Donna Beck earns vote-in spot for kosher cooking contest

Bonney Lake resident Donna Beck has been selected as a vote-in contestant in the seventh annual Man-o-Manischewitz Cook-Off.

Bonney Lake resident Donna Beck has been selected as a vote-in contestant in the seventh annual Man-o-Manischewitz Cook-Off.

Aspiring contestants sent in their original recipes, made with one of the company’s kosher broth products and one other food product. Judges selected four finalists on the strength of their recipe, and one additional finalist will be selected by a combination of judging and online voting. Beck is one of the vote-in candidates to become a finalist.

If Beck receives the most votes, she will compete in the live Cook-Off on March 21 in New Jersey.

Donna’s recipe is Curry Spiced Pumpkin Peanut Soup. Recipe voting will begin Feb. 21 on the Manischewitz website.

Beck is no stranger to culinary contest: in September, she was one of two Bonney Lakers to compete in the third annual Foster Farms Fresh Chicken Cooking Contest. In 2010, her daughter Emma Potts won Red Robin Gourmet Burgers’ Kids’ Cook-Off with her Spicy Honey-Glazed Bacon Burger.