Making Memorable Moments In The Kitchen

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Making Memorable MomentsIn The Kitchen (NAPSA)—For many passionate cooks, life’s most memorable moments share a commonsetting: the dinner table. Regardless of the occasion that brings family and friends together, the key to creating an unforgettable experience is to cook a special meal that leaves the guests craving for more. However, most cooking enthusiasts know it’s more than the meal alone that makes or breaks the evening—it’s the combination of quality ingredients and memorable interactions that bring home the praise. To help make compliment-worthy dishes in the kitchen, keep in mind these “Hints from Hunt's”: 1. Get the whole family involved. Give each person a task and learn from one another. 2. The higher the quality of the ingredients, the tastier the results. To ensure the best-tasting dish possible, seek out specialty items when preparing your favorite recipes, such as fresh cuts of meat from the butcher counter or quality ingredients such as Hunt’s new Crushed or Whole Tomatoes with Basil. 3. Keep a clean workspace. The moredishes pile up, the harderit is to concentrate on the nextstep. 4. Know where your food comes from and what’s inside. For example, Hunt’s tomatoes are always 100-percent natural, prepared using the FlashSteam™ process, and contain no artificial ingredients or preservatives. To reward amateur cooks who take pride in creating compliment-worthy dishes, Hunt’s Toma- Combine family fun and freshtasting ingredients to make your meal memorable. toes recently launched the Best Meals, Best Moments Recipe Con- test, which will run through December8, 2008. The contest will collect America’s most creative dishes that feature high-quality, fresh-tasting ingredients and that incorporate the brand’s diced, whole, crushed or stewed tomatovarieties. Participants will compete for more than 500 prizes, including two all-expenses-paid trips for two to Gourmet magazine’s 2009 Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, where the nation’s top chefs and wineries will deliver three days of memorable meals and unforgettable moments. Cooking enthusiasts interested in showing off their best can enter by uploading their favorite recipe alongside a brief description of what makes the meal their best and most memorable. To enter, for more information or to discover more advice for making the Best Meals, Best Moments recipes, please visit www.Hunts.com.

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