On Saturday, November 5 in the Yawkey Center’s Murray Room, 12 finalists met in a cook-off to determine the winners of the BC Tailgate Recipe Contest. When the plates were cleared, the judges named Ellen Svenning of Boylston (above left) as first-place winner for her Game Day Bean Dip. Svenning, the mother of Keri ’99 and Bobby ’03, is pictured here with her husband Bob and Katherine Larracey, a family friend. Her winning recipe will be featured, along with other contest entries, in Tailgating with Boston College, which is scheduled to be published early next year by Channel Media and will be available for purchase from the BC Bookstore. Patricia Matos, of Framingham, was awarded second prize for her Running Back Ribs recipe, while James Gibson of Nashua, New Hampshire, received third prize for his Dragon’s Breath Chili.
The cook-off, which was sponsored by the Alumni Association, Athletics, Dining Services, and Boston College Magazine, was judged by Stalin Colinet ’96; Susan Power Gallagher, NC’69, president of the Alumni Association Board of Directors; David Littlefield, a.k.a. “The Sausage Guy,” of Fenway Park fame; Dennis Mahoney ’77; Helen Wechsler, director of dining services; and Christopher Eiseman, an executive chef in dining services.