Deadline is September 1, 2008
BROOKLINE, Mass., May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- What's for dinner tonight? We
long for healthy homemade suppers, but only if the recipes are foolproof,
fairly quick to pull together, and interesting. Cook's Country is here to
help. Devoted to the best of American cooking, the Cook's Country team is
constantly researching our nation's culinary heritage. When it comes to
dinner at home, why not turn to our mothers' and grandmothers' collective
recipe boxes? The editors of Cook's Country are asking home cooks across the
country to submit their favorite family suppers -- old-fashioned meals that
are simply too good to forget. The best of these recipes will be published in
AMERICA'S BEST LOST SUPPERS, a book that will not only preserve a piece of our
culinary tradition but encourage families to eat together (again!).
Cook's Country is hoping to build on its hugely successful recipe contest
of 2007, which drew more than 2,800 entries based on recipes handed down
through generations of families. The AMERICA'S BEST LOST RECIPES contest
inspired a best-selling cookbook made up of those recipes; now the recipe
rescue project continues with AMERICA'S BEST LOST SUPPERS.
Remember when a family dinner meant something special? How about Sunday
Best Roast Beef, where a few tricks turned a cheap, tough cut of beef
meltingly tender? Or it may have been something more homespun like Spaghetti
Pie, a simpler version of lasagna. We want your favorite family supper and
the story behind it. The grand-prize winner will receive $10,000 and an
all-expenses-paid trip for two to Vermont to watch the taping of Cook's
Country TV (the magazine's new show on public television) and participate in a
segment showcasing the winning recipe, which will also be published in Cook's
Country magazine. Four additional winners will receive $1,000 and will be
featured in an upcoming issue of Cook's Country.
The deadline is September 1, 2008. Here are the requirements. Good luck!
REQUIREMENTS: Entries must include an original recipe and an essay of 250
words or less explaining its origins and/or history. Tell Cook's Country why
this recipe is important to you and your family. We are looking for "from
scratch" cooking only -- please don't include anything that uses canned soups
or similar convenience products.
HOW TO ENTER: Send recipes to Lost Suppers, Cook's Country, PO Box
470739, Brookline, MA 02447. Feel free to include a photo of the recipe. To
send us an entry by e-mail, go to www.CooksCountry.com/LostSuppers.
Entries must have a full name, address (including email address), and a
phone number.
PRIZES: One grand-prize winner will receive $10,000. Four runners-up
will win $1,000. Cook's Country will also award other top contestants a copy
of AMERICA'S BEST LOST SUPPERS.
** Please note that all submitted recipes become the property of Cook's
Country.
ABOUT COOK'S COUNTRY MAGAZINE... Cook's Country magazine is the sister
publication of Cook's Illustrated. Cook's Country is a bimonthly magazine for
people interested in country cooking and classic American recipes. The
magazine's regular features include foolproof recipes, equipment testings,
kitchen shortcuts, recipe contests, and more. The magazine welcomes as much
reader interaction as possible and publishes stories and photos about what
readers are cooking at home and in their communities.
ON THE WEB... Visit Cook's Country at www.cookscountry.com.
SOURCE America's Test Kitchen
Deborah Broide for America's Test Kitchen, +1-973-744-2030,
DeborahPub@aol.com
