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    Food Haiku Contest 2008 Winners

    By PDX Food Dude Last Update April 20, 2018 10 Comments

    Haiku FlowersThe winner of the Food Haiku contest with 34% of the vote, was written by MySwanDive:

    inhale swirls of cab
    palate warmed, bask in the fire
    newly lit like me

    Honorable mention goes to Zac Stafford, who got 27% of the votes:

    He cooked with passion.
    The real reason we broke up?
    Knives in dishwasher

    Thanks to everyone who entered! As usual, this was a really entertaining context.  MySwanDive, I need you to email me as soon as possible so we can arrange for you to get your tickets!

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    1. myswandive says

      May 1, 2008 at 2:14 pm

      hi food dude. i am honored to win! how do i email you? didn’t see your email on the site…

      ~sarah

      Reply
    2. Cuisine Bonne Femme says

      May 1, 2008 at 2:25 pm

      myswandive, go to the about button on the main page. There is a button that says email us. It will go directly to food dude.

      Congrats!

      Reply
    3. myswandive says

      May 1, 2008 at 2:49 pm

      oh, got it. thanks!

      Reply
    4. PestoGal says

      May 1, 2008 at 3:05 pm

      Since it’s not technically a haiku, you should remove “the” in the second line. That way it will be.

      Reply
    5. Nancy Rommelmann says

      May 1, 2008 at 4:39 pm

      Pesto Gal is right. So, does it go to Stafford? Do they go together?

      Reply
    6. Food Dude says

      May 1, 2008 at 4:50 pm

      huh? It goes to the favorite.

      Reply
    7. myswandive says

      May 1, 2008 at 8:07 pm

      Hi. So I’m assuming y’all are counting “fire” as 2 syllables? When I looked in merriam-webster online, it was only one. But maybe it’s different in different dictionaries?

      However, if it’s okay with Food Dude, I’ll split the nights with Zac & give him the Sunday tasting tickets. I did really like his fooku :)

      Reply
    8. polloelastico says

      May 1, 2008 at 11:23 pm

      I’d like to avoid your usual heated battle over fricatives and dipthongs, so to be charitable I would assume it’s either one or two syllables depending on how your prefer to pronounce it. Jim Morrison crooning “C’mon baby light my [fīr]” is one syllable, while Ian Astbury screaming “[fahyuhr]! Smoke she is a rising!” is two.

      I think if myswandive would have omitted the “the” there would have been an equal amount of outcry from the mono-syllabic dead enders. Damned do/don’t.

      Reply
    9. Popohaku says

      May 2, 2008 at 5:28 am

      Hi all–

      Zac here. I had to create an entire new log in to word press. The old one just didn’t work anymore.

      Just so this doesn’t get more confusing, I think myswandive should get all the full credit for winning, and should enjoy massive quantities of food and wine this weekend.

      myswandive: please take a cab home for me.

      Thanks for the kind votes and the wonderful contest. I hope there are more in the future. My friends and family love the blog. Keep up the good work!

      Reply
    10. Nancy Rommelmann says

      May 2, 2008 at 7:12 am

      Was not trying to stir the pot.
      Also, from this learned what a triphthong is.

      Reply

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