Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ellie Mathews knows what it feels like to win a million dollars. Her Salsa Couscous Chicken won the grand prize in the 1998 Pillsbury Bake-Off, the second ...

All around her kitchen sat the pieces that would solve Ellie Mathews’ puzzle. Frozen chicken thighs. A jar of Old El Paso salsa. A sack of couscous. Raisins. Cinnamon. Combine and bake. Jot the ...

How do you begin to conceive of a dish that will wow judges' hearts and stomachs? If you're Ellie Mathews, who won the $1 million grand prize in the 1998 Pillsbury Bake-Off, "it involves a fair amount ...

Good Food The World of Competitive Cooking Ellie Mathews won $1 million in the mother of all cooking competitions, the Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest, in 1998. She talks about the world of competitive ...

Imagine winning $1-million for simmering chicken thighs with chunky salsa and seasonings. Or getting rich by transforming chopped honey-oat granola bars into a deliciously sweet pie. Or how about ...

Ten years after winning the Pillsbury Bake-Off, Ellie Mathews still faces plenty of questions about her Salsa Couscous Chicken. Winning the Pillsbury Bake-Off, as Mathews did in 1998, bestows a ...