Congratulations to Nupur for winning the $1000 prize sponsored by Eggbeaters here is what she said she’ll be doing to celebrate:

My mother is a pediatrician and works more than full-time…and she has been doing this for decades! I would love to gift her a weekend retreat with a little pampering (and time off from work).

Thanks to everyone for entering, I hope you have a wonderful Mother’s Day and be sure to bookmark this site, we’ll have another giveaway with 3 prize packages next month!

There were almost 100 comments/entries, here are some of my favorite comments:

McAuliflower wrote:

Ahhh Mom gave me my taste buds.

+ The ones that tell me to have a spoonful of ganache for breakfast.
+ The ones that tell me to make waffles just to use up some whipped cream.
+ The ones that like entire states (like Texas) just because of the food.
+ The ones that still search for the ultimate flavors.

With $1000 I would put together a culinary trip to thank my mom for instilling in me the drive to taste my travels, to swallow my adventure. I want to travel with her, now as an adult, a companion -not as a child, to find more tastes, to giggle over cocktails, to share how we⿿ve grown up in the influence of each other.

Zoe wrote:

My mom lost my dad to a three year battle with brain cancer last year and has been in a dark hole ever since. My brother and I live across the country and she is trying to sell her house to move out to be with us but the housing market is so horrible, that she is feeling ⿿trapped⿿ all over again. With the money I⿿d take her on an ⿿escape⿿ weekend: a night in a fabulous hotel, a dinner at Nobu and an amazing facial. She needs a break in the biggest way!

Aimee wrote:

While traveling in Spain, I encountered the ⿿tortilla espanola,⿿ a delicious traditional egg/potato/onion torte that⿿s served all day long in cafes and restaurants, for breakfast, lunch, tapas, whatever. I learned how to make it when I came home, and it was always one of my Mom⿿s favorite dishes. My mother died two years ago, so now I make it for my ⿿adopted mother⿿⿿a woman who started as my boss and became one of my closest friends. She is of a certain age now⿿let⿿s just say 70 and counting⿿but could easily substract 20 years from her real age without engendering disbelief because she has such a healthy, youthful lifestyle (she still goes to the gym every day). It occurred to me that I could easily make the tortilla healthier by using Eggbeaters. And I⿿d spend the $1000 on fabulous accompaniments⿿caviar, champagne, the fattest out-of-season asparagus, the darkest Belgium chocolates⿿and maybe convince Placido Domingo or James Taylor to serenade us while we⿿re eating.

Rebecca wrote:

We bought our mother three months of yoga lessons for Christmas this year, and after living with terrible neck and back pain for years, this is the only thing that has ever actually helped her. She has promised to keep going, but if I won the $1000, I would buy her two years worth of lessons so that she would never have to worry. Because she is the most loving, selfless, wonderful role model and deserves to actually treat herself once in a while.

Mary wrote:

I⿿d buy my mom a new fridge. She really needs one; but having grown up during the Depression she⿿s the type who⿿ll make a new bar of soap out of all the old soap scraps. She loves food and is an amazing cook - and the old stove works just fine (they don⿿t make ⿿em like they used to) - but the woman needs a new fridge. I⿿d surprise her.

——–Amy Sherman

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