Hot on the Shelves

Every year the folks at White Castle solicit recipes from their surviving customers for the "Crave Time Cookoff." Entrants must create a recipe which incorporates ten of the chain's trademark sliders in a new, exciting, and (it is to be hoped) tasty way. The best of these creations are collected in Crave Time Cookbook, and darned if we didn't just get a copy in the store this week.

Recipes include:

• White Castle Souffle,
• Chili con Castle,
• Spinach Bake Castlebread,
• and even White Castle Dim Sum

Flipping through the book, I can't help but notice that Minnesotans seem to be overrepresented in the winners. I don't know if we are more creative than the national average or if we just eat at White Castle more. Discuss.--David E