Short Rib Ragu and a Special Announcement!

Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are enjoying your weekend. I am not normally a fan of Sunday posts, but I have so many things that I want to share with you, I may need to add a few extra days of posts and articles over the next several weeks to catch up.
I have two announcements today and some other exciting news and giveaways are coming in the weeks ahead.
First, is this awesome giveaway for a Le Creuset 5 1/2 quart Dutch Oven in their new shade of Fennel! If you are a regular reader of Bunkycooks, I am sure that you often hear me recommend Le Creuset cookware.
These pieces are some of my favorite kitchen items and I love the way they conduct heat and cook so evenly. I also love the interior finish and how well they clean up after some pretty heavy duty braising, sautéing or oven baking.
These Dutch Ovens take on a patina over the lifetime of their use with all of the fabulous dishes you create in them. Each time I cook with my Dutch Oven, I see a new addition of the brownish shade that adds to the character of the cookware. It means you love and use your Dutch Oven!
I have prepared a Short Rib Ragu which is an ideal dish for a Dutch Oven. The meat sears beautifully and it goes right from the stove top to the oven and everything comes out perfectly.
I have been craving this Short Rib Ragu for a long time. It is comfort food at it’s best and I wanted to get one more round in before the warmer weather sets in for good. It is definitely something that you will want to make again and again after trying it!

On another note (besides this very special giveaway), I have mentioned several times over the past few months that there was some exciting news and business ventures related to Bunkycooks to be announced and I would like to tell you about one of those exciting ventures now, with more news to come in the near future!
Last Summer we started visiting chefs, farmers and interesting local businesses. We have met some truly special people along the way and we have tried to share this experience with you in our On the Road articles, chef interviews and other stories.
So many people have contacted me personally and said they wanted to be able to do what we do. We have been in the planning mode since last Fall and we’re now ready to raise the curtain on our On The Road Culinary Adventures. It has been hard work and so much fun at the same time. These Culinary Adventures will initially focus on the Southeast.
Our first event in this series will take place in Asheville, North Carolina. This two night, three day adventure will allow all of the guests to have a true “Farm to Table” experience. The dates are June 15th through the 17th. This very special culinary adventure will take place at The Grand Bohemian Hotel in Asheville and the surrounding area. We are so excited to partner with Chef Adam Hayes at The Red Stag Grill and a number of local farmers to bring you this event.
We are launching the website later this week, so there will be complete details coming soon! We will then announce the other culinary adventures including dates and cities for the remainder of 2011.
We want to thank everyone that has supported and read Bunkycooks since I started the site in November 2009. We truly have been blessed by meeting and getting to know so many new friends along the way. It has changed our lives for the better and I cannot express and thank all of you enough for that.
I hope that you will be interested in experiencing some of the adventures that we have had On the Road and that you will join us in June!
Now, I know everyone wants to win this Le Creuset Dutch Oven, so here are the rules.
** THIS CONTEST HAS ENDED. CONGRATS TO MELISSA (COMMENT #522). SHE WON THE LE CREUSET DUTCH OVEN. **
Here is how you enter:
Regretfully, due to the weight and contents, this package can only be shipped to a winner in the U.S. I apologize to my readers that live outside of the U.S.
Leave me a comment telling me what you would like to prepare in your new Le Creuset Dutch Oven.
Extra Entries:
Here are four additional ways that you can enter.
1. Follow @bunkycooks on Twitter. Leave a comment here indicating that you are now a follower. If you are already a follower, you can leave a comment saying you are.
2. Tweet about this giveaway. Here is the link to tweet http://tinyurl.com/3v5b4by. Leave a comment and tell me that you have tweeted it.
3. Become a fan of Bunkycooks on Facebook. Leave a comment here indicating you are now a fan. If you are already a fan, you can leave a comment saying you are.
4. Subscribe to Bunkycooks by RSS feed or email. Leave a comment saying you are now a subscriber. If you are already a subscriber, you can leave a comment saying you are.
*** Please be sure to leave separate comments! I will count one comment as one entry. Thank you!
The more times you leave a comment, the more chances you have to win! That would be 5 chances total (but, who’s counting?!). I will be using random.org to pick the winner.
This giveaway ends at 5 pm EST on Wednesday April 20th, 2011.
I will notify the winner by email. Ple
I would cook a spicy cajun chicken and andouille gumbo!
I am following you on twitter @rusthawk.
I am following you on facebook (Rust Hawk).
I am a new subscriber to your RSS feed.
I tweeted your giveaway: http://twitter.com/rusthawk/status/57071617955741697
Your short rib ragu looks mouth-watering! I would prepare Pot Roast with Porcini Mushrooms! It’s heaven and believe it or not, I don’t own any Le Creuset, so this could be my first piece!
Dutch oven is the perfect substitute for a tagine to make Moroccan Chicken w Preserved Lemon n Olives.
I would cook a wonderful bolognese sauce!
I follow Bunkycooks on Twitter
I Tweeted your contest.
http://twitter.com/Shockinglydlish/status/57082171583766528
First of all, this program sounds incredible! So wish I lived closer!
As for the Le Creuset Dutch Oven… I would make my first batch of (vegetarian-friendly) French Onion Soup in it.
Just tweeted the giveaway!
I would make bread that I normally have to split between 2 casserole dishes.
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I would start out by making my husband’s alltime favorite: oxtail stew with green olives! Love your giveaway!
and I followed you on twitter
I just started following you on Twitter!! @711mum
Thanks for the opportunity…
I’d cook a yummy pot of Dominican Sancocho!
I followed you on Twitter! (nella22)
I retweeted the giveaway on Twitter!
I subscribed to your blog!
I would give this lovely ragu a try in my new Le Creuset!
I follow you on twitter
I’d love to make a big pot of my favorite potato asparagus soup.
I am happy to be a follower of @bunnycooks on Twitter.
I just subscribed via rss
I’ve always wanted to make No Knead Bread in a Dutch oven. I know it’s not a roast or stew but it intrigues me how versatile these things are for cooking and want to try all sorts of dishes, starting with the bread.
Oh and I’m already following you.
Wow, what I wouldn’t prepare in a Le Creuset Dutch Oven!! Roasted chicken, caramalized chicken breasts, BBQ chicken, chicken casseroles; rump roast with veggies, braised beef tips, beef/hamburger casseroles; chili and all the other soups/stews I make; numerous pasta dishes! It would be one of those pieces that rarely gets put away. 🙂
Honestly this recipe for short ribs sounds amazing so this is what I would like to make in my new pan!
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Just tweeted about this great giveaway on Twitter.
I tweeted about the giveaway!
I Like Bunkycooks on Facebook too!
I am now following you on twitter @kikipayne74
I am a proud fan of Bunnycooks on Facebook with message left on site with my Facebook name “Superior Souper” aka “The Souper” on Twitter.
Now a Facebook fan too!
Looking forward to receiving your emails…just signed up for them!! Have a great day…
Just tweeted as The Souper: Giveaway Le Creuset 5 1/2 qt Dutch Oven in new color Fennel @bunnycooks. Try ragu ribs recipe at her site. RT http://tinyurl.com/3v5b4by
I would prepare this Short Rib Ragu Recipe for my first meal using my new Le Creuset 5 1/2 quart Dutch Oven because I have never made this dish. Then I would cook up lots of my Chicken Chili followed by my hearty Beef Stew.
Can’t wait to share my good cooking with my family and friends and show off my new cookware 🙂
Following Bunnycooks via RSS feed on my Google Reader.
Look foward to her many tasty posts.
The Souper
Did I mention that I really, really want to win this giveaway at Bunnycooks for the Le Creuset 5 1/2 quart Dutch Oven in new shade of Fennel 🙂 I enjoy cooking with fennel so how appropriate to have cookware in this color! I enjoy homecooked meals prepared in dutch ovens and I love Le Creuset cookware 🙂
The Souper
I’m a fan on Facebook. I will braise chicken thighs (local, organic, free range), fresh organic lemons, onions, and garlic with white wine and bay leaves.
I have been wishing for one of these for a while now and this new color is fantastic!! There are so many things I would prepare in it I can’t even list! So many new recipes to try that I’ve never had the right equipment to do. How exciting!
Signing up for updated emails from Bunnycooks now.
The Souper
First, I follow your Blog, Facebook and Twitter. Congratulations on your new adventures!
Second, huge fan of LeCreuset ever since my German husband introduced me to it in Germany – years ago.
Third, I have been in a Spring mood lately so I would make a French vegetable soup with you guessed it, Spring vegetables and herbs.
Mmmm I would so love to make a short rib ragu like this one if I won this! Seriously, I’d have it sent to my mom’s house where I spend time every summer so I could cook some stews and tagines for her and the family. Fabulous prize!
Of course I am a long-time follower of Bunky Cooks on twitter. Le Creuset as well!
So excited for email updates from Bunnycooks I signed-up twice 🙂
The Souper
Tweeted the giveaway!
Oh I forgot to congratulate you on your new series! I know I have enjoyed all of your travel posts and this looks to be one exciting adventure! Wish you could do one in Florida when I am there later on in the year!
Just tweeted once again: Bunkycooks » A Le Creuset Giveaway, Short Rib Ragu and a Special Announcement! http://t.co/6aCpXrK via @AddThis Great recipe #recipes #food
The Souper
Short ribs would be my first choice. It seems like everyone is making them and making me drool!! I’d love to also try a nice brisket 🙂
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Love your blog.
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I tweeted 🙂 http://twitter.com/#!/CourtneysSweets/status/57098589813481472
Liked you on facebook Courtney I. L.
I would fix a black-eyed pea and pork butt stew…. but these ribs look fabulous!
Already follow you on twitter.
Already a facebook fan
Have you in my google reader!
Please forgive my error in misspelling your name: New post here:
I am happy to be a follower of @bunkycooks on Twitter 🙂
The Souper
Please forgive my error in misspelling your name. Here is my new post here:
I am a proud fan of Bunkycooks on Facebook with message left on site with my Facebook name “Superior Souper” aka “The Souper” on Twitter.
Reposting with your name corrected – so sorry:
Just tweeted as The Souper: Giveaway Le Creuset 5 1/2 qt Dutch Oven in new color Fennel @bunkycooks. Try ragu ribs recipe at her site. RT http://tinyurl.com/3v5b4by
Gwen & Roger – We are so thrilled to hear of your new venture and wish you much success! I really believe this is your calling based on the incredible job you’ve done with your chef interviews and farm visits so far. You’ve created a wonderful niche for yourselves in the food and travel blogging area, and make a great team with Roger’s stunning photography and your flair for creating, planning, and organizing the interviews and farm visits, and then pulling all that information together into well-written posts which are a joy to read. Can’t wait to see the new web site and read more about this plan! LOVE the logo – it’s darling! So happy for you!
I tweeted, am a fan on FB and L O V E this new new business idea/venture of yours! Plus, the color Fennel is psychedelically beautiful!
Repost with corrected name:
So excited for email updates from Bunkycooks I signed-up twice 🙂
The Souper
Updated Post with corrected name, so sorry.
Following Bunkycooks via RSS feed on my Google Reader.
Look foward to Bunkycooks’ many tasty posts.
The Souper
Ok, by now it is obvious how excited I am to win this giveaway at Bunkycooks: Here is my updated, corrected name post.
Did I mention that I really, really want to win this giveaway at Bunkycooks for the Le Creuset 5 1/2 quart Dutch Oven in new shade of Fennel I enjoy cooking with fennel so how appropriate to have cookware in this color! I enjoy homecooked meals prepared in dutch ovens and I love Le Creuset cookware
The Souper
Hi Gwen,
Congratulations on a plan well made! Can’t wait to see the new site and learn about the upcoming adventure.
Your ribs look fantastic. Believe or not I have never prepared beef short ribs…. Where have I been right!
Good luck to all!
Would love a new Le Creuset to make some Boston Baked beans!
Followed you on twitter and can’t wait to hear more about your On The Road series.
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i would make a roasted lamb stew just like my father made while I was growing up. I don’t remember anything tasting better that lamb stew and would hope I could make it just like his in this Le Creuset Dutch Oven. Swoon!
PS I tweeted your giveaway!
Grateful for stumbling upon you through the lovely Jamie Schler – your site is delightful!
Pork shoulder!
I’d cook a lentil and squash stew with whatever veggies are in season from the farmer’s market!
I also subscribe to your email feed!
I would make a Coq Au Vin in the Le Creuset. I love the color green!
I am already a fan on Facebook.
I would love a big pot of navy beans with cornbread on the side!
I read your posts on my Google Reader account.
The short ribs sound delicious.
But I have a pot roast recipe I cook in a cast-iron pot that would really sing if made in a Le Creuset casserole!
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I would make all sorts of ragus like the one you describe here! I have wanted a Le Creuset dutch oven for ages and fantasize over all the things I’d use it for.
I am now following you on Twitter!
I tweeted about the giveaway (@MrsJenBardall)
I am now subscribed and frankly don’t know why I wasn’t before now!
I like you on Facebook (Jennifer Bardall)
Dear Gwen! Congratulations on your new adventures!
What a fantastic niche market for you….the farm to table and culnary adventures is perfect and I would LOVE to join you one of yours…I have some news forthcoming as well so it is very exciting to see us all head into new directions 🙂
The short ribs are FANTASTIC and I would love this on a nippy day like today 🙂
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Ooooh, that’s a pretty color! The first thing I’d probably cook would be a Mexican inspired stew. The weather is getting nicer, so if I make stews, I want them to have a summery feel!
Your on the road series sounds fabulous!! Can’t wait to join you for one. 🙂 I’m loving this Le Creuset pot as well. The color is gorgeous. WHEN I win I will be making Julia Child’s Coq au Vin, pronto. Your short ribs look fantastic!
I already subscribe through RSS.
I’m a twitter follower. 🙂
And I also follow you on facebook. (and I follow Le Creuset on facebook as well. does that count for bonus points?) 🙂 Have a great weekend Gwen!
I am a fan of Bunkycooks and follow this interesting website every week.
If I won the Le Creuset Giveaway, this wonderful Short Rib Ragu would be
made first.
Thanks,
Jane
Short rib ragu most definitely! Best of luck on your exciting new venture!
I just recently became a fan and LOVE your blog.
I would love owning this piece of cookware and would use it for the first time preparing Short Rib Ragu! Then use it for all of our favorites!
I also follow on FACEBOOK! Thank you for a GREAT site!
I also am subscribed through email.
Much success to you on your new adventure….Asheville, NC know it well and many relatives in the surrounding area! Waiting to hear all about this!
Of course, I’d be tempted just to pull the Dutch Oven out and just gaze at it as the centerpiece in my kitchen, but when I get hungry, I’ll try your glorious short rib recipe!
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I would cook just about EVERYTHING in my new le creuset. I leave my red one on the cooktop and use is for everything. Fennel would go very well with my red one. Christmas all year round!! Congrats on your launch!
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Followed and retweeted! Love the product an definitely will try the recepie during the week. 🙂
I would like to cook a new chilli recipe that I have in the pot.
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Naturally, I will do this short ribs recipe. It looks WONDERFUL!
90% of what I cook comes from le creuset. It rarely leaves the stovetop.
I’m a subscriber!
Oh gosh, I don’t know what I would cook since I always skip over recipes that need a dutch oven because I don’t have one. So many things though – why not start with this one? I don’t think I’ve ever had short ribs.
I just finished a big pot of minestrone in my 13 quart Le Creuset…I need that 5qt to go with it! The new fennel color is great! Enter me in your contest.
I would love to cook Julia Childs Beef Merlot Stew in this beautiful dutch oven.
I already receive the post through my email and love every one of them.
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Oh, those short ribs look amazing! That’s what I’d want to make if I had the LC dutch oven.
I am a subscriber…..
Great Food, Great Ideas, Great Pictures, Great Blogs…….Bunkycooks keeps my interest !!! Continued Success !!
In my new Le Creuset, I would make a delicious brisket…
beautiful shortrib recipe Gwin and i do commend you on your new venture… that is just awesome and fun although I know it is nothing but hard work… but what an enlightening experience it will be
very adorable logo too and must say, love that patina you got going
errr, Gwen, hate it when I don’t prooffread
The Souper here and on Twitter is Superior Souper on Facebook so hope all my posts count 🙂 Still excited about the Le Creuset Giveaway, Short Rib Ragu and Special Announcement here at:
http://www.bunkycooks.com. Just posted this message on Facebook at Bunkycook’s Blog as “Superior Souper”.
I would use that pot to make braised pork butt…yum.
Congratulations on your progress, Gwen! You’ve earned it. I would make duck confit. It would be gorgeous with the fennel color! The short ribs sounds amazing.
and am now following you on twitter (i am @josie614)
Bravo for the On The Road Adventures! I’m so thrilled that you’re going to undertake this. It must have been a huge amount of work!
The ragu is beautiful. I would have said short ribs as my choice of thing to make in the Dutch oven just because there’s nothing like the aroma. In fact, when I consider it, there’s a recipe in the first Gourmet magazine I went through that I’d love to make again.
I already follow you on Twitter and facebook, but I’m happy with just one entry and being able to congratulate you on your new venture!
I tweeted you! With pleasure!
just retweeted the giveaway
Signed up for e-mail! You’re making us work for this. LOL! Going to follow you on FB now (if I don’t already!).
Liked ya’ll on Facebook! I hope you return the favor. So happy you are doing well, and I can’t wait to hear about your next adventures.
I would love to try to cook a slow roasted pork butt (carolina style). Thanks!
I might also try cooking a large pot of beans.
I do subscribe to the RSS feed as well.
I would make curry coconut chicken!
I am following you on Twitter @SoireeonMV.
I tweeted this post and link!
I would roast a chicken!!! My favorite comfort food. Then, of course, I’d try your short rib recipe!
….I follow you on twitter! 🙂
Gwen, can you tell that I’m coveting this Le Creuset dutch oven!!! Tweeted the contest.
OH Gwen! So excited for you! Brava, my dear on your new endeavor. Can’t wait for the new site. Wish I lived closer, I’d be there in June if I could be. Someday!
I’m wishing you much, much success!
As for what I’d cook in a lovely dutch oven…..a big pot of homemade chili!
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Cincinnati Chili!
I’m following bunkycooks on twitter.
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I don’t currently own a dutch oven and would love to make some pork picadillo in one.
I’m a fan of Bunkycook’s on Facebook.
If I won I would make anything and everything 365 days out of the year for my blog;) http://scottysauce.tumblr.com
I’m a fan on Facebook
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I’m a fan on Twitter, Facebook and I shared this with everyone. I really need one so I can impress a woman so I can marry her and cook for her.
I’d love to make some baked beans in my new Le Creuset Dutch Oven. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I have always wanted one o these to make some of the most incredible meals ever. I sure hopmi win;)
Following and sharing the love 😉 I need this!
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I would actually make your short rib ragu! Wow! I’m salivating!
I am now following bunkycooks on twitter.
I am now a fan of bunkycooks on facebook!
I’ll make that plum jelly that got away last year.
I’m an email subscriber
Love love love the colour…gorgeous and the ragu you made it in. What great news too about the event. I wish….
Pls enter me in the giveaway if a local US address works for shipping. I’d make an Indian lamb curry with loads of onions in mine if I were to win it! YUM!!
the first thing I would make in that gorgeous dutch oven would be Beef Burgundy for my upcoming wedding anniversary-it’s my husbands favorite
Grapefruit marmalade to preserve our favorite sunny fruits before moving north to NC in the coming month!
Cheers and congrats on the news,
*Heather*
Following @bunkycooks on Twitter.
Tweeted the giveaway.
A fan on Facebook as well! Huzzah!
My wife loves short ribs! I’m sure she would want me to try your short rib recipe if we won.
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I sent a tweet about the giveaway here http://twitter.com/Schmoolander/statuses/57426436792926208
I would make artisan bread and lots of other recipes!
I tweeted this giveaway!
I follow you on Twitter!
I would make a veggie stew!
I’d love to cook a big pot of chicken corn chowder in that gorgeous pot!
I just followed you on Twitter–I’m @kimthewriter. 🙂
I want to make a roast in that beautiful pot. I follow you on twitter now.
Congrats! So glad things are going so well! Great news and awesome giveaway! Tweeting it now and i’m a fan of course
I would make pluff. It is from her home country that is a beef, garlic and rice dish.
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Lots of soup! Congrats on your new adventure!
Thanks for the giveaway offer!
I would love to bake bread in it, specifically PW’s easy bread!
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The color is AMAZING.
Either those short ribs (yum) or my favorite Green Chili Roast (tonguegasmic)
I tweeted today! http://twitter.com/#!/kroshey/status/57441040872898560
Wishing you success On the Road!
I would make a Sunday pot roast! Congratulations on the new adventure!
I tweeted the giveaway!
I follow you on twitter! Thanks for the giveaway!!
I have wanted one of these for so long!! The first thing I’d make in it is beef bourgignon (sp?) And then some homemade caramels. The even heating of the cast iron should be great for caramel making!
Congratulations on the new venture! Of course, I would have to try your fabulous short rib recipe first when I win the Le Creuset!
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So exciting, but after seeing your yummy post I’d have to try making some kind of ribs to inaugurate the Le Creuset if I win.
I follow on twitter.
I tweeted about the giveaway 🙂
I am a fan on facebook.
Looking forward to the new website, and I’m an email subscriber to Bunkycooks.
I’d make homemade chicken stock!
I love Le Creuset! I would make a slow cooked pork tenderloin with apples. Yum!
I am now following you via twitter
I would make a lovely beef stew.
I am an email subscriber
Great recipe! Your post was retweeted by “Black Star Says”. You inspired me! I had to run home for something from work…so took a few minutes to start the recipe, but subbed the lamb shanks I had ready to cook!. It will be heaven, especially with my own home grown rosemary, and my own homemade Chambourcine wine for which my husband and I even picked the grapes! I’ll send you pic tonight.
I had to throw it in a crockpot as I don’t have a Le Crusett pot. So count me in on the drawing too please!
I liked you on facebook. This recipie rocks. It looks like a differnt dish I make and the ribs turn out so tender. I must try this
I am following you on twitter. Now that I found you I won’t let you go!
I tweeted about your promotion – and I have 1700 followers, I hope I win and not one of them!
And now – I am an email subscriber!! Never subscribed to a blog, and there, now I have.
I am a(n?) RSS subscriber
I would make my mother’s very delicious grapeleaves! Yummy….!
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What better way to christen a new Le Creuset Dutch Oven, than by grabbing hold of your inner Julia and letting her out! ( My mouth is already watering! )
BOEUF À LA BOURGUIGNONNE
:o)
Tweet! (That’s TwitterTalk for I follow!)
Fanned you on Facebook. (Feel cooler now that I did?) :o)
I ‘wetweeted’ your twittertweet. (I swear I picture Tweetybird every time I think of Twitter… just couldn’t help myself!) 🙂
I subscribed via e-mail! 🙂
*Thanks for doing this – very cool!*
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Braised lamb with red peppers and olives.
I have been wanting to make short ribs for a whle now. After reading your recipe, that is the one that is making my mouth water right now. I need to go get some short ribs!
I tweeted about your wonderful giveaway.
Oh, Gwen, that ragu looks beyond delicious! I cannot imagine anything better than pappardelle as the nest for this beautiful dish (I am on the rustic pasta kick, as I made my own pappardelle a few weeks back, without a pasta machine!)
I have made braised lamb shanks several times this winter, and that would be the dish of my choice if I had a Le Creuset:)
I am so excited to hear about the new site! I am hoping that soon you’ll be able to have the events closer to West Coast:) But the idea is amazing and I am sure that it will be a success!
I love reading about your travelling adventures, and look forward to reading more.
I follow you on Twitter since forever:) @Bibberche
I like your FB page:)
I tweeted your giveaway:)
You are in my RSS Reader:)
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Yes, please! I would very much like this lil’ sucker. And I think this recipe would be the first thing I’d cook in it. Yum.
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I would love to make some beef stew in this!
Now a follower on Twitter.
Also now following on Twitter
Tweeted it!
Now an RSS subscriber!
Following! And would love to make the boeuf bourgignon I learned while at culinary school in France!
I would try my hand at braising something first.
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Hubbys favorite is short ribs so I would probably make that.
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I’d make braised beef shanks!!
I’m following you on Twitter now @blazinpheet
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I would cook French Onion Soup! Check out my new blog http://mycookingwithabandon.blogspot.com/
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I would cook French Onion Soup!
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Congratulations on your new venture. It sounds like so much fun. The short rib ragu looks mouthwatering!
Hey I just noticed it accepted my comment, yay!! 🙂
Chiapas-style braised pork
Rib Ragu
Lamb stew
I would make our Sunday pot roast.
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Oh lovely lady…I’ve been wanting one of these for so long. I need to just go out and buy one, but it would be great if I could be a winner! Thank you so much for sharing with me tonight. I always know I will find something that will make me smile! Your sweet and creative spirit brings me such happiness. I hope you have a great day tomorrow full of hope and love.
What an awesome giveaway!!! I would love to make many many many meals in one of these. First on the dock might be some french onion soup!
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hmm.. maybe some type of soup. chicken noodle? oh, better yet, clam chowder! yum 🙂
I would make this short rib ragu!!
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I would make this short rib ragu!
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what an incredible program you have developed, I am so proud to say I know you! you were one of my first friends on foodbuzz, and I will always cherish our friendship!
your ragu looks amazing, congrats on your top 9 today!
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What a gorgeous shade that fennel pot is! I’d braise some wild turkey legs, or make a pot of Jeweled Rice à la Ruth Reichl.
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I want to make your recipe! But if I didn’t have that to choose from, I would make my mom’s City Chicken. It’s been forever since I’ve had it.
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I tweeted about your giveaway, as well. Hope you get lots of traffic!
And now I’m your Facebook fan as well! (And a fellow tornado dodger.)
And, I subscribed to the RSS feed, so now you’ll pop up in my Google Reader.
I’m very excited by what I’ve seen on your blog. It looks simply awesome!
I would make slow braised beef tacos and no-knead bread!
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Those short ribs look AMAZING!
If I won the Le Creuset, I would cook cornish hens with a sausage-sage stuffing, rosemary and thyme tucked under the skin and then wrapped in prosciutto. They would be baked slowly with potatoes and carrots. After cooking, while letting the hens rest, I would make a red wine reduction to go with it all.
Chicken and Dumplings
My favorite….Chicken Curry!
I would cook a rustic Bolognese sauce in the new pot!
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Gwen, your site looks so good, I have always thought it did but its even better!
I’m excited for you and your new adventure starting in June. You have been such a great blog example to me and so nice. I love the new color of the cookware and if I won it I would make some pot roast in it!
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Wow, what a great giveaway!! If I win, I would make a nice vegetable stew in my new dutch oven!
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I would make a BBQ beef brisket! LOVE La Creuset!
I would totally make this recipe first (not to kiss up or anything 🙂 ), followed by numerous soups, chilis and lots of other things.
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the Short Rib Ragu looks simply delicious. Would make this in the Le Creuset.
The salmon risotto I made last week! Your short ribs look delicious 🙂
I would make stews – lots of stews! And lentil soup. Yum! Thanks for the chance.
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I would make stews! Lots of stews – including lentil soup. 🙂 Thanks for this chance at an awesome giveaway. Also, congrats on your new venture.
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I think would make this short rib Ragu!! I have just fell in loooovvvveee with short ribs since I found out that they are not the “ribs’ I thought they were (the sticky finger rip the meat of the bone with your teeth type) but the “fall off the bone, tender, melt in your mouth type. I eat/order them every chance I get!
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the perfect Pot Roast
I would have to say my husbands spaghetti sauce! Takes all day and makes the house smell divine! Love this page!
OK..I’ve commented, Facebook Friended, and RSS fed you… I even Buzzed you on Food Buzz..I really want that pot!! and the Ragu.
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I would LOVE to make Guiness Stew! Please help me make it!
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Yay I was #300! I tweeted about your giveaway, and your DELICIOUS recipes!
I just “fanned/liked” you on FB! I’m so excited!
I would love to make a beef and ale stew with a puff pastry lid…a nice english pie of sorts!
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I would bake bread in this dutch oven! I am making my way through the new Tartine bread cookbook, and could really use this!!
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some hearty lentil soup!
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I would love to make a big pot of spring vegetable soup!
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chuch roast for french dip sammys! love love the color 🙂
If I won this dutch oven, I would have to try your Short Rib Ragu in your honor, of course! Thanks for the opportunity to win it! 🙂
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I would make a scrumptious gumbo!
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I would make my mother’s braised beef brisket. That beautiful dutch oven is just calling for it 🙂
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I would have to make a high heat, long roasted wine and espresso braised roast from one of our Wyoming grass raised Scottish Highland steers…
Soup, soup, soup, soup, soup, soup!!! I just can’t get enough soup and this pot is the perfect size to make enough soup to feed my little family 🙂
You have a new FB fan…this recipe sounds fabulous! And the new Le Creuset color is gorgeous…something I’ve always wanted but have yet to own!
My husband actually wants me to make your short rib ragu, which I don’t have the equipment for (hint hint)!
First of all, a huge Congrats! on your new venture! I’m so excited for you and for me because I would love to participate in some of your farm tours that I’ve enjoyed reading about here! I’ve wanted to visit Asheville for a long time – can’t wait for the deets!
Secondly, I would make my everything from my Short Ribs Provencale (hmmm, never posted this) to your succulent Short Rib Ragu, jambalaya, braised chicken, you name it, in that Le Crueset Dutch oven. Love the color and great giveaway!
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Also, I would give this gorgeous Le Creuset to my mom for Mother’s Day. It’s my very favorite piece of cooking equipment and I have been wanting to buy her one, but haven’t quite had the cash. She is an incredible cook and she would make all kinds of yummy things in it — her famous chicken noodle soup, brisket, chili. I love it because it’s so versatile! Thank you!
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Golly! So many things to make! I think I’d start out with making a lovely bolognese!
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I would make a pot of navy bean and ham soup first.
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It has turned cold and rainy here today, so I would want to make beef and barley soup, although the short rib ragu looks very tempting!
I would make Poulet Basquaise – a yummy homey Basque chicken dish with peppers, tomatoes and the infamous espellette pepper!
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I just subscribed by email too! I can’t wait to try this short rib recipe!
I’d cook anything I could in it! Most likely a pasta sauce…
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The first thing I would make is a big pot roast with potatos and carrots. Comfort Food for Sure!
I would make this short ribs recipe! I just purchased them for the first time and have been looking for a way to serve them!
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I’d make rabbit stew. I’m a FB fan.
I’d make rabbit stew. I’m a follower.
I’d make rabbit stew. I’m a Twitter follower.
Well, that looks delicious but I’ve been really wanting to try baking bread in a dutch oven so that would be first and then quickly followed by the ragu to dip the bread in!
I would make that fabulous ragu!
Black bean and squash stew.
Oh how I’ve been wanting one of these! With 4 kids it just keeps getting shoved back on the wish list. 😉
Honestly, I’d have to make this Short Rib Ragu recipe. It looks and sounds wonderful. Then I’m sure I’d use it for just about all of my cooking, baking and stock making.
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I would make Crawfish Étouffée…
I would make Beef Bourguignon
Oh, I would love to win a Le Creuset Dutch Oven becase then I could cook hunter’s chicken, venison Stew, my great chili, gumbo and oh, so many other wonderful dishes
I love soups and stews, so I’d have to go through my list of things to try and choose one. Your short rib ragu looks like a good place to start!
YUM! I would prepare the shortrib ragu that is posted above. Looks fantabulous!!!
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Congratulations!
I would make french onion soup!!
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I would love to cook chili in a new Dutch oven!!
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I have a famous garlic-chile pork recipe that I would love to make in this pot! I love the new color. Has my name written all over it 🙂 Love your site, plan to follow you going forward.
I would most certainly make this short rib ragu! yum!
My fiance and I are poor engineering grad students, and his little brother just started college at our university this past fall. Being the only one of us that’s comfortable in the kitchen, I’ve started having Sunday night family-style dinners at our apartment with the three of us, and any of our friends that are available. I love doing braise-y things, especially during cold Indiana months, and this pot would be a wonderful cooking and serving vessel and I could never justify buying for myself! Besides what better to benefit from your Sunday post than the Sunday dinners?
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I would make tons of marinara and bolognese sauce! We are such bad carb people in my house. 🙂
I’d love to make beef stew in the new dutch oven!
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I would make a wonderful white bean and chicken mexican chili…. topped with fresh chilis, tortilla crisps and extra sharp aged cheddar!
Beef and Guinness Stew.
A big pot of beef stew…yummy!
And congrats on the new adventure! How exciting! If you ever make your way over to Wyoming, stop by and say hello!
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Mmm…beef brisket, followed quickly by this short rib ragu, looks delicious!
I would cook osso bucco in my lovely new Le Creuset Dutch Oven.
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I would make mushroom stroganoff.
The first thing would have to be that fabulous-looking short rib ragu recipe! Next I would make my Mom’s bolognese….Yum!
I am new to your blog…. I love what I see so far. Keep up the great posts!
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Let’s see, what would I put in a brand new Le Creuset Dutch Oven? I’ve had a hankering for cabbage rolls, or maybe stuffed peppers… One of those would be great… Thanks!
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I absolutely love this color! There’s no end to what I’d make in this, since it’s so versatile! Carnitas for tacos, chili, kale and white bean soup….
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I’d like to make Chicken Country Captain in it.
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Even though it’s getting warmer, I think it will be a big pot of soup for one of those cold rainy days of spring.
I would cook Beef Stew.
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Love Le Creuset! I would probably make a chili that takes hours to develop the flavor or my Asian Braised Shortribs! Your recipe sounds divine!!!
I should be so lucky to win this! I’ve been dying to get my hands on one. 🙁 …. I’d cook a pot roast!!!
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I would make short ribs over polenta!
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I’d make some lamb shanks with braised fennel!
I saw a lovely recipe for apple-sausage stuffing made in a Dutch oven
I would make some Asian-style ribs in a hoisin glaze or these short ribs– something hearty to get me through the snow storm we may potentially have at the end of this week here in MN (even though it was 70 degrees today!).
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I have some oxtails to cook; the LeCreuset would be perfect for Braised Oxtails, Oxtail Barley Bake, or Oxtail Ragu based on your recipe.
Jim
Morrocan Beef Tagine that is fabulous.
i would make my first short rib ragu.
I would make a BIG pot of meat sauce!!
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I love le creuset and i love short ribs. The very first thing i will make in my new fennel le creuset is your nice looking ragu!
I’m a follower on twitter and your FB page!! If i win this, I would try to attempt mutton curry!! 🙂
At first I thought I would make a pot roast in the new le creuset, but after seeing your short rib ragu — I’m sold! I love the fennel color! Just followed you on twitter and about to send a tweet…
The first thing that comes to my mind is to cook a yummy stew or chili probably because I am FREEZING right now!
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I think the Le Creuset cookware ‘would be perfect to cook and serve my mom’s famous beef stew for Passover!
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Following you on an RSS feed! I would love to make pork chops with a nice gravy in a Le Creuset Pot.
I’m following you on Facebook. The braised short ribs look amazing. I’d also use that cookware to make beef carbonnade, chili, braised chicken….
I would cook SO many things and I’ve been wanting to add this piece to my Le Creuset collection for a long time! It’s on my birthday wish list 🙂 I would definitely cook this braised short ribs and many other “pot roast” type dishes! In particular the ones in my Julia Child cookbook! *here’s to hoping the random number generator picks me!* 🙂
I would LOVE to make some veal osso bucco. My step-mom made some a while back and I’ve been dreaming about it ever since. 🙂
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Beautiful! I would make pork carnitas – one of my favorite meals!
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Hey Gwen,
What a great new concept! I’d love to meet up when you come in town. We’re big fans of the Red Stag. 🙂
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The Fennel color is GORGEOUS! I would make a fish and tomato stew 🙂 🙂
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I would make EVERYTHING in a Le Creuset dutch oven! I have a 2 quart and a 10 quart and would LOVE a 5 quart! Specifically, I’d love to make Coq Au Vin and your Short Rib Ragu!
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I would love to try your short rib recipe in the Le Creuset!
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Gwen – SO EXCITED about your announcement! Mr. RGBistro and I would like to fly out there and maybe catch one of the programs. 🙂 Maybe in the autumn?
Love the new Le Creuset color. I would love to cook a nice coq au vin in it.
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I would have to try your short rib recipe, we bought half a cow this year and I have never cooked short ribs before.. Thank you for the great idea.
I’d cook my grandmother’s oxtail stew.
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I have been begging for one of these form my family for what seems like, forever. No knead bread? Delicious. Amazing….amongst bzillions of other uses. That’s the most amazing thing about le creuset…so versatile. So durable. <3
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I would make spicy jumbalaya!
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Definitely following you on Twitter, and I LOVE this recipe for Ragu. I love almost any ragu (the texture from long cooking seems so decadent to me) but using short ribs is really amazing. 🙂
And also, am following you on facebook, which is where I saw you post about this awesome giveaway and your even more awesome announcement! Glad I didnt miss out!
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This dutch oven would be perfect to make my chicken potato cheese soup recipe!
ooooo…I’d love to make your recipe in this pot!
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I would make that recipe first!
Oh, please choose me! I’ve wanted one of these forever. I’d start by cooking your shortribs!
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French Onion Soup!
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I’d make french onion soup!
I’d make Colombian Frijoles With chicharron 🙂
I would love to prepare short ribs in the le crueset dutch oven, these are my absolute favorite and this is the only pot you can make them in properly, they would be amazing in this dutch oven
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I would prepare a yummy pot roast.
Thanks for the giveaway!
I have a couple recipes that go from stovetop to oven that I’d like to try (but have no dutch oven!)
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Short Ribs are great, and this recipe is one to try…but for that beautful fennel pot, braised lamb shanks!
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I would love to cook my fabulous Chicken Cacciatore! Yum yum!
I would love to make the no knead bread in this dutch oven. I’ve also been wanting to make beef bourguignon (I’ve been reading the letters from Avis to Julia Child).
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Um, that looks amazing! I would love this le creuset to (finally) make beef bourguignon!
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I would make chicken and dumplings!!! Yummy!
That Dutch oven is gorgeous…I would absolutely make my grandma’s Chicken and Dumplings recipe in it. Yum.
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I would love to get this Le Creuset as my first Le Creuset pot ever!! 🙂 I would cook your recipe as my first recipe.. that looks soooo good! I have a total weak spot for ragus…
Otherwise, I’d probably make oxtail bourguignon. YUM.
I’ve subscribed via email! PS- this is such a gorgeous LC color! I love it.
Looks perfect for Chili – I think a white chicken chili is what I’d try!
This sounds so good! With cool weather approaching, I’ve been eager to start making more heartier dishes, and this one looks like it would fit the bill!