work, look beautiful, taste delicious.
And if you live in Paris, Dorie could even deliver the book to you herself.
Read more about this prize on Dorie’s blog.

The Moomin-addict baking item collection *EU15*

I clearly need this. Moomins have always been such a favourite. I would watch the show as a child and loved it. So now, Dagmar gives us the possibility to make Moomin-shaped cakes and cookies.
You can’t not want it. No, you can’t.
Read more about this prize on Dagmar’s blog.

Buy raffle tickets now »
Discover more prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

I mean. Yeaaaaaah.

I’m somewhat disappointed though. First, because no one wants my cookies. Com’on people, you know you love them. They’re just perfect and taste like a dream.
To prove you how wrong you are not to know you need them, take that:

It seems you also need new cookbooks, don’t you? Whether you feel like making British cookies, yummy vegetarian recipes, a delicious quinoa salad or sophisticated entremets, just a 10$ ticket can offer what you’re looking for.

And what a bout a relaxing day with one of your favourite bloggers? Hot chocolate at Jean-Paul Hévin, lunch at Lenotre, visit of Lyon or Paris…

Buy raffle tickets now »
Discover more prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

Here is a rainbow of words to devour. Just click, meet my lovely friends and discover their terrificaly hot, coco, bittersweet, kawaii, healthy, chic, delicious prizes.

If you’re still hungry, you can check the marvelous prizes offered by the European foodbloggers. Not full yet? Then drop by Pim and discover all the prizes you could win for just 10$!

Judging from the number of emails I receive on a daily basis, you guys, are all about wanting to know how a French girl like me lives like.
Well, one of the most important thing you should know is that I love: earmuffs, baby goats and Pierre Hermé’s sablés.

Today, I’m offering you the opportunity to share bits and bites of the highly, ahem, interesting and actually very random facts that make me happy.
For just 10$, you can buy a raffle ticket and win the chance to discover my sweet life.

Les sablés de chez Pierre Hermé (EU10)

If I had to remember only one thing from the amazing ten-weeks I spent at Pierre Hermé Paris, it would definitely be the sablés.

Les sablés aux olives noires
I might have spent hours (and yes, I do mean hours) cutting out 5,5cm-wide disks out of the amazingly smooth yet speckled with crushed black olives dough. The pâte à sablés was so fragrant that as soon as I took it out of the fridge, it filled the room with a strong and delightful olive perfume.
The dough was then rolled, détaillée, arranged into small silicon moulds and baked. Possibly the best cookies I’ve ever had: sweet yet pleasantly salty and perfectly short-textured.

Les sablés au chocolat et à la fleur de sel
These definitely are another favourite. I love the contrast between the melting chocolate chunks and the texture of the sablé itself.
The addition of salt is a brilliant idea: it doesn’t only enhance the profound chocolate taste but it also makes these cookies particularly desirable.

If you choose this prize – EU10, you can get this absolutely delicious sablés at your door. I will happilly ship them to the US and anywhere in Europe.
Buy raffle tickets now »

Les bébés chèvres (EU20)

I was lucky enough to work on an organic goat breeding farm a little more than two years ago. I then spent my days taking care of over eighty goats: milking them, taking them to the park, cuddling them… The rest of the day was spent making, what is known as the finest organic goat’s cheese of the French riviera.
You can imagine how wonderful it was. But can you imagine how cute baby goats are?

If you choose this prize – EU20, you get the chance to name of those lovely baby goats. Names start with a D this year so you can get as creative as you want.
You will also get a high-quality print of your baby goat as soon as she’ll be born (around Ferbruary or March 08).
Buy raffle tickets now »

And many other things (EU11)

If you choose this prize – EU11, you’ll get the opportunity to spend one or two days with me. Perfect if you want to know how it feels like to be a French girl or if you want to become a better baker or food photographer.
Thos two days will be packed with exciting things:
- a visit to my favourite farmers’ market
- a baking class
- a visit to the most gorgeous goat breeding farm with the possibility to learn how to make soft goat cheese and to cuddle baby goats
- a food photography class
- eating yummy things, like ice creams or homemade ratatouille…
Actually, pretty much everything you want to do.

Buy raffle tickets now »

If it’s impossible for you to travel down the South of France (or if you’re creepy as hell), I’ll make sure to send you a huge packet full of my absolute favourite stuff. And when I say huge, I mean it.

Soooo please, do buy a ticket for this prize, or I’ll feel very lonely. And you don’t want that do you? I might even let you try my earmuffs on… Com’on. Who could refuse such an offer?

You might wonder what I have been up to the last few weeks. Well, I have to admit no cooking or baking was involved. Menu for Hope they call it.
It’s that time of year again, when food bloggers from all over the world join together, taking leave from our usual frivolity. Throughout the year, we celebrate food as a source of joy, but for two weeks every December, we ask you, our readers, to help us support those who are not so lucky, to whom food is not a mere indulgence but a matter of survival. This Menu for Hope is our small way to help. Please join us.

What is Menu for Hope?

The following list is the listing of prizes offered by European bloggers for our Menu for Hope raffle. For this first day, I chose to display the prizes by code somewhat succinctly; but do check back often as I will write almost daily thematic round-ups. I’m sure you won’t be able to resist.
You can find the full listing over at Pim’s foodblog.

May I introduce you to the prizes.
I am a reader. How can I donate and enter the Menu for Hope raffle?
I am a blogger. You can promote Menu for Hope on your blog.

EU01 – Edible Paris food tour (worth 200€)

From Rosa.
Read more about this prize at Rosa Jackson.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU02 – Gorgeous Italian hamper

From Sara & San Lorenzo.
Read more about this prize at Kitchen Pantry.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU03 – Fun gourmet bag

From Tertia.
Read more about this prize at Koken and Co.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU04 – Paris market tour and lunch for two

From See.
Read more about this prize at Umami.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU05 – A box of Belgian homemade sweets by il cavoletto di Bruxelles

From Sigrid.
Read more about this prize at il cavoletto di Bruxelles .
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU06 – A signed copy of Mercotte latest book Desserts créatifs, plus Trish Deseine’s Fêtes Maison and Quiche, cakes et compagnie

From Mercotte.
Read more about this prize at La cuisine de Mercotte.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU07 – A signed copy of Clotilde’s upcoming book on Paris: Clotilde’s Edible Adventures in Paris

From Clotilde.
Read more about this prize at Chocolate and Zucchini.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU08 – Teatime at la Cocotte

From Rachel.
Read more about this prize at Rkhooks.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU09 – La Cocotte’s speciality dulce de leche Coquettines

From Rachel.
Read more about this prize at Rkhooks.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU10 – Homemade sablés aux olives noires and sablés au chocolat et à la fleur de sel, just like Pierre Hermé’s

From Fanny.
Read more about this prize at foodbeam.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU11 – Foodie week end with French girl Fanny

From Fanny.
Read more about this prize at foodbeam.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU12 – Two homemade loafs cakes (green tea and chestnut, and yuzu) plus Swiss specialty gruyère bricelets

From Marcia.
Read more about this prize at Sooishi.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU13 – A big box of Swiss chocolates

From Makiko.
Read more about this prize at Just Hungry.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »
More prizes from around the world at Chez Pim »

EU14 – Bento Maker’s Starter Box

From Makiko.
Read more about this prize at Just Bento.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU15 – A special irresistible baking collection for all Moomin lovers

From Dagmar.
Read more about this prize at a Cat in the kitchen.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU16 – A jar of homemade chocolate and banana jam, and tea with Marion at Jean-Paul Hévin

From Marion.
Read more about this prize at Il en faut peu pour être heureux.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU17 – A shining new KitchenAid stand mixer with ice cream attachment, plus David’s lastest book: The perfect scoop (US only)

From David.
Read more about this prize at David Lebovitz.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU18 – A signed copy of Pascale’s Cadeaux gourmands, and a microplane grater (Europe only)

From Pascale.
Read more about this prize at C’est moi qui l’ai fait.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU19 – Cooking lesson in northern Umbria for two (worth 175€)

From Judith.
Read more about this prize at Think on it.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU20 – Name a sweet baby girl goat (names start with a D this year) that will make one of the finest organic goat’s cheese of the French Riviera

From Fanny.
Read more about this prize at foodbeam.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU21 – A pretty vintage print advertising Beurre de Normandie.

From Lucy.
Read more about this prize at Lucy’s kitchen notebook.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU22 – Seminar walk around Paris (worth 110€).

From Jeremy & Context Travel.
Read more about this prize at Context Travel.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU23 – A signed copy of Dorie’s beautiful cookbook: Baking from my home to yours (can be delivered by Dorie herself if you’re lucky enough to live in Paris)

From Dorie.
Read more about this prize at Dorie Greenspan.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU24 – A lovely food tour of Lyon and a basket full of homemade chocolaty goodies

From Guillemette.
Read more about this prize at Chocolat et caetera.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU25 – One of Kate’s much loved and precious hand-thrown Cassoulet pots from Camp Cassoulet

From Kate.
Read more about this prize at Kate Hill: A French kitchen adventure.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU26 – Pierre Hermé’s latestbook: Confidences sucrées

From Jessica.
Read more about this prize at La cilliegina sulla torta.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU27 – “Artigianale basket” of Italian artisan goodies

From Sara.
Read more about this prize at Ms Adventures in Italy.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU28 – Lunch with Elisabeth at Lenôtre in Cannes (France)

From Elisabeth.
Read more about this prize at La vie en English.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU29 – A signed copy of Sophie’s stunning book: La table du thé

From Sophie.
Read more about this prize at Chez Ptipois.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU30 – A five-day cooking with fire workshop in the heart of Chianti for one lucky person (worth 2000€)

From Judy and Kate.
Read more about this prize at Over a Tuscan stove.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU31 – A personal tour of elBulli kitchen laboratory with Ferran Adria

From Pim.
Read more about this prize at Chez Pim.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU32 – Two tickets to Madrid Fusion, worth 1,200 euros!

From Pim.
Read more about this prize at Chez Pim.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU33 – A signed copy of Cléa’s latest book: Quinoa

From Cléa.
Read more about this prize at Cléa cuisine.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU34 – Very Swedish: a parcel containing a great cookbook, Swedish bread, spices, candy and a hand-made heart-shaped potholder

From Anne.
Read more about this prize at Anne’s food.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU35 – Duchy original cookbook, and a print of one of Meeta’s pictures

From Meeta.
Read more about this prize at What’s for lunch honey?.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU36 – Vintage Gourmet vegetarian food for carnivores cookbook, and a gorgeous Christmas box with one of Sandra’s homemade jam

From Sandra.
Read more about this prize at Un tocco di zenzero.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU37 – Gastronomic tour of Barcelona with Silly Disciple

From Mariano.
Read more about this prize at Silly Disciple.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

EU40 – Lunch for two at Alain Passard’s Arpège

From Pim.
Read more about this prize at Chez Pim.
How to enter?
Buy raffle tickets now »

How can I donate and enter the Menu for Hope raffle?
If you’re interested in buying into the raffle, here’s what you need to do:

1. Choose a prize or prizes of your choice from our Menu for Hope at Chez Pim

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

3. 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.
Example:

Each $10 you donate will give you one raffle ticket toward a prize of your choice. For example, a donation of $50 can be 2 tickets for EU01 and 3 tickets for EU02. Please write 2xEU01, 3xEU02.
Example:

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 check the box to allow us to see your email address so that we can contact you in case you win. Your email address will not be shared with anyone.

Check back on Chez Pim on Wednesday, January 9 for the results of the raffle.

Thanks for your participation, and good luck in the raffle!