My Favorite Apple Dessert Contest, 2007
Crisp, crumble, buckle, pie, cookie, sauce or cake — or your own creation.

The second annual My Favorite Apple Dessert Contest was held on October
4, 2007. It was a beautiful fall afternoon and the entrants presented the
judges with some hard choices.
Apple Crostada -- the winning entry
Awards  Thanks to local businesses for gift
certificate prizes: Belmont Toys, Kitchen on
Common, Terra Firma, Charlesbank Books,
Stone Hearth Pizza and the Farmers'
Market.

Judges  It must have been tough work tasting
all those great desserts!
  • Paul Browne, head of Belmont Schools
    Food Services
  • Delores Keefe, Belmont Town Clerk
  • Cassie Norton, Belmont Citizen-Herald
    reporter
  • Bob Sargent, Flora restaurant in Arlington
  • Scott J. Soares, Acting Commissioner of
    the Massachusetts Department of
    Agricultural Resources
  • Martha Sweet, Federation of Mass.
    Farmer's Markets
Grand prize winner
Larry Weathers of Arlington.

Elementary School
First prize: Becca Tananbaum. Shortbread Apple Pie.
Second: Julia Siegel. Applesauce Cake.
Third: James, Madelene, & Francesca Celi-Kitch. Nonna’s Applesauce.

Middle School
First: Frances Mooney. Pear,  Apple and Cranberry Crisp.
Second: Sally Rifkin and Abby Shuster. Apple Sorbet.
Third: Rebecca MacInnes.

High School
First: Emily Rourke. Apple Crumble.

Adult
First: Carol Martin. Apple Cake St. Amand.
Second: Betsy George. Apple Crisp.
Third: Ariane Belkadi. Crepes filled with Cranberry Applesauce.
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