It's pasta - what could be bad?

It's the third C-CAP MEATLESS MONDAY RECIPE CONTEST!

For 2013-2014, C-CAP and The Monday Campaigns will challenge high school seniors to create innovative pasta recipes.

Meatless Monday, an initiative of the non-profit The Monday Campaigns, Inc. which

provides tips and recipes to help participants live a healthier, more eco-friendly life, is giving  C-CAP students another exciting opportunity to win $10,000 in scholarships.

The first place winner and his/her teacher will receive $5,000 and an all-expense paid trip to Canyon Ranch.  The second place winner will receive $3,000 and third place winner $2,000.

This is an opportunity for your senior high school students to demonstrate their creative culinary talents and create an original meatless pasta recipe.

Winning students and recipes will have a presence on Meatless Monday’s and C-CAP’s web properties, including each organization’s websites, Facebook pages, blogs, newsletters and Twitter feeds. 

C-CAP teachers have copies of the Entry Form and Official Rules together with Recipe

Writing Tips from Cornell University, and the Seven  Most Common Recipe Writing Errors.  (watch for recipes writing tips and common recipe writing errors to be posted on the C-CAP Arizona blog!)

Each C-CAP School can submit only one student Entry Form to local C-CAP

Program Coordinator Jill Smith in accordance with the Official Rules.

Completed Entry Form,Recipe and photo of the completed dish must be submitted - that means, in Jill's hands! - to Jill Smith no later than 5:00 P.M., your local time, on November 21, 2013. 

t American Institute of Cancer Research looks for super foods/small plates recipes - it's a contest!

(and there are some fine scholarships to be had)

American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR), which funds cutting edge research to  promote practical tools and information to help people prevent and survive cancer is giving C-CAP students an opportunity to win $10,000 in scholarships. The first place winner will receive $5,000. The second place winner will receive $3,000 and third place winner, $2,000.

This is an opportunity for senior high school students to demonstrate their creative culinary talents and create an original healthy, small plate recipe.

Winning students and recipes will appear on social media venues related to AICR and C-CAP, including each organization’s websites, Facebook pages, blogs, newsletters and twitter feeds. 

Teachers have received copies of the Entry Form and Official Rules together with Recipe Writing Tips from Cornell University, AICR guidelines, 7 Most Common Recipe Writing Errors, and a Super Foods Information Sheet. 

(recipe writing tips and most common errors in writing recipes will be posted on the C-CAP Arizona blog!  Look for them!)

Each C-CAP School can submit only one student Entry Form to Jill Smith, our local C-CAP Program Coordinator in accordance with the Official Rules.

The completed Entry Form, Recipe and photo of the completed dish must be submitted to Jill Smith no later than 5:00 P.M., your local time, on December 19, 2013. 

It's here! C-CAP Arizona's 2013-2014 calendar!

October 26	C-CAP Student Day at Ai Phoenix
November 2	National Bake Sale
November 2	C-CAP Student  Day at Arizona Culinary Institute
November 16	C-CAP Student Day at Classic Cooking Academy
November 21	Teacher Training at Cancer Treatment Centers of America
November 21	Meatless Monday Recipes Due
November 23	C-CAP Student Knife Skills Workshop - Tucson
December 7	C-CAP Student Day at Le Cordon Bleu
December 21	Applications Due
January 11	Preliminary Competition Salad Practice at EVIT
February 8	Preliminary Competition
February 22	Scholarship 101 - Mandatory for Senior Finalists
March 22	Final Competition - Senior Finalists and Top 10 Juniors
March 24	Awards Breakfast
June 7	College 101 - Mandatory for Senior Finalists
Fall 2013	AICR, Meatless Mondays Recipe Contest
January 2014	Competition Practices at Le Cordon Bleu, every Tuesday. Competition Practices at locations throughout  AZ, calendar will be published in December.

*Note C-CAP Days at culinary schools include tour of school, chef demo, admissions information.  These days are to expose potential culinary school candidates to the different schools/programs/costs, etc.

ALL of these events will require an email RSVP.  You will receive email notification on each of these events separately.  C-CAP Teacher or student must email the RSVP by the RSVP deadline indicated on the email notification.

Jill Smith, AZ C-CAP Director

623.606.6213, jsmith@ccapinc.org