To reward amateur cooks who take pride in creating compliment-worthy dishes, Hunt’s Tomatoes recently launched the Best Meals, Best Moments Recipe Contest, which will run through December 8, 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 tomato varieties.

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.

“Winning awards for your cooking is a great way to show the world how creative and talented you are in the kitchen,” says Bill Rice, Co-Publisher of Family Cookbook Project, an award winning website that helps people create personalized cookbooks. Your friends and family will be impressed and awards can also help you position yourself as an expert if you want to create your own cookbook”
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