Menu for Hope 4: The Complete West Coast Prize List

Menu for Hope 4 officially kicks off today! As the host of the US West Coast region, I am about to unveil the complete list of West Coast prizes to you, and this post marks the start of the 10-day fund raising event. If you haven't heard of Menu for Hope, it's an annual charity event hosted by Pim of Chez Pim to support worthy causes worldwide. Last year, Menu for Hope raised US$62,925.12 to help the the UN World Food Programme to feed the hungry. This year, Menu for Hope runs from Dec 10 - Dec 21 and food bloggers from all over the world join the campaign by offering a delectable array of fabulous prizes for the Menu for Hope raffle, and readers--meaning you--buy raffle tickets to bid on these prizes. For every $10 donated, you earn one virtual raffle ticket to bid on a prize of your choice. At the end of the two-week campaign, all money collected will go to the UN World Food Programme for the school lunch program in Lesotho, Africa. It's really a noble event and I strongly urge you to participate and support us. Now, let's get to the fun part--drum roll please--the complete list of West Coast prizes that you are about to bid on. I would like to say "Thank You" to all West Coast food bloggers/participants who contributed so generously to the West Coast prize pool; I am indeed proud of you. COMPLETE WEST COAST PRIZE LIST: UW01 - Complete Digital Photography by Ben Long donated by Jugalbandi Blog. This book covers everything from the inner workings of the camera to the subtle intricacies of image editing software. To learn more about it, please click here. UW02 - A signed copy of Modern Indian Cooking by Hari Nayak and Vikas Khanna, donated by Jugalbandi Blog. This cookbook brings traditional Indian cuisine to simplified levels fit for modern living and entertaining. To learn more about this book, plese click here. UW03 - The winner selects 3 cookbooks from the Ten Speed Press catalogue. These books will be shipped to the winner but shipping is only limited to US only. Hosted by Bunrabs. UW04- Boccalone Boar Sacchetto of artisan salumi, hosted by Bunrabs, courtesy of Boccalone. Winner can pick up the prize at Oakland or San Francisco Salumi Society gathering. There will be no shipping, but the winner will meet the producers of the salumi, which is part of the fun! UW05 - A signed copy of "Tastes Like Home: Mediterranean Cooking and hand-picked oregano and homemade sheep's cheese from Greece, both of which are unavailable in any stores, courtesy of Laurie of Tastes Like Home: Mediterranean Cooking in Alaska. UW06 - Best of the Ferry Building Gift Basket, donated by Married...with Dinner. This gift basket includes an assortment of more than $100 worth of treats from San Francisco's Ferry Building Marketplace. Click here to find out what's in the gift basket! UW07 - "Drink of the Week" Cocktail Notecards donated by Married..with Dinner. This is one-of-a-kind set of photo-postcards featuring images from Married... with Dinner's popular "Drink of the Week" series. Hop over here to lear more about the prize. UW08 - Custom Mixology Service by Married...with Dinner. The "cocktail geeks" from Married… with Dinner will create a pair of personalized beverages for your soiree, based on your preferences! UW09 - Deluxe Boxed Assortment from Charles Chocolates of Emeryville, California. Prized at $90, Charles Chocolates of Emeryville, California is one of the most exciting chocolatiers in the Bay Area; their new factory store is open to the public, meaning you can watch handmade chocolates being formed, dipped, and filled right before your eyes. Courtesy of Dessert First. UW10 - Dinner for 2 with wine pairing and private tour of Manresa garden with the chef. Critics have called Manresa one of the country’s most innovative restaurants, and the San Francisco Chronicle’s Michael Bauer has praised the chef's brilliance at creating unlikely pairings, like foie gras and broccoli. Courtesy of Chez Pim and her significant other. UW 11 - Lunch with Harold McGee, arranged by Chez Pim. UW12 - Gift certificates to Le Santuaire - A chemistry set for the avant-garde cooks. This prize comes with a full set of chemical powder and whatnots - from meat glue to gellan gum and everything in betwen. Nearly all you need to feed the inner Ferran, or at least try to cook like one. There will also be a few equipments thrown in, just to help you along on the road to Molecular chefdom. Provided by the kind folks at Le Sanctuaire, hosted by Chez Pim. (More prizes after the jump...) UW15 - Three-day conference pass for Blogher's 2008 Summer conference in San Francisco. BlogHer '08 will be from July 18-20, with all events taking place at the Westin St. Francis Hotel on Union Square in San Francisco. (Conference prize is a $350 value this year, and does not include travel or hotel costs. The Blogher Conference is open to women or men.) Sponsored by BlogHer. UW16 - Signed copies of Seattle Chef Tom Douglas' Seattle Kitchen, Tom's Big Dinners, I Love Crab Cakes. Courtesy of Wild Yeast. UW17 - Contigo Conmigo: 4-course dinner for 8 at Contigo chef Brett Emerson's house in San Francisco during the winter/spring. This prize is courtesy of In Praise of Sardines. UW18 - Bento lunch starter kit and tour of San Francisco's Japantown by Lunch in a Box. UW19 - Dinner for two at Camaje restaurant in New York City, courtesy of Fresh Approach Cooking. UW20 - An upside down tomato garden, courtesy of Hammacher Schlemmer and Fresh Approach. This ingenious planter takes the toil out of tomatoes by elevating the planting bed so vines grow downward. UW21 - A gift basket of Gifts for Foodies, also from Fresh Approach. The prize comes with MaryInk Fruit Basket Waist Apron, Choco LA LA Fair Trade Chocolates, a jar of Willow Pond Farm Rosemary Jelly, Gouda Boere Kaas cheese from Winchester Farms and two bottles of Fee's Brothers Bitters. UW22 - Gelato Dream Flavor by Gelateria Naia. Gelateria Naia will craft a custom flavor of your dreams. Using their traditional gelato-making techniques, and your creative idea, they will produce a one of a kind micro-batch of your gelato flavor and deliver to you almost one and a half gallons of it! UW23 - 2006 Westrey Wine Company "Willamette Valley" Pinot Noir and the 2005 Crowley Wines "Entre Nous" Pinot Noir, courtesy of Wine Guy World. UW24 - Heirloom Tomato Cookbook, PLUS a choice of ten varieties of heirloom tomato seeds (10-15 seeds per packet) from House of Annie's seed bank of over 200 varieties. In addition to this, if you live in the bay area, you can also get more extras, to learn more, go to House of Annie now. UW25 - Theo Chocolate Extravaganza by Cook & Eat. The chocolate is from Seattle's very own Theo Chocolate; the winner will also get a framed 8x10 print of Lara's chocolate photo, and a tour of the Theo factory is available if you are in Seattle! UW26 - $100 Gift Certificate to Chuao Chocolatier courtesy of Candy Blog. The traditional techniques of European chocolatiers combine with pure Venezuelan chocolate and infusions of fresh ingredients and flavors in Chuao Chocolatier's collection. UW27 - Apple iPhone 8GB courtesy of Sunday Nite Dinner. An Apple iPhone with 8GB memory! Need I say more? US only. UW28 - Rancho Gordo Menu for Hope Sampler courtesy of Rancho Gordo. This sampler includes lots of Mexican goodies: Red Crimson Poppping Corn, Mexican Oregano, Hot Suace, Canela, Tote Bag, and more. UW29 - A cookie recipe especially for you by kitchenMage. Cookie recipe created using your favorite ingredients, how nice is that? US only. UW30 - Cozy Comforts courtesy of Cooking with Amy. These goodies will keep the chill away! Three cookbooks, The Ski House Cookbook, Fondue and Hot Drinks are perfect for your Winter getaway. In addition you'll get a tin of chocolate flavored tea from Lupicia, a handful of mini chocolate squares from Charles Chocolates and Scharffenberger all wrapped up with an eco-friendly soft grey fleece scarf from The Nature Company. This prize package is worth over $100. UW31 - Napa-style salt box with five salts (Sundried Tomato, Citrus Rosemary, Roasted Garlic, Hawaiian Red, and Gray Salt), courtesy of Rainy Days and Sundays. The box is made with non-endangered acacia wood and is hinged on top. It is the invention of Chef Michael Chiarello, who is probably as famous for his love of gray salt as he is for his cooking show on the Food Network. UW32 - English Afternoon Tea by Sam of Becks & Posh. If the bids are less than $2500, the winner will receive an overnight shipment of an afternoon tea package including a teapot, tea, June Taylor jam, homemade scones, Devon cream, English butter and homemade mini bakewell tarts. If the winner is outside of the mainland USA, the perishables in this prize package will be replaced with homemade English biscuits and an extra jar of June Taylor jam or other items that we determine will pass through customs to the winner's country of residence. If the prize receives $2500 or more worth of bids, Sam and June Taylor will host a full afternoon tea for a dozen people including a spread of sandwiches, scones, jams and English cakes made using only the best local, organic and/or British ingredients. In the event that the winner can not travel to the Bay Area to collect this prize, Sam will instead ship them a large casement of June Taylor products including jams, butters, syrups and more, plus a teapot and tea to the winner. UW33 - "I Wanna Be a Food Writer prize package" by Blog Appetit. The package includes 3 Books: Will Write for Food by Dianne Jacob, The Recipe Writer's Handbook by Ostmann and Baker, The New Food Lover's Companion by Herbst. U.S., Canada, Australia and Western Europe only. UW34 - A Hand Selected assortment of Fra' Mani Salumi, hosted by Potential Gold, expertly chosen by Curemaster and Chef Paul Bertolli. This gift-pack will include an assortment of salami as well as Fra' Mani's new Cooked Sausages. The selection will include shipping in the continental US only (UPS). UW35 - Coffee, Cake, and Mug Gift Set courtesy of Cucina Nicolina. This special gift set includes coffee and cake from San Francisco, including a 1/2 lb. of Blue Bottle Coffee, a home made baked good (can be made to fit dietary restrictions; ie, vegan, gluten-free, etc.), and a lovely mug in which to drink the coffee. Yummy! UW36 - Other than the English After Tea (UW32) announced earlier, Sam of Becks & Posh is adding another precious prize to the pot. This time it's a $100 gift voucher to spend at The Fatted Calf's new Napa store! If you are not familiar with The Fatted Calf's, it's an artisanal charcuterie producing a wide range of charcuterie; pâtés, salami, prosciutti, confits and a large selection of fresh sausage, all made using traditional methods. UW37 - Chris Cosentino will take you to lunch on delectable bits at his favorite secret offal restaurant in San Francisco, plus a Lips and Assholes t-shirt. To read the details, please click here. UW39 - An autographed copy of Gluten-Free Girl, as well as a big care package of homemade, gluten-free baked goods by Shauna and The Chef of Gluten-Free Girl. UW41 - A year's subscription to Gastronomica, which comes in 4 volume: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. Gastronomica uses food as an important source of knowledge about different cultures and societies, provoking discussion and encouraging thoughtful reflection on the history, literature, representation, and cultural impact of food. DONATION INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Choose a prize or prizes of your choice from the above West Coast prize list or the complete prize list here on Chez Pim. 2. Go to the donation site at First Giving 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.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. 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 could contact you in case you win. Your email address will not be shared with anyone. Check back on Chez Pim on Wednesday Jaunary 9 for the results of the raffle. Thank you let's get the ball rolling!