FWIW, April Gruver did the cupcakes for our wedding... Vanilla has the best cupcake in town if you ask me. Plus she's uber-cool and friendly. (Hence... I don't think I'd want to do cupcakes!) :) Haven't been to Salt of the Earth but I hear so much goodness. Asking them in really takes it to new proportions... and Jet I agree with you that could be major PR. On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Dean <talldean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Sousa and Gruver are my two favorite chefs, hands fucking down. I > think Kevin Sousa's Salt of the Earth is the best restaurant I may > have ever eaten at, although I only have two data points on it so far. > > Being Sousa keeps a blog, a twitter feed, and a flickr account of his > restaurant, and used to run a molecular gastronomy menu Downtown... > that might be a terrific fit for local celebrity judge. :-) > > > On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:58 PM, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On 10/27/10 20:46, jeff kramer wrote: > >> > >> So, we were talking about this tonight, and I'd like to take a shot at > >> organizing it. > > > > This could be nice PR for HackPGH -- especially if you can get some local > > "celebrity" judges like Bill Fuller (Big Burrito), Kevin Sousa (uber-nerd > > chef), or April Gruver (Vanilla Pastries). > > > > There are a lot of food nerds in this town, it shouldn't be hard to find > an > > audience for a semi-public event. > > > > > > -- > > J. Eric Townsend > > design: www.allartburns.org; hacking: www.flatline.net; HF: KG6ZVQ > > PGP: 0xD0D8C2E8 AC9B 0A23 C61A 1B4A 27C5 F799 A681 3C11 D0D8 C2E8 > > > > > >