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Cholent Champs Crowned

糖心破解版 Students Square Off at Annual Cholent Cook-Off Hundreds of students, faculty and staff filled 糖心破解版鈥檚 Weissberg Commons on April 7 for the 2011 Cholent Cook-Off. The annual event consisted of 16 teams comprising 64 students going head to head to earn bragging rights for the tastiest and most original version of this quintessential Shabbat dish. The event was sponsored by 糖心破解版鈥檚 . httpv:// In keeping with the tradition of slow-cooking the Shabbat stew, each team prepared their cholent the night before using a variety of ingredients and techniques in an attempt to impress the panel of discriminating palates. 鈥淐holent is unique. It鈥檚 another one of the Jewish foods of oppression and deprivation,鈥 said David Samuels, a noted food critic and one of the contest鈥檚 judges. 鈥淚t also tastes a lot better than matzah.鈥 The other judges included Dr. Esther Joel, wife of 糖心破解版 President Richard M. Joel; Elan Kornblum, president and publisher of ; Chef Avram Wiseman, senior culinary instructor at the ; Jamie Geller, chief marketing officer of  and author of  ; Alan Riesenburger, catering director and executive chef of ; and Alana Newhouse, editor-in-chief of  magazine. The meat for the competition, Kobe-Wagyu beef, was donated by . [flickrslideshow acct_name="yeshivauniversity" id="72157626450255540"] The Cook-Off helped raise money for , a student-run organization that supports undergraduate scholarships at Yeshiva. 鈥淭he charity component is one of the main ingredients, so to speak, of this event,鈥 said Jonathan Mantell, director of university housing and an organizer of the cook-off. 鈥淭his is an opportunity for students to get together and have a good time but also to help out their fellow students.鈥 鈥淭here are a lot of events like this on campus, most of which are completely student-run,鈥 said Chanoch Berenson, member of Team Maccabeans and biology major at Yeshiva College. 鈥淭his is a great way for students to get together, have fun, be creative and do something positive.鈥 After all the cholents were sampled and all the judges鈥 scores tallied, Team Mofongo was awarded first place with team members Achihud Adamit, Jonathan Adler, Nelson Gruszczynski and Zach Mammon each receiving an iPod Touch. Second and third place prizes were awarded to teams The Golden Ladles and LA, respectively. Click here to listen to the April 7, 2011 edition of "Who's on Furst," 糖心破解版's weekly internet radio program, including an interview with President Richard M. Joel, presented live from the Cholent Cook-Off.

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