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Editor’s note: I just discovered that The Lemon Tree also has a fan page on Facebook. Check it out here.

The Lemon Tree recipe contest has been extended until March 22, giving local cooks more time to submit their original or modified recipes in sandwich, soup, salad and lemon dessert categories.

Laura Hart, the store’s specialty food manager, encouraged local cooks to submit published or family recipes that they have adapted, as well original creations.

“By tweaking an ingredient you can turn someone else’s recipe into your own,” she said.

Coincidentally, I tweaked a lemon dessert recipe just last night, although in my case, “tweaking” meant combining the ingredients of the Barefoot Contessa’s Lemon Yogurt Cake in the wrong order and failing to reserve a half-cup of lemon juice. Instead of using it to create a syrup that would have been poured over the freshly baked cake, I tossed it into the mix, which then necessitated the addition of sugar.

My family liked it — once it completed baking, which took a very long time, considering all the liquid ingredients — although I doubt it would pass muster as a possible addition to The Lemon Tree’s menu. Dishes from the winning recipes will be available for purchase at the store through August.

Recipes can be submitted through the store’s Web site, where contestants can find rules and instructions. Finalists will prepare their dishes for judging at Dream Interiors, 5122 Main St., on March 28.

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