Call for Food Recipes from Cyclists and Cooks

We've got a ton of customer who love riding bikes and cooking. And as you know, Wheelgirl sells Stonehouse California extra-vigin olive oil. Why? Because most of our cyclists like cooking and eating good food. So, this is a call for recipes. Your culinary creations have to fall into these categories:

• Appetizers & Snacks
  


• Soup & Salad
  


• Entrees For All
  


• Desserts & Sweets

Also, I want a photo of the final creation. Don't send recipes that you steal from others and pretend they are yours. Make up your own. Your name and credit for the recipe and photo credit will appear with the delight you create. We are going to publish a Wheelgirl Cookbook eventually. If your recipe gets picked, you will get publishing and photography credits as well as a Wheelgirl t-shirt.

(Jump to see the format for writing up your recipe, so we can make the recipe you've invented. Or you can stop by the shop, 1400 San Pablo, and pick up a recipe form to fill out by hand.)

Use this template for creating your recipes.

Recipe Info.

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  Name of recipe

  
  


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  Is it for omnivores, herbivores, or can it be adapted to suit tastes?

  
  


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  How much time does it take to make?

  
  


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  How many people you can feed with this recipe?

  
  


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  List equipment & utensils you need to make it and serve it.

  
  


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  List you name and the name of the person who took the photos.

  
  


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  Attach two-to-four photos for the website, not more.  (Make sure they are only JPEGS or JPGS  and no more than 650x650 pixels at 100dpi (dots per inch).

Ingredients:

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  List all of the ingredients and where can usually find these ingredients

  
  


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  List the amount of each ingredient. For example, "a pound," "1/2 teaspoon".

Directions:

• Temperature settings
  


• Step-by-step explanations of preparing and cooking the food
  


• Presentation ideas or tips

The Bike Kurt Built to Ride From Berkeley, California to Tierra del Fuego, South America

Bike mechanic, racer, and world touring cyclist, Kurt, is leaving on the cycling trip of his dreams. He designed and built his touring bike and wheels to be bombproof and reliable under any conditions. He started with a somewhat damaged XtraCycle frame, a welding torch, some Halo downhill rims and a Halo rear hub, a Schmidt generator front hub, his Jamis frame, some Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires, a Shimano Shadow rear derailleur, XT cranks, a nose-less saddle. Then Kurt, with his formidable skills as a bike mechanic, constructed the bike that is up to the job of making this dream come true. He plans to ride from Berkeley to the tip of South America and, perhaps, onward from there to some other spots on the globe.  His last trip included 12,000 miles through 18 countries in 10 months. For this trip, he has not set a return date. Best wishes and a safe journey to Kurt on his adventure. If you see him during his trip, do me a favor and keep him supplied with giant cake mixing bowls of pasta or breakfast cereal and lots of coffee. (Only black coffee, no flavored coffee, well-meaning lady cat barristas.) In the bike shop, I've also seen him have a "little snack" consisting of a gallon container of orange juice and an entire box of Wheat Thins. A few dough nuts, I've found, also usually produce a grin. We'll have a link on the Wheelgirl site to his his trip-of-a-lifetime stories and photos. (Jump for more photos of Kurt's touring bike.)

 

(Photos by Wheelgirl. Amazing touring bike designed and built by Kurt.)

Here are more photos of the touring bike Kurt designed and built up for his trip: