The Good Earth Peanut Company

Recipe #2 Contest Winner

Pan Fried Noodles with Peanuts

8 oz. Japanese udon noodles, cooked and drained (if unavailable, substitute whole wheat spaghetti, broken in half)
1 3.5 oz. package Ramen noodles soup mix, chicken flavor
3 tablespoons cooking oil
1 teaspoon chili oil (or substitute 1 teaspoon sesame oil, plus ¼ teaspoon hot red pepper flakes)
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons peanut butter
½ cup dry roasted peanuts, chopped
½ cup julienned cucumber

Remove chicken flavor packet from soup mix and mix with boiling water, soy sauce and peanut butter. Set aside. Heat both kinds of oil (and pepper flakes if using) in large skillet. Add cooked noodles and uncooked Ramen noodles, which have been crumbled. Stir fry until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Stir in broth mixture and continue to cook until most of broth is absorbed. Sprinkle with peanuts and cucumber before serving. Serves 4 - 6.

Diane Nemitz, Inn at Ludington

The Judges

Daniel Rogov

Daniel has been writing about food and wine for more years than he will admit in public. For the last twenty years he has been the Wine and Restaurant Critic for the Israeli Daily, Ha'Aretz. Rogov also contributes regularly on dining and wine to several European newspapers and magazines; and is an advisor to Hugh Johnson's "Pocket Wine Encyclopaedia" and contributes to Tom Stevenson’s “Wine Report”. His own book “Rogov’s Guide to Israeli Wines has just been published by Toby press and can be ordered through Amazon or Barnes and Nobles. He also maintains Rogov's Ramblings, an internet site devoted to wine, gastronomy and travel.

Jenise Stone

Jenise is a an avid foodie and accomplished cook from Los Angeles who contributes to the Food Lovers Discussion Group, an internet bulletin board devoted to food chat, recipe sharing and friendship.

Robin Garr

Robin Garr has been involved in wine appreciation online since the mid-1980s, serving as a manager of CompuServe's Wine Forum for nearly a decade before the evolution of the World Wide Web. He created the Wine Lovers' Page in 1994 as one of the first independent wine-education Websites, and has presided over its growth as the largest, most popular and most highly awarded wine destination on the Internet. He began its Wine Lovers' Discussion Group, the first Web-based interactive community for the intelligent and civil discussion of wine online, in 1996; and he launched his popular E-mail newsletter, The 30 Second Wine Advisor, at the start of 1999.