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Smile! We Want Your Photo
You probably noticed in the current Feb/March issue that we’ve moved and expanded our “Field Editor Spotlight.” (See page 8.) Many of you do not have a photo on file, so please send in a current color photo to Editorial Assistant Jane Stasik (Jane_Stasik@rd.com) so we can consider you for our Spotlight feature. Please submit the photo as a jpeg at 300 dpi.
Exclusive Travel Discount
Three Taste of Home Tours with multiple departure dates are scheduled for 2009, and you are personally invited to utilize our exclusive $200 per person Field Editor discount.
Please mention Promotion Code FE09 to receive your discount.
Future Food Topics
We want your recipes! We have some terrific topics lined up for future issues of Taste of Home. Please share your best, most creative recipes in these categories. Please E-mail recipes to fieldeditors@tasteofhome.com. Remember to include your name, phone number and mailing address on each recipe along with the category name. Please put “newsletter response” on the subject line. Deadline for recipes is Friday, March 20.
- Budget-Friendly Foods: Please share with us the recipes your family loves that are comforting and satisfying yet keep your household finances in check. The recipes can be made from scratch or use less expensive cuts of meat, canned food or other convenience items.
- Halloween: We’re looking for cute party foods, from sandwiches to sweets, that are ghoulishly delicious and have plenty of kid appeal.
- Great Gobblers: Have you tried a new way to prepare your Thanksgiving turkey that’s become a tradition? Maybe it’s a different cooking technique or a new combination of herbs. Send the turkey recipe your family yearns for every year. Don’t forget to include your tried-and-true tips for making that perfect bird.
- Slow Cooked Convenience: Many cooks use their slow cooker(s) on Thanksgiving Day to free up the oven. If you do, we’d like to have your favorite holiday sides that can be prepared in this ever-popular appliance.
 Video Kitchen Tours »
Have you gone on-line to see our first video kitchen tour? When homeowner Dawnita Phillips of Drexel, Missouri welcomed us into her renovated kitchen for the Feb/March issue, she also took us on a video tour. That video has been very popular with visitors to tasteofhome.com. Watch the video»
Close Encounters
Have you been “recognized” as a field editor? These ladies have. Please share your close encounters, too!
“Several of our church members visited a large church in a nearby city to hear a guest speaker. At the beginning of the service, the pastor announced that there was a celebrity in attendance: their own Louisiana field editor. He was talking about me! I was shocked! He went on to tell the crowd that Taste of Home was his favorite magazine.” —Betty Janway, Ruston, Louisiana
“I had a call from a lady recently who was visiting her relative here in Smyrna. She came across my name and called to ask if I was ‘that Sharon Manus, who’s a Taste of Home field editor.’ I told her I was, and we had a very nice chat.” —Sharon Manus, Smyrna, Tennessee
“While shopping one day, a man came up to me and asked, ‘Are you buying supplies to make something for the magazine?’ Obviously, he’d seen my name in an issue and found out I was a field editor.” —Joyce Daubert, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania
Special Book Offer »
GET 40% OFF REGULAR PRICE OF TASTE OF HOME SOUTHWESTERN MADE EASY
 If you and your family enjoy dishes with Southwestern flair, you’ll love this new collection of simple main dishes, sides, appetizers, salsa and desserts.
And now, you can order your copy at the special field editor price of just $9, instead of the regular price of $14.99.
Enjoy the fresh, bold tastes of Southwestern cooking with none of the hassle! This 112-page, hard-cover cookbook contains hundreds of color photos and more than 200 recipes, all approved by our Test Kitchen culinary specialists.
You may order any amount of books at this special field editor’s discount, and the cookbooks are guaranteed. If for any reason you are not happy with a cookbook, just send it back to us and we’ll promptly issue a refund.
This book will be available beginning Feb. 28. To order by credit card, go to www.ShopTasteofHome.com.
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Watch for our next newsletter in March!
Best wishes,
Ann Kaiser, Editor
Barbara Schuetz, Managing Editor
Diane Werner, Food Director
Pat Schmeling, Food Editor
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