So I had to do a little google searching of the contest to see if anything has arisen with results and what not and found this little piece from the Los Angeles Decider. Thanks to the reporter who took such detailed notes as I was frantically making my creations!!!! Also another thanks to Acme and Cheeseboard!!! And my Grandmother! And a Happy Birthday to my brother who gets his sandwich when he gets out to California next month….
While cooking yet another night of grilled cheeses for local friends who wanted to see the latest winning sandwich I was shown a competition that was so ridiculous it made my win that much more legit. It is something worth sharing for sure…..
I chose Missionary because the registration first said it was hardest to win.
I chose missionary because if you can’t show somebody you know how to do it well the normal way they’re not going to believe you got the skills to get wild with them. And I want to and I will cheese fans.
For now….I give you a slideshow of my way from the familiar East bay down the glitz and the grill marks of LA. As I said before, I wanted to go down to LA for the first time and leave the dream….a celebrity of sorts. I am honored and humbled by those who voted for me and can only thank my foodie family and friends that have always shared time with me over the pots and pans.
I hope to share some of the different experiences and very, very funny stories from the event in the days to come but first have to prepare for tomorrow night’s “Family Night”, a cooking Tuesday tradition among friends, which of course will be a grilled cheese victory party with everyone getting to take on the champ himself!
It will be nothing compared to the throwdown that was the Grilled Cheese Invitational of 2009:
Sorry Mr. Obama….you will be missed but not forgotten. (nor completely sold out…..a few in each size left!)
The hand that touched us all in the beginning....
I am proud to have started this all by saying Mr. Obama was and still is like me. Lefty and beyond that. The site and the theme of the next shirt in the series is one of those that goes beyond that. Although I apologize for the temporarily break in your regularly scheduled Lefty-isms, I know that this discussion and declaration is something that is shared and enjoyed by all.
And what I am talking about is the Grilled Cheese Sandwich.
We all know it. We all love it. Sometimes we all come together to find out who’s we love of them all. As far as I know this world seems to only be coming together under the ceremony that is the 1st 7th Annual National Grilled Cheese Invitational. It’s going to get complicated when the *cough* winner is fighting with the previous winners on who was the real 1st 1st and so on but that’s Kraft’s damn fault for getting involved and creating such a funny mess. Nevertheless, the reason I talk so boldly and so mightily about this and come brazen with my formula from my chest is not just because I am some average cheese sandwich creator but because I have already cleared my hometown and now have set my sites on king kong’ing it’s hometown. Los Angeles. A town I have flown in and flown over but never stepped foot on a single piece of it’s vast cemented land.
I am going to dedicate the days leading up to and including the competition to one aspect of my sandwich (bread, butter, cheese) and then follow up the competition with the secret ingredient’s fabled history (le brick). Today I give you the very very limited edition “The Brick is the Trick” shirt that is headed to L.A. for its exclusive sale! After trying the product everyone is going to want to remember the secret and share it with others and I’m proud to spread the cheesy love. I actually showed it to my inspiration online and all my grandma said was, “Well I hope that I am getting one of those.” That’s right folks the french founder herself loved the shirt and is happy with showing others the trick that warmed my heart and my belly often. Don’t be left out!
Enjoy the preview as this is only the demo version of the back side. We keep the front of the shirt till tomorrow for a thrilling and stunning all-access look!!!!!
Well I didn’t think I would be heading towards the cheesiest competition of my life and bringing you all with me but it looks like its that way. A brick(s) has gone from the backyard, to a kitchen, and now to the dance floor crossing coasts and coastlines. It’s reaches stunned me when I ran into a girl from my small New Jersey hometown calling out my name at Zeitgeist to tell me she remembered me from high school……….and as the grilled cheese guy! It’s one thing to be a San Fran Sandwich maker but to have someone from Jersey come give a friggin piece of their mind about my skillz then you know you got something.
The shirt is complete and prints are being printed but I am going to hold out on the release of the image until Earth Day in celebration of the green nature of my cooking technique (and so I can upload a photo of the final design instead of just say it). I have already scoured the East Bay area in search of 20 of the finest bricks to use only once with each sandwich down in L.A. I wonder if the other competitors can sleep soundly knowing what is coming. I hope I know what is coming.
To ease my tenses I will heading out to the Fox Theater tomorrow to get served a slice of the Fleet Foxes @ Fox Theater….thats a lot of sexy. If you haven’t already heard them they are like Akron/Family but more within the lines. If you haven’t heard Akron/Family they are like the Album Leafs but harder to understand. If you haven’t heard the Album Leafs well……..you should go find out about them. They lead to many other great bands.
I leave you with a trippy video I found while searching for the Akron/Family. Very appropriate for the holidays…..
Tomorrow should bring a review of my first fox hunt and some more cheese commentary.
Since some of my friends say that I am a little too long in the blog department I thought I would make a short and sweet one. It does go against my intentions here, as I am not trying to tweet out some little seed of crap to peck and ponder on for maybe 10 seconds. I like my writing to be hearty and fill you up a little so you feel you got something out of it otherwise what’s the point?
“My socks today were purple and brown…..and inside out. what a day” Really? This is the new deep thoughts of our generation? do you like fishsticks?
Well the word count has already warned me I’m in triple digits so today I leave you with some pictures of where I went to clear my mind for the coming weeks ahead. I plan on posting Friday with hopefully the picture of the final T-shirt design right here!
And just like that President Obama nearly reaches his first 100 days in office.
And just like that President Obamii nearly reaches his first 100 days representing leftylikeme.com
Change has come in most unexpected places for them both. While I first thought something a lot sexier was going to come our way in the form of clothing lines it seems like this ones going to be a lot smarter. So smart most people have never even learned of the practice until it was unleashed twice now upon the masses of the East Bay. The first time it went practically unnoticed at 4th place…..the second time it drunkenly and stubbornly stood closely waiting for the megaphone ultimate victory and the mania that ensued. Brick! Brick! Brick! Brick! The people had learned, loved, laughed, and lived. But sadly some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. Today I would like to announce that I have registered for the 1st 7th National Grilled Cheese Invitational and will be bringing the brick to its rightful place. The legend of the brick will return to win the hearts and souls of all who dare taste it’s oozy creations. For this special occasion, I want to spread the knowledge and the power to everyone by creating a “The Brick is the Trick” limited print run T-shirt for the competition. I will be selling the limited edition T-shirt/Cooking Brick Combo @ the competition and hopefully locally so stay tuned! Each brick will be autographed and include a random sketch of one of the losing “Brick is the Trick” sketches hand drawn by the your lefty handed champ chef himself.
But First I need your vote! Please either leave your comment here with your top 3 fav (in order) or vote on facebook by joining the public “Lefties Like Me” group! (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61413642539&ref=ts)
Sketch #1: Says Epsiode 1: Grandma’s Grilled Gateway to Heaven – 4th Place – Just to keep off the grillactic emipre. Episode 2: Grandma’s Revenge – 1st place – the 2nd is always best in a trilogy? Episode 3 – This Isn’t a Fucking Triology, It’s a Legacy
Cheese Wars
Sketch #2: A simple equation for all to enjoy……
a local fan favorite....pretty simple and a clear message for any passerby to absorb!
Sketch #3: An homage to end the trilogy that ends with Grandma’s Glory? One brick to rule them all. One brick to heat them. One brick to bring them all….and at the contest beat them.
the final version would have a lot more pressed/attacked sammies and innocent, scared, running sammies
Sketch #4: KISS – Keep it Simple Sammies…..
Makes Mouths Happy!
Sketch #5: Ignore that message below the picture! That personal gossip should not influence your vote!
thats a hot message....
Sketch #6: Cheeseaction
This one didnt want to flip. SOB
Sketch #7:
little bit of name calling has to happen somewhere along the line....
Sketch #8: BOOM BABY!
in the style of comics and anime with crazy action/lines
Sketch #9: The Science of a Sammy. The various scientific names will be given to all parts. Symbiotic relationship b/w brick and sandwich described. Local native species explained.
Cheesy Guts, Bread shells, Oh My!
Sketch #10: ? Submissions ? I’m keeping my final count open till Sunday so if anyone wants to send me a sketch I will throw it up here and include it in the voting.
Please please take a moment to sit back and ponder which one of these designs you would don proudly in support of your SF Bay contender. List your Top 3 Faves and feel free to add some comments or suggestions!!!
100 days……Wow. This site definitely has the wear and tear of 100 days of whirlwind work and cutting edge change all over the place.
So, as Obama is entrenched in a forest of economies, crises, levies, and bevies that he can barely see his way out of.
I will drive down for the first time to a land that has been cleared of all forest and paved with cheese, no trees, and plenty of fake titties.
I only got one line for tinsletown and its Kraft-y competition: I’m going to do what everyone dreams of doing…..drive in as an average cheese chef and leave a sammy celebrity!
