And the winner is: The winning number is 299 (screenshot to the right). The winner is Kris, who picked 315 and gets the "Essential Pepin." Thanks to everyone who participated -- this was another great Birthday Week.
The Friday prize to celebrate the blog's fourth anniversary is a copy of the new Jacques Pepin cookbook, Essential Pepin (because he's not only a great chef, but a fan of cheap wine). It's the last of the five daily giveaways.
To win the prize, pick a number between 1 and 1,000 and leave it in the comment section of this post. If you get the blog via email, you'll have to go to the website to enter your number. At about 5 p.m. central today, I'll go to random.org and generate the winning number. The person whose number is closest to the random number wins the prize -- and no, you can't pick a number someone else has picked. I'll post the winner later today. All contestants must be 21 or older.
111
Posted by: LKS | November 18, 2011 at 06:03 AM
612
Posted by: The Rock | November 18, 2011 at 06:12 AM
333
Posted by: Gary Boyd | November 18, 2011 at 08:14 AM
495
Posted by: maresa | November 18, 2011 at 08:30 AM
777
Posted by: Jeff | November 18, 2011 at 08:30 AM
912
Posted by: Pdoug | November 18, 2011 at 09:09 AM
717
Posted by: Jeff | November 18, 2011 at 10:06 AM
315
Posted by: Kris | November 18, 2011 at 11:07 AM
834
Posted by: Henry S | November 18, 2011 at 11:45 AM
61
Posted by: Jim Caudill | November 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM
506
Posted by: barbells126 | November 18, 2011 at 11:55 AM
339
Posted by: Ann Bartholomew | November 18, 2011 at 12:07 PM
62
Posted by: Brian innott | November 18, 2011 at 12:12 PM
317
Posted by: bburnsey | November 18, 2011 at 12:31 PM
399
Posted by: David G. | November 18, 2011 at 12:57 PM
218
Posted by: Espen Jensen | November 18, 2011 at 01:37 PM
943
Posted by: Jose Moreno-Lacalle | November 18, 2011 at 02:05 PM
246
Posted by: Morgan | November 18, 2011 at 02:28 PM
500
Posted by: David Mason | November 18, 2011 at 02:41 PM
242
Posted by: Jim | November 18, 2011 at 02:48 PM
167
Posted by: Tom Bonner | November 18, 2011 at 04:42 PM