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Win Tickets To A Pre-Thanksgiving Feast For A Great Cause This Monday

Posted by Ed Levine, November 6, 2009 at 5:30 PM

A few years ago I got a call from my friends Tom Wells and Lee Tannen, of the great catering company Showstoppers. They asked me to get involved with The Association to Benefit Children, or ABC for short. What does ABC do? This is how the organization is described on its website:

Association to Benefit Children champions the right of every child to a positive, nurturing childhood. ABC creates program models that are easily replicable, humane, comprehensive and cost-effective and include family preservation, early childhood education, health, housing, mental health and youth services.

ABC truly does God's work, and I am proud to be working with them.

We came up with the idea of holding a Thanksgiving benefit for ABC featuring foods from great chefs around New York. Having worked on many food benefits before, I knew that the most difficult challenge is getting the chefs, who are insanely busy and besieged with similar requests, to actually show up at these kinds of events.

So I figured that if I asked the chefs to just make the food at their restaurants, we could have Showstoppers pick everything up, we would make the chefs happy and we would end up with a world-class Thanksgiving buffet dinner.

Thus was the annual Thanks for Giving Thanksgiving buffet dinner benefit born. It will be held once again this Monday, November 9, at 6:00 pm. at the Union Theological Seminary.

How to win tickets, after the jump.

Tickets start at $125 (available here) and every last cent collected goes directly to ABC. The feast this year includes the following contributions from some of my favorite chefs and bakers.

• Daniel Boulud ~ Daniel ~ Squash soup
• Lara Brumgnach ~ Felidia ~ Tiramisu
• Andy D'Amico ~ Nice Matin ~ Cranberry Relish
• Sandy Davis ~ Showstoppers ~ Turkey, Gravy, Dressing and Bourbon Soaked Sweet Potatoes
• David Pasternack ~ Esca ~ Roast Squash
• Mike Psikalis ~ Kefi ~ Stuffing
• Tom Valenti ~ Ouest ~ Soft Polenta
• Rack & Soul ~ Baby Back Ribs
• Gabrielle Hamilton ~ Prune ~ Mini Apple Pies
• Two Little Red Hens ~ Cookies and Brownies
• Bouchon Bakery-Chocolate bouchons

Believe me when I tell you that is one serious pre-Thanksgiving feed. In addition to the dinner there's live music, a live auction, and many items being auctioned off silently. The live auction includes a pizza tour I'm giving to four people along with signed copies of A Slice of Heaven and a dinner for ten cooked by Mike Psilakis of Anthos and Kefi that I'll be co-hosting.

Want to attend? Get tickets here —or enter to win a pair right here on Serious Eats.

To enter, just answer this question in the comments: What are you thankful for this holiday season?

Winner will be chosen at random from among eligible commenters. Contest will end and comments will close at 7 p.m. ET, Sunday, November 8, 2009. Winner will recieve one pair of tickets. One entry per community member. The standard Serious Eats contest rules apply.

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