Caramelpalooza 2011: Deadline Today!

Thinking about whipping up a batch of candy for Caramelpalooza 2011? Better think quick: The deadline for entering our sweet contest is today, Tuesday, February 8. Chow Bella and our friends at Smeeks candy store are at it again, co-sponsoring a fun, free, filling-defying evening of caramel tasting: Friday, March...

By Amy Silverman

February 8, 2011

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Thinking about whipping up a batch of candy for Caramelpalooza 2011?

Better think quick: The deadline for entering our sweet contest is today, Tuesday, February 8.

Chow Bella and our friends at Smeeks candy store are at it again, co-sponsoring a fun, free, filling-defying evening of caramel tasting: Friday, March 11, 7 p.m., in the Smeeks parking lot near Central Avenue and Camelback Road.

And we are looking for a few good cooks who are up to the task.

If you are a chef -- pastry, candy or otherwise -- and prepare your food in a commercial kitchen -- you are invited to toss your name (along with 250 wrapped, labeled caramels) into the Caramelpalooza hat and challenge some of last year's winners for this year's honors.

We'll announce the participants next week; stay tuned for chef profiles and more sweet news.

Interested? E-mail us at [email protected].

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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.