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Editors' Picks -- Week 42

by: Food52

April 8, 2010

Any food52 member is welcome to help us test our Editors' Pick candidates, so go call dibs on the recipe you'd like to test in the comments section below! Don't forget to email us your notes (about 100 words) to [email protected] by next Tuesday at 5pm.

We'll collect your comments, decide the official list of Editors' Picks and publish your evaluation in the headnote if the recipe is selected as an Editors' Pick (with credit, of course!). And even if the recipe you test isn't chosen as an Editors' Pick, please feel free to leave your testing notes in the recipe's comments section. Constructive criticism is always encouraged!

Click here for more details on how our community-tested Editors' Picks system works.

Editors' Picks (these are the ones we've tested -- congratulations!)
Freedom Pork with Sticky Greens and Mop Sauce
Oven Barbecued Pork
Chinese American Pork Roast
The Perfect Three-Sugar Sugar Cookies
Chewiest Sugar Cookies
Orange Sugar Cookies
Brown sugar cookies
Snickerdoodles
Orange-Cardamom Sugar Cookies

Editors' Pick Candidates (these are the ones we'd like you to test)
Pink Peppercorn Sugar & Spice Cookies
Sassy Sugar Cookies
Just Right Sugar Cookies
Fairy Dusted Sugar Cookies
Stick to Your Teeth Chewy Sugar Cookies
Chewy Sugar Cookies #1

We've also added some incentives to reward your hard work and make things interesting. The three people who test the most Editors' Picks candidates by June 1, 2010 will be entered in a drawing to win one of these fabulous prizes:

1. A weekend stay on a small-scale working family farm with Feather Down Farm Days
2. A snazzy food52 tote from L.L. Bean
3. Three selections from Rick's Picks' line of delicious pickled goods

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26 Comments

Kelsey B. April 8, 2010

Bummer - too late! But am looking forward to the asparagus round. I think I'll be trying some of these yummy cookies and the pork recipes anyway! :)

monkeymom April 8, 2010

I think I'm too late to the party as well. But, might I suggest to others to test the finalists and add comments? All four look awesome and I'm sure personal taste tests are in order. We definitely want to send the best forward to do battle. Go food52!

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Food52 April 8, 2010

Brilliant suggestion, monkeymom! We wholeheartedly agree.

cheese1227 April 8, 2010

I'll take the Slow and Low Roast Pork with Ginger Sriracha Barbecue Sauce

cheese1227 April 8, 2010

Oops, I see that has already been taken. I don't beleive there are any more, are there?

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Food52 April 8, 2010

Correct -- sorry about that! They went fast this week. Hopefully you can snag one next Thursday. And, as always, feel free to post your notes in the comments section of any recipe you try out.

MrsWheelbarrow April 8, 2010

I take Chewy Sugar Cookies #1? YUM

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Food52 April 8, 2010

MrsWheelbarrow, it looks like drbabs already has that one covered. If you do make them, please feel free to post your notes in the recipe's comments section.

MrsWheelbarrow April 8, 2010

Ok - how about slow & low roast pork from WinnieAb?

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Food52 April 8, 2010

Sounds perfect, thanks!

EmilyNunn April 8, 2010

I'll do the Just Right Sugar Cookies, gladly.

Rosemont_Farm April 8, 2010

I'd like to do the "Slow-Roasted Pork Shoulder with Fennel, Onions, Teeny Tiny Potatoes and Garlic" but I'll one up it with my own Hazelnut Finished pork shoulder...<br /><br />:)

MrsWheelbarrow April 8, 2010

oh boy. i'd love to try that pork. the pork around here is acorn-finished.

WinnieAb April 8, 2010

Not that I need to make or eat any more cookies in the near future, but my kids are always up for more, so I'll try the fairy dusted sugar cookies!

solmstea April 8, 2010

I'd love to do the stick-to-your-teeth sugar cookies...

mariaraynal April 8, 2010

I'll try the Roasted Pork Shoulder with Mustard Ginger Sauce -- sounds delicious!

drbabs April 8, 2010

Greetings from Hawaii! (Truly gorgeous here.) Thanks for the honorable mention and congrats to all! I will test chewy sugar cookie #1 while recovering from jet lag!

mrslarkin April 11, 2010

Aloha Dr. Babs! Hope you had a wonderful trip. Have fun with this cookie. I just made the lemon/ginger version yesterday. Very yummy!

drbabs April 12, 2010

Aloha, MrsLarkin! Just got home and took the butter out of the freezer. I'll get these baked and written up before the deadline tomorrow. I'll let you know how it goes--- and congrats on being a finalist!