Hi! Hope you’re enjoying the April/May issue. Join the private Field Editor Forum and let other Field Editors (and our staff!) know which recipes you’ve tried and loved! To join, contact Erik Bergstrom at Erik_Bergstrom@rd.com.

WE WANT YOUR RECIPES!

We’re excited about the terrific topics we’ve lined up for upcoming issues of Taste of Home, so please thumb through your recipe box and share your best, most creative recipes (and tips) in the categories below.

Please E-mail recipes and tips to fieldeditors@tasteofhome.com. Remember to include your name, phone number and mailing address on each recipe along with the category name.
*NOTE: Please put “newsletter response” ALONG WITH YOUR STATE ABBREVIATION on the subject line of e-mails (i.e. “newsletter response – WI”). Deadline is Friday, May 21

COCONUT: You probably use coconut to flavor cakes, pies and cookies. But we’re looking for more out-of-the-ordinary ways to use this tropical-tasting ingredient. Please share your main dishes, savory snacks and appetizers, salads and other recipes.

FONDUE: Do you have one of those cute fondue pots from the ‘70s stashed in your cupboard? Well, get it out; fondue is popular again! Please send us your favorite recipes for cheesy fondue, main-dish fondue or dessert fondue. Be sure to include dipping sauces for meats and vegetables, too.
 
CHOCOLATE: We’re looking for special chocolate candy recipes. Do you make your own truffles, bonbons or chocolate-covered caramels? How about homemade nougats or candied fruit? And don’t forget to tell us how you decorate your favorite candies.

SEAFOOD APPETIZERS: Have a yummy appetizer that uses shrimp, crabmeat, scallops, clams, mussels or oysters? How about salmon or other fish? Send it our way.

QUICK! Our food staff is also on the lookout for speedy desserts and main dishes that are ready in 30 minutes or less. Please share some of your family’s favorites!

FIELD EDITOR FUN

If you’ve held a class, appeared on local television, spoke at an event or promoted Taste of Home some other way in your community, please let us know about it!

* Sandi Pichon of Memphis, Tennessee recently won second place in a pie contest sponsored by the Commercial Appeal, the local newspaper. Sandi submitted her Dixie Delight Pie, an old family recipe that she updated. Get Sandi’s recipe»

FIELD EDITOR FORUM—JOIN IN!

Here are some recent topics to get involved with in the private Field Editor Forum:

“Who would like to help me create and continue a thread of conversation about cooking for two?”
http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/777421.aspx

“Does anyone have (or know if one even exists) a recipe for sugar-free frosting?  I am taking a cake decorating class and have a husband that is diabetic who cannot enjoy my cakes.”
http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/778604.aspx

“So I have this recipe for soft pretzels. It’s an OK recipe but not great. I want to find recipes more like an auntie Anne’s or those frozen ones you heat in the oven or microwave.”
http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/778215.aspx

GO SOUTH!

Experience Southern charm this fall when you take a trip through World Wide Country Tours. Part of our Taste of Home family, World Wide Country Tours is happy to extend its Field Editor discount of $200 per person for its 2010 “Louisiana & Mississippi’s Southern Charm” tour.

Tasty stops are a cornerstone of this scenic tour, including a Jazz Brunch Buffet in New Orleans’ French Quarter, a private cooking demonstration at the world-famous New Orleans School of Cooking, a call at Avery Island and the TABASCO® Pepper Sauce Co. and a walk through the oldest rice mill in the country. Also on the menu: lunch at a plantation home, a traditional catfish meal at one of Mississippi’s most famous restaurants and delicious local meals in the heart of Cajun country—served by some of the friendliest people you’ll ever meet!

Visit www.countrytours.com for details. To receive your discount on this exciting Southern tour or any WWCT tour, mention promotion code FE09.

SPECIAL BOOK OFFER

Here’s another outstanding offer just for Taste of Home Field Editors! You can purchase Taste of Home Grand Prize Winners at 40% off its regular price of $27.96. This incredible collection features more than 350 first-place winners from the national recipe contests in Taste of Home and its sister publications. You’ll find everything from blue-ribbon appetizers and salads to winning entrees and desserts. And each recipe includes a full-color photo.

To order by credit card, call Shop Taste of Home toll-free at 1-800-880-3012 or order online. Make sure to request item 39604 and suite number 367.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

“Last month, I was sitting at the hospital with a friend, when a lady sitting nearby asked if I was a Field Editor for Taste of Home. I assured her that I was, and she excitedly said she was glad to meet ‘a celebrity’.”
—Betty Janway, Ruston, Louisiana

Edna Hoffman

“My husband and I went on a trip with World Wide Country Tours, and after a few days, a woman came up to me and said, ‘I knew I saw you somewhere before, but I couldn’t recall where. I finally remembered that I saw your picture in Taste of Home magazine.’”
—Edna Hoffman, Hebron, Indiana

HOUSEKEEPING

* Moving? Please remember that, in addition to contacting the subscription department, you MUST send your new address to Editorial Assistant Jane Stasik. She also needs to know of any change to your E-mail address in order to keep your newsletters coming. Contact Jane at Jane_Stasik@rd.com. Thanks!

That’s it for this issue. See you in May!

Barbara Schuetz, Editor
Erik Bergstrom, Web Community Manager