Get Cooking, America! Taste of Home Announces America's Best Loved Recipe Contest 5,000 Grand Prize; Four Categories to Enter, Reflecting How America Really Eats

GREENDALE, Wis., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Taste of Home, the world's largest cooking magazine, celebrates the joy and comfort home cooks receive from cooking, caring, and sharing, making it America's Recipe Box. Now, one of those recipes could strike gold in the magazine's biggest contest ever: America's Best Loved Recipe Contest. The contest has four categories to enter, with the winners in each category competing for the 5,000 grand prize. Readers and visitors to the Taste of Home Web site (http://www.tasteofhome.com/) will choose the ultimate Best Loved recipe next spring.

Taste of Home's reader-submitted recipes capture the neighborly spirit of America's pass-it-over-the-fence tradition. The magazine's contests have become its most popular feature. Whether it's lasagna (4,580 entries), cake (9,000 entries), or rhubarb (4,500 entries), the quality and quantity of the submissions speak to the readers' passion for cooking

"Taste of Home has nourished America for 15 years. Our readers take great pride in their cooking and love to share their favorite recipes," says Catherine Cassidy, editor-in-chief of Taste of Home. "We expect a huge response and think this contest will capture the very essence of home cooking in America."

America's Best Loved Recipe Contest has four categories for submissions reflecting different lifestyles with winners in each category competing for the grand prize:

Classic - Tried and true family favorites Light - Recipes that are lower in fat and calories Time-Saver - Taste great but require less time or effort to cook Serves 2 - Recipes that make the perfect amount for two

For America's Best Loved Recipe Contest, Taste of Home editors will select the winners in each category, each of whom will win a selection of prizes, including an all-expenses paid trip for two to the Taste of Home headquarters. But for the first time in Taste of Home history, America will serve as the grand prize judges. The winning recipe receiving the most votes will be deemed America's Best Loved Recipe.

To enter America's Best Loved Recipe Contest:

Log on to http://www.tasteofhome.com/bestloved or send your recipe and category choice to Taste of Home: America's Best Loved Recipe Contest, 5400 S. 60th St., Greendale, WI 53129. Entries must be received by midnight CST on March 1, 2009. For complete rules visit http://www.tasteofhome.com/.

Taste of Home is a leading multi-platform producer of information on food, cooking and entertaining, serving home cooks with engaging media that captures the joy and comfort received from food made with love. Taste of Home publishes four magazines (Taste of Home, Healthy Cooking, Simple and Delicious, and Cooking for 2), top-selling bookazines, newsstand specials, and popular cookbooks. Taste of Home is part of Food & Entertaining at the Reader's Digest Association (RDA), which includes allrecipes.com and Every Day with Rachael Ray. More information about Taste of Home can be found at http://www.tasteofhome.com/.

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CONTACT: Bethany Bradley of Taste of Home, 1-414-423-3761,
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Web site: http://www.tasteofhome.com/
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