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What’s your challenge in the kitchen? PAGE 4 ■ Meet the interns helping with this year’s show. PAGE 8 ■ A pantry full of food and nothing for dinner? Making great food with what’s already in your kitchen. PAGE 12 ■ Pantry favorites get a new twist. PAGE 14 ■ Tightening the purse strings? Save on time and money with these easy meals. PAGE 15 ■ Challenged for time? Use your microwave to beat the dinner rush. PAGE 17 ■ Getting kids to eat right a bit of a challenge? Pump up the nutrition with these kid-friendly meals. PAGE 19 ■ Trim your waistline and your budget with these pork recipes. <strong>Indiana</strong>’s Cookin’ - <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Gazette</strong>, Monday, April 5, 20<strong>10</strong> — 3 <strong>Cooking</strong> show full of challenges By HEATHER ROTH hroth@indianagazette.net So it’s suppertime — again — and your children are demanding that you feed them. Again. But it’s just been one of those weeks and you find yourself staring down an empty freezer and a random collection of canned food and pasta. Now what? That is one of the many challenges that the “<strong>Indiana</strong>’s Cookin’” show has set out to conquer this year. “(Chefs) are going to help us think outside of the box and creatively use the things that are in our pantries,” said Debbie Palmer, marketing director for The <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Gazette</strong>. “(We’ll learn) how to think like a chef.” The show is sponsored annually by The <strong>Indiana</strong> <strong>Gazette</strong> and the food and nutrition department at <strong>Indiana</strong> University of Pennsylvania and is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at S&T Bank Arena. Doors open for shopping and eating at 5 p.m. This year, the theme is “Challenge,” and challenges range from the dinner-from-your-pantry’s-contents challenge to <strong>Indiana</strong> County Community Action Partnership’s daily challenge of feeding the hungry. Plus there are fun ones: a “candemonium” sculpture competition featuring canned goods by IUP sororities, a recipe demonstration and contest featuring three area chefs; a drawing and raffle; and, of course, the ubiquitous gift bags, door prizes, vendors and food stands. Palmer, who is organizing the event, said the theme was chosen to highlight the work done by ICCAP in a time when a tough economy means more needy families are asking for help when there are fewer resources available. “It’s just to raise a little awareness of that challenge,” she said. “Our goal is (to raise) $4,000 this year.” Every dollar of the $3 or $5 tickets goes to ICCAP, Palmer said. (The TOM PEEL/<strong>Gazette</strong> DIANE WAGONER, surrounded by her helpers, Amy McManigle, Aly Luftman, Christina Kretchun and Kristin Wilkins, are working hard on the show. more expensive price is for reserved seating on the floor of the arena; the cheaper seats are in the bleachers.) And that’s another challenge: Last year’s show raised $2,500, so this year’s goal sets the bar high. Guests have their own challenge. From now through the date of the show, anyone can submit a question to the chefs. Three of the questions will be drawn after the “Battle of the Chefs,” and the winners will receive the meal prepared by the chefs. Speaking of the battle: Three area chefs will compete as they prepare a recipe that’s easy and fast to recreate at home. The audience will sample and judge the dishes on taste, ease of preparation, a creative use of pantry ingredients, originality of recipe and showmanship. The winner receives a $250 advertising package in the <strong>Gazette</strong>. The chefs — Chris Dongilla, of <strong>Indiana</strong>, chef at Paisano’s in Homer City; Laurie Kuzneski, of <strong>Indiana</strong>, owner of Miss Laurie’s Gourmet Kitchen; and Steve Whyte, of Johnstown, executive chef at St. Andrew’s Village — competed in a preliminary round to earn a spot at the show. And in the second half of the annual cooking show, guest chef Ron Burkhardt, of Stonybank Restaurant in Clymer, will join IUP’s food and nutrition department in a demonstration of cooking with nonperishable items. Making its debut this year is the IUP sororities’ challenge: Candemonium. The Delta Gamma; Sigma, Sigma, Sigma; and Zeta Tau Alpha sororities will compete in a sculpture competition involving canned goods, but the exact nature is a surprise. Minutes from town, but a world away ... 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