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Donate Smiles … win prizes
October 14, 2007 |
UPDATE (October 25, 2007):
FAHC Subscribe to Smiles: Raffle Fund-Drive Results
(Goal= $3,360, Duration= 9 days, Donors= 109, Money Raised = $4,735)
Prize Winner
1. Grains, Greens, and Grated Coconuts
(14 raffle tickets)
Kala Narayan
2. Supreme Spice Gift Box
(11 raffle tickets)
Priya Ramamurthy
3. Complete Digital Photography (Two copies)
(10 raffle tickets)
Krithika Sukumaran
Padmaja Kochera
4. American Masala (Two Copies)
(15 raffle tickets)
Linda
Shruthi Reddy
5. Indian Home Cooking (Two Copies)
(8 raffle tickets)
A B
Archana Bhat
6. Dinner for two at Devi (Two Prizes)
(1 raffle ticket)
Suganthi
7. Children’s Saree Dress (Two Prizes)
(2 raffle tickets)
Megha Abburu
Deepika Gadiparthi
8. Fair-trade Goodies Bag (Two Prizes)
(4 raffle tickets)
Swati Thorat
Ashwini of Food for Thought
9. Mountain Valley~ Oil on Canvas
(7 raffle tickets)
Chandrarekha
10. Ceramic Vindu Plate
(4 raffle tickets)
Vasantha Vemula (Rohini)
11. 30-Minute Meals
(1 raffle ticket)
Chandana Pandrangi
12. Dark Chocolate Made with Icewine
(3 raffle tickets)
Lee and Friends
13. Cooking at Home with Pedatha
(12 raffle tickets)
M M
14. Dakshin
(2 raffle tickets)
Gururajan
15. Essential Andhra Cookbook
(7 raffle tickets)
Dee and K
16. World Vegetarian
(4 raffle tickets)
Ranjini Rajeevan
17. Madhur Jaffrey’s Indian Cooking
(1 raffle ticket)
Spandana and Jagadesh
18. The Red Chilli
(1 raffle ticket)
Sreelu of Sreelu’s Tasty Travels
All the winners will be notified individually by Indira via Email. The winners have to verify and confirm their shipping addresses. The prize sponsors will then send the gifts directly to the winners. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks for the prizes to reach you. Thank you!!!
Thank you for your participation and enthusiastic response.
On October 12, the International Food Policy Research Institute published the Global Hunger Index for 2007. India is ranked at 94, out of 118 nations, well behind China (47th) and Pakistan (88th). (See the report in PDF format HERE)
India is the second-fastest growing economy in the world. Yet, India has 40 per cent of the world’s underweight children under five. More than half of all children with low birth weight are born in South Asia. Most of these children belong to lower castes and ethnic minorities.
By 2015, South Asia will be home to half the world’s poor people, the vast majority of whom will live in rural areas. We urge you to go to your pantry and take a look at the grains, lentils and spices lining your shelves. Some of the farmers who produced them - and their children - are starving. It takes a global agency to point this out. Reading a large section of the media, one wouldn’t have a clue.
As we type this post, someone somewhere will lose the battle with hunger.
This is unacceptable. If countries like Libya and Cuba can top the list in terms of progress made in alleviating hunger, why can’t India? Why wait for the government to make a difference when we can?
Here’s the opportunity.
Feed a Hungry Child is a not-for-profit charitable organisation formed by fellow food blogger, Viay K Narayanan of My Dhaba.
FAHC’s aim is to fight hunger, one child at a time. The organisation has already begun supporting a pilot batch of 14 children and their families in south India since April 2007.
FAHC aims to collect 3,360 U.S. dollars by October 23. We, along with our fellow food bloggers, and some generous supporters, are determined to make this happen. Every penny goes directly to the children and their families. FAHC does not have any paid employees or any other direct administrative expenses.
A small act of generosity from each of us can make a huge difference to a whole family’s life. While most people around us are gearing up for the festival season, there are some who cannot afford two decent meals a day.
What can be more gratifying than seeing the smiles that FAHC has brought them?
We are deeply grateful to those who have already contributed to the cause.
Indira of Mahanandi is co-ordinating the effort on behalf of us, food bloggers, to reach FAHC’s fundraising goal.
A host of bloggers, as well as celebrity chef Suvir Saran are offering some exciting prizes through a raffle as part of this fund drive.
Any contribution of or above 25 U.S. dollars is eligible for the raffle draw.
These include a cookbook (Grains, Greens and Grated Coconuts by Ammini Ramachandran) and a gift box of spice extracts (donated by Anjali Damerla of Supreme Spice) .
Visit Mahanandi for details.
This is the latest version of the hugely popular digital photography manual by Ben Long that covers everything from the inner workings of the camera to the subtle intricacies of image editing software. More about it HERE.
We had originally planned to offer Suvir Saran’s hot new cookbook, American Masala as one of the prizes.
Suvir is renowned as a chef, author and teacher. Many here know him through his beautiful blog. He’s also a guy with a big heart.
How big?
Bee wrote to him, requesting him to sign a copy of his book for the winner. Within minutes, she got a response.
Suvir was keen to donate these SIX prizes for the raffle draw.
TWO lucky winners will get signed copies of American Masala from Suvir himself.
This book, co-authored with Raquel Pelzel, exemplifies Suvir’s “cooking-without-borders” approach, and in his own words, reflects, “the rich American melting pot that brings together the flavors of Lebanon, Morocco, the American Northeast, Midwest, and South, and mixes them with the tastes of my homeland, both in India and New York City. They don’t pretend to be tedious or predictable, but instead comforting, simple (never simplistic), and attainable. These are dishes meant to delight and nourish.”
According to Publishers Weekly:
Although the recipes in Saran’s aptly titled second cookbook share no unifying principle apart from their deliciousness—whoever heard of Macaroni and Cheese keeping company with Mushroom and Rice Biryani Casserole?—they complement one another in a mysterious way. Such eclecticism reflects how Saran, chef and co-owner of Dévi in New York City, cooks for his family and enormous circle of Tupperware-toting friends. Unlike many other chefs’ signature dishes, which originate in a restaurant kitchen, Saran’s most inspired creations begin at home. When this cooking-without-borders approach succeeds, as it mostly does, the results taste like wild siblings of the original: bolder, stronger, deeper.
A peek into the book HERE.
TWO others will get signed copies of Suvir’s first book, Indian Home Cooking, which he co-authored with Stephanie Lyness.
Juliette Rossant writes:
… Suvir has a mission: “I want to give Indian cuisine the pedigree it deserves” — among fellow Indians as well as others — rejecting fusion cuisine (by which he means using Indian ingredients with French techniques) in the quest for perfect Indian technique to elevate humble home cooking. In the process, he may have created the first “Pan-Indian” cuisine. Although … a Hindu and vegetarian himself, his cooking embraces the whole Subcontinent, from the Moghul meat-based cuisine of the North to vegetarian dishes of the South.
Look inside Indian Home Cooking .
(Photo by Ben Fink)
Review from the New York Times:
There are restaurants that bring you back to yourself and those that spirit you away. Dévi belongs to the latter group, delivering a heady retreat even when the odds against such an escape are longest.
… Dévi has chefs, Suvir Saran and Hemant Mathur, who do not feel bound by your expectations for Indian food. Yes, there is chicken tikka masala on the menu, but you have to hunt for it, and if you ask your server for suggestions, he will steer you in less tired directions.
Two ready-to-wear children’s sarees with matching blouses
In red and green colors. Children’s size 28 (Indian sizes), fit a 5 or 6 year old of average height. Perfect for festival day celebrations. Details @ Indian Food Rocks.
Two Fair Trade Goodie Bags from the UK containing:
Christmas Rich Roast Coffee, Pure Origin Kenyan Teabags (80 teabags), Lemon Curd, Strawberry and Pink Champagne Conserve, Chilean Clear Honey, Organic Milk Chocolate Bar, Organic Dark Chocolate Bar, Organic Milk Chocolate With Roasted Almonds Bar
For details, visit Spicy Andhra
Mountain Valley - Oil on Canvas Painting (16 X 20)
Serene and spectacular at the same time, this oil on canvas is an original by Shilpa.
See the painting at Aayi’s Recipes
A Personalized Ceramic Plate
From ceramic artist Mythili
In traditional village art style or customized to your liking.
Details and photos at Vindu
A cookbook (30-Minute Meals by Rachel Ray)
Details @ Siri’s Corner
Dark Chocolate Made With Icewine
From Richa
Rare kind of chocolate in which grapes are naturally frozen on the vine in Canada’s frigid winters and then harvested and pressed. The wine from the juice adds a luxurious flavor and this dark chocolate is a speciality from Canada.
Details and Photos at As Dear As Salt.
Four cookbooks:
Cooking at Home with Pedatha by Jigyasa Giri and Pratibha Jain
Dakshin by Chandra Padmanabhan
World Vegetarian by Madhur Jaffrey
Essential Andhra Cookbook by Bilkees I Latif
Details at Mahanandi.
Indian Cooking by Madhur Jaffrey
Details at Mahanandi.
One Year Subscription to The Red Chilli at www.sanjeevkapoor.com
Details at My Foodcourt.
You can donate any amount. But each $25 donation will give you one raffle ticket towards a prize of your choice.
Click on Chip-in. If it doesn’t take you anywhere within ten seconds, click HERE.
The money donated through this link goes to the Feed A Hungry Child Account that is created and maintained by Vijay K Narayanan of FAHC at State Bank of Travancore, Chittur, Palakkad, India.
Contribute securely Via Paypal or credit card. Each $25 donation will give you one raffle ticket towards a prize of your choice.
Then send Indira an e-mail @ donatesmiles AT gmail DOT com (please note the special e-mail ID created for this purpose), clearly specifying which prize or prizes you are interested in. Do mention how many tickets per prize, for example, a donation of $50 will buy you 2 tickets for a cookbook. The two highest donations get the dinner for two at Dévi. They are also eligible for participating in the raffle for the prizes they are interested in.
Please use the same email address that you have used for your Chip-in contribution. This helps us for cross-referencing and to contact you in case you win the prize.
The event will be closed on October 23, 2007 and raffle prize winners will be announced on October 25 at Mahanandi and Jugalbandi for the respective prizes. (The drawing will be done manually).
If you need more information about the prizes, please contact Indira or us using the comments form at our blogs, or mail Indira at donatesmiles At gmail DOT com.
Thank you.
Cynicism may be cool but compassion always rocks! Make a rocking choice.
Join the fight to eradicate hunger.
Click, Chip-in and have fun!
- Bee and Jai
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Bee and Jai: Thanks very much for your support and contributions. I greatly appreciate your time and effort!
B&J, Its a great effort between all 3 of you Indira included,Love the quote from Mother Teresa. Will contribute my part
B&J this is indeed a great cause. Good job
Lets all wish FAHC the very best! Great effort, Bee and Jai.
Bee and Jai, there’s a cheque option for those who don’t want to/cannot pay on the Net, the address is given in the FAHC web site. Thought it might be useful to point this out.
wow!!! what an amazing read bee and i am so sure that you people have changed the general perspective and made us think in what way we can help rather then turning our face off!!
really amazing!!
It’s such a great cause indeed…if smiles can be brought back into the face of even a single child, it will be worth all the effort…well done for pitching in.
thanx for ur contribution & support. nice quote from mother ..
Lovely thought indeed..kudos to B&J and Indira for their effort and to support such a noble cause.. :yes:
I wish FAHC the very best, and you all are doing a great job for a great cause.
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Wow, Bee! Thanks for thinking of getting in touch with Suvir to get his cookbook autographed! What a great series of prizes that led to!
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Bee & Jai,
I would like to donate very slick purses which will be great with Indian wear. Will send you the pics of the purse,let me know if you guys would be intersted
Sreelu
In BTW tried to send a mail via contact you tab, it kept giving me error code verification error. just an FYI and hence posting it in comments.
thanks for your offer, dear sreelu. you will have to contact indira about this. - bee
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Great site. I will bookmark for my sons to view as well!!!