Stomachs on legs are proud to present

Menu For Hope '07 annual raffle has begun and we're a bit late off the mark.

What is Menu for Hope?

It's when food bloggers from all over the world join together, and take leave from our usual obsession with our own stomachs. Throughout the year, we tend to wank on about food, beer, wine and other such visceral pleasures, but for two weeks every December, we pull together a bunch of excellent prizes and ask you, our readers, to help us support those who are not so lucky, to whom food is not a mere indulgence but a matter of survival. This Menu for Hope is our small way to help.

All proceeds go to the World Food Program

Gut Feelings and all our excellent and gracious friends have managed to add to the global prize pool....prizes are:


BANGKOK PRIZES


Dinner at Bed Supperclub

Dinner for 2 @ Bangkok's premier destination restaurant Bed Supperclub Bangkok (value 3500 baht)
Code: AP28


18 year old Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky Gold Signature

18 year old Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky Gold Signature (value 95 USD) also from the good folks at Bed Supperclub. Deliverable in Bangkok.
Code: AP23


12 Bottles of 42 Below Vodka

12 bottles of deliciously good 42 Below Vodkas to see you through 2008 courtesy of the kind kiwis at 42 Below. Deliverable in Bangkok only. (value 12,000 baht)
Code: AP24


6 Bottles of 42 Below Seven Tiki Rum

6 bottles of 42 Below Seven Tiki Rum. Also from the kiwi crew. Makes perfect mojitos. Deliverable in Bangkok only (value 6,000 baht)
Code: AP25


1 Night at DREAM Hotel, Bangkok

One night accommodation at hip hotel Dream Hotel, Bangkok (value $280++ USD). Donate and sleep in peace in their sumptuous DREAM Beds
Code: AP29


Food Tour and Lonely Planet Bangkok Guide with LP Writer Austin Bush

Free copy of latest edition of the Lonely Planet's Bangkok Guide + Eating Tour of Bangkok with LP writer and Thai food expert Austin Bush. He really knows Thai food (value $200 USD)
Code: AP30



SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA PRIZES


1 night at Hotel De La Paix, Angkor

One night accommodation at uber hip hotel Hotel De La Paix, Siem Reap (value $235 USD)
Code: AP31


1 night at Be Hotel, Angkor

One night accommodation at boutique hotel in the heart of Siem Reap's charming laneway Be Hotel Angkor subject to availability (value $150 USD)
Code: AP32


Market Tour and Cooking Class with Joannes Riviere chef and author

Market Tour and Cooking Class with Joannes Riviere, Khmer food expert and author of La Cuisine du Cambodge avec les apprentis de Sala Bai. He knows all the women at the market, speaks fluent Khmer and can teach you how to make a mean samlor machu (value...priceless)
Code: AP33


Wild Jungle Honey Collecting Tour with Angkor Conservation Centre for Biodiversity Sustainable Bee Program

Wild Jungle Honey Collecting Tour with Angkor Conservation Centre for Biodiversity Sustainable Bee Program. A once in a lifetime experience. Trek into the jungle with experienced guides (a Southeast Asian Bee expert, an ecologist and environmental journalist from NZ and a ninth generation Khmer bee hunter), collect wild honey and taste the magic that is freshly harvested bee pollen (value 200 USD)
Code: AP34



To Donate and Enter the Menu for Hope Raffle

Here's what you need to do:



1. Choose a prize or prizes of your choice from our Menu for Hope above or at the global prize list site

2. Go to the donation site at First Giving and make a donation.

3. Please specify which prize you'd like in the 'Personal Message' section in the donation form when confirming your donation. You must write-in how many tickets per prize, and please use the prize code.
Each $10 you donate will give you one raffle ticket toward a prize of your choice. For example, a donation of $50 can be 2 tickets for EU01 and 3 tickets for EU02 - 2xEU01, 3xEU02.

4. If your company matches your charity donation, please check the box and fill in the information so we could claim the corporate match.

5. Please check the box to allow us to see your email address so that we can contact you in case you win. Your email address will not be shared with anyone.

Regional Prizes
UK: The Passionate Cook and Cooksister!
Europe:Food Beam
US: West Coast:Rasa Malaysia
US: East Coast: Serious Eats
US: Central: Kalyn's Kitchen
Canada: The Domestic Goddess
Asia Pacific, Australia, New Zealand: Grab Your Fork

and, last but not least, our special Wine Blog Host: Vinography

Check back here on January 9th for raffles winner announcements for these prizes and on Chez Pim for global prizes.
Thanks for your participation, and good luck in the raffle!