Taste of Home, the # 1 Cooking Magazine in America, Kicks-off the 2nd Annual National Cooks Who Care Week November 9th-15th, 2009

Taste of Home, the # 1 Cooking Magazine in America, Kicks-off the 2nd Annual
National Cooks Who Care Week November 9th-15th, 2009
Taste of Home Hosts a Week of Food-Related Charitable Efforts in New York and
Milwaukee to Give Back to Those in Need

GREENDALE, Wis., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Taste of Home, the # 1 cooking
magazine in the world, kicks off the 2nd annual National Cooks Who Care Week
(November 9th-15th) with a variety of food-related, charitable acts to help
those in need. The Cooks Who Care program celebrates ordinary people who are
using a recipe or a home-cooked meal to provide help for those less fortunate.
In honor of those selfless individuals who have given back, Taste of Home will
host a series of events to engage and inspire others to become Cooks Who Care.
The first event is a special appearance by Editor-in-Chief of Taste of Home,
Catherine Cassidy, at the 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street, New York City, on
Monday, November 9th. Following the New York City kickoff, the Taste of Home
staff in Milwaukee will participate in a week of volunteering, food drives,
bake sales, cooking classes and even a kitchen drive to outfit 24 apartment
kitchens for struggling families. More information about National Cooks Who
Care Week and these local efforts can be found at www.Tasteofhome.com.

"Taste of Home was honored to run its first Cooks Who Care story in October
2006, then promptly turned it into a regular feature in the magazine," said
Catherine Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief of Taste of Home. "We have dedicated the
second week of November as National Cooks Who Care Week, in hopes we can
spread the kindness, inspire others, and show how an act as simple as a
home-cooked meal can change a life."

The National Cooks Who Care Week Kickoff at the 92YTribeca is a noontime event
to honor the everyday people who use their culinary talents to make a
difference in their communities and show others how to become a Cook Who
Cares. In addition to the lunchtime chat, Catherine will demonstrate a few of
the many dishes in the new Taste of Home Cookbook, Cooks Who Care Edition that
can be used to feed a large group of hungry people or to raise money for a
cause. From November 9th -15th, Taste of Home and the 92YTribeca will hold a
food drive and donate the collected food to the Food Bank for New York City.
To purchase tickets for Catherine's noontime talk, visit www.92ytribeca.com.

The Taste of Home Headquarters in Milwaukee is hosting an entire week of
goodwill through multiple events, drives and volunteering. Throughout the
month of November, the Taste of Home offices will collect food for Milwaukee's
Hunger Task Force. The Taste of Home Cooking Schools (located throughout the
country) will accept donations of canned goods to benefit local food banks.

Tasteofhome.com will highlight inspirational stories and offer advice and tips
on how to get involved in a food-based volunteer effort. To find a Taste of
Home Cooking School in your area, visit tasteofhome.com/cookingschools.

A weeklong kitchen drive at the Taste of Home offices, from Tuesday, November
10th, through Friday, November 13th, is dedicated to collecting kitchen items
for 24 apartments in the Milwaukee area that are being fully furnished for
needy local families. Several national manufacturers and local businesses
have joined the effort, which is benefitting the United Methodist Children's
Services, by donating appliances and other essentials; these companies include
Ecko, Revere, Circulon, Hamilton Beach, Chicago Cutlery, Rishi Tea, Stone
Creek Coffee Roasters, Pyrex, Baker's Secret, Corelle, CorningWare, Wilton and
Magnalite.

National Cooks Who Care Week Calendar of Events

Monday, November 9th:Taste of Home employees will serve breakfast from 7
a.m.-10:15 a.m. at St. James' Episcopal Church (833 W. Wisconsin Ave.,
Milwaukee)

Tuesday, November 10th: The Taste of Home headquarters in Milwaukee will host
an employee bake sale to raise money for Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

Tuesday, November 10th:Taste of Home employees will donate their time and
serve dinner from 4 p.m.-6 p.m. at the Salvation Army (445 Madison St.,
Milwaukee)

Wednesday, November 11th: Food Editor Peggy Woodward and Food Director Diane
Werner will conduct an "Eat Smart" cooking class for 150 Boys & Girls Club
members at the Mary Ryan Center (3000 N. Sherman Ave., Milwaukee), with a
focus on healthier recipes. Also on Wednesday, Taste of Home will deliver
home-baked cookies to Kathy's House, a non-profit organization that provides
temporary housing for families of patients receiving care at local hospitals.

Wednesday, November 11th:Taste of Home employees will serve breakfast from 7
a.m.-10:15 a.m. at St. James' Episcopal Church (833 W. Wisconsin Ave.,
Milwaukee)

Sunday, November 15th: Taste of Home employees will serve dinner from 6:30
p.m.-9 p.m. at The Cathedral Center (845 N. Van Buren St., Milwaukee)

In addition, the community of Greendale, where Taste of Home headquarters are
located, is supporting the Cooks Who Care effort: All month long, Greendale
businesses as well as Greendale grade schools, middle school and Greendale
High School will join Taste of Home in collecting non-perishable food items
for the Milwaukee-based Hunger Task Force.

ABOUT COOKS WHO CARE
Cooks Who Care is a program created by Taste of Home to celebrate acts of
caring by home cooks and communities across the country. Introduced as a
magazine feature in October 2006, Cooks Who Care shares stories, in print and
on-line at www.cookswhocare.com, of compassionate real people who give back
through food. In 2008, Taste of Home dedicated the second week in November as
the annual National Cooks Who Care Week, to reach beyond their readers and
motivate others to join the Cooks Who Care movement.

ABOUT TASTE OF HOME
Taste of Home is a leading multi-platform producer of information on food,
cooking and entertaining, serving home cooks with engaging media that capture
the joy and comfort received from food made with love. Taste of Home
publishes three magazines, including the flagship Taste of Home--America's
largest cooking magazine, with a circulation of 3.2 million--Healthy Cooking
and Simple & Delicious; top-selling bookazines; newsstand specials; and
popular cookbooks. Traffic on tasteofhome.com increased 166 percent, to 2
million monthly UVs, from December 2007 to December 2008. Taste of Home is
part of Food & Entertaining@RDA (The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.). More
information can be found at http://www.tasteofhome.com.

SOURCE Taste of Home

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