2nd place!

We just got home from Central Market's Hatch Green Chile Cooking Contest. Matt took 2nd place with his green chile cheese bagels!

Check out some pictures here.

I'm so proud of him. :)

We think he got 2nd primarily because "creativity" was one of the judging factors -- and a green chile cheese bagel is fantastic, but maybe not as creative as some other things. We tasted the winning item, green-chile stuffed french toast, and it was great. Everything we saw or tried was excellent! Other finalists included wontons, chocolate icebox pie, squash soup, and gnocci (like mac & cheese -- that item tied with Matt).

So, we didn't win 75 lbs of chiles. But, Matt will tell you that he's happy because one of the celeb chefs went back for seconds of his bagel. The chefs also liked how they looked "rustic."

We're already thinking about ideas for next year!