Hatch Chile Contest and Cookbook Giveaway

Went to the Hatch Chile Festival at Central Market last weekend. The first thing I smelled when I got out of my car was the wonderful aroma of roasting chiles, combined with the BBQ happening outside the front of the store where Hatch hamburgers and sausages were being grilled.

Inside the store, I found The First Ever Un-Edited & Un-Tested Hatch Chile Pepper Recipe Book, which of course I bought... it
goes without saying. Then I wandered around the store, sampling lots of Hatch-inspired foods and bought more than a few bags of hot roasted Hatch chiles, along with an accumulation of jarred Hatch salsas, Hatch-flavored chips, and some pre-made Hatch hamburgers.

After I got home and looked through the cookbook, which is 256 pages and filled with un-edited and un-tested (as the title says), mostly handwritten recipes along with some charming and hilarious Hatch stories from people who totally love their Hatch chiles, I thought it would be really fun to have a Hatch Chile Contest and Cookbook Giveaway to honor the Hatch.

The cookbook is currently unavailable
and Amazon doesn't know when or if
it will be back in stock. But I have some; I bought several copies and I'd like to give you one.

Make a recipe (you can make more than one recipe) using Hatch chiles, post it on your blog, along with a link to this post, then email me the link to your post at gloriachadwick@gmail.com. If you can't find Hatch chiles, you can substitute an Anaheim or a Poblano pepper or you can order them online. If you don't have a blog and want to enter the contest, just send me an email with your recipe. The contest will run through September 14th. I'll post a round-up
on the 15th and everyone can vote for their favorite recipe. The winner receives a copy of the cookbook.