Chowda vs. cheesecakes: NY, Mass. governors wager regional specialties The USA Times

Best Buy 1Q profit falls, but adjusted profit, revenue beat Wall Street's expectations . Toronto stock market heads for higher open after three weeks of sharp losses . Oil slips to near $92 in Europe on growth concerns, progress in Iran talks . Hip Hop Hall of Fame finds home in Manhattan; awards show returns in November . Steve Martin teams up with William Shakespeare to add music to 'As You Like It' in New York . Brad Pitt brings politically-tinged crime film 'Killing Them Softly' to Cannes Film Festival . US city commemorates anniversary of country's deadliest tornado in 6 decades . Diego Rivera painting poised to set new auction record for artist at US sale . Mineworkers union: 65 miners await rescue underground at Zimbabwe platinum mine . Opening statements set in trial of Muslim soldier accused in US Fort Hood bomb plot .

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Chowda vs. cheesecakes: NY, Mass. governors wager regional specialties

ALBANY, N.Y. - I'll see your chowda, and raise you a cheesecake.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is betting chips, pies and bowls of New England clam chowder that his Patriots will win Super Bowl XLVI. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is putting bagels, yogurt and cheesecake on the line in support of the Giants.

The bet for Sunday's NFL championship game highlights regional cuisine that this year will be donated to local food banks.

If the Giants lose Sunday's game, Cuomo will send 46 cases of New York-made yogurt, 46 dozen bagels from Manhattan's Ess-a-Bagel and 46 cheesecakes from Junior's in Brooklyn to a Massachusetts food bank.

If the Patriots lose, Patrick will send 46 pies from The Pie Ladies in Centerville, 46 cases of chips made in Needham Heights and clam chowder from Boston-based Legal Seafoods.