/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Welcome to the /ck/ Challenge 2023 - One-Off Edition: Gourmet Recession.

This is a one-off cooking event that will span the course of this next week. There will be no prizes, only gloating rights. Participants will cook a dish that falls within the genre and will have that dish judged by the community. In lieu of categorical point ranking system and a longer series of themes, the one-off will be modified to incorporate more relaxed judging guidelines. To participate, follow the entry guidelines and just have a good time with it.

Challenge Theme: Gourmet Recession—times are hard and budgets are tight; you must create a boushy dish with a budget of $15. This means taking $15 of your localized currency, going to a store, buying ingredients without going over budget, and making the most high-end dish you can with it.

Entry Guidelines:
1) Create a dish that falls within the challenge theme
2) Post a picture of your dish with a timestamp in this thread
3) Explain or title your dish and (optional) post a recipe or multi-paneled image explaining your process

Judging Guidelines:
1) Tag and comment on an entry with a critique indicating "+1" or "-1"; example: "Would eat +1", or "That's fly over crap -1"
2) Participant scores will be tallied within the timeframe of the event and be posted at the end of the event. Scores below 0 will receive 0
3) The honor system is in place as is tradition. Don't be a fag, we're just trying to have some fun. Score appropriately and just enjoy it

Event Timeline:
The contest will begin on Monday 4/3 @ 0900 Eastern Standard Time
The contest will end on Sunday 4/9 @ 0900 Eastern Standard Time

Final comment: If there are not enough participants, then there will be no more events unless someone else wants to do it. These events are best when people participate, and there's no sense is doing them if nobody does. Let's just try to enjoy it—original content is a great thing.