My Dog is Chelsea

I need your help. NEED it. Like, really badly. For this:

Here’s the thing: I have wanted one of these retro-looking KitchenAid stand mixers since before I even had a kitchen to put it in. Heck, since before I even knew how to bake! Yes—it’s true, I have a hand-held mixer, and he is a great little guy—he gets the job done and everything—but there are just some things you need a real powerhorse of mixer for. A mixer who can stand up to the challenge. And one that comes in such a sleek physique? It’s enough to make my mouth water.

So here’s how you can help: join culinate.com (my absolute FAVORITE cooking website) and then add me as a friend. I know, I know—you’ll have to create a login and who needs another login ID, yada yada yada, believe me, I know. But I wouldn’t be asking for your help if I didn’t need it. (Remember: beautiful stand mixer!)

This is the deal: the more friends I add on Culinate, the higher my chances of winning the mixer. It’s kind of like the opposite of that Burger King deal where you drop 10 Facebook friends and get a free Whopper (um, by the way, ew. You couldn’t PAY me to eat one of those deathtraps let alone give it to me for FREE). But in this case, I’m adding friends and possibly getting something INCREDIBLY AWESOME, and you, my friend (my Culinate friend!), will benefit:

If I win the mixer, I will use it to bake something for everyone who adds me as a friend on Culinate. Even if you don’t live in Portland. I’ll mail it to you (with the mix CDs I promised two years ago). THAT’S HOW BADLY I WANT THIS MIXER.

So to recap:

• Go to culinate.com
• Create a login
• Add me as a friend

And lest you be worried about what you’re signing up for—I kid you not when I say Culinate is my favorite cooking site. It has GREAT recipes—seasonal, simple, delicious. The recipes work (and not in that “slave away through seventeen fiddly steps” Cooks Illustrated kind of way, which is enough to make yourself want to crawl into a 450 degree oven)—and they work well. And if you don’t cook, no matter—you won’t get spam. [EDIT: You will probably want to change your settings to turn off the friend update emails—kinda annoying. But I do highly recommend the biweekly newsletter.]

OK. Sorry for the solicitation. But rememer: you could get something yummy in return and MDIC NEEDS THAT STAND MIXER! This is a matter of utmost importance.

Thank you!