Are you making the most of your summer? We’re busier than ever here at the Taste of Home office in Greendale, Wisconsin, but we’re lucky enough to have our Friday afternoons off during the summer and really try to take advantage of them. Hope you’re finding time to relax and enjoy the season, too!

MIX IT UP!

We’re constantly trying to make our Mixing Bowl section more fun and informative for our readers, and we want you to play a role. So don’t forget that you can submit items for these topics at fieldeditors@tasteofhome.com:

GREAT FIND: Do you recommend outstanding places that you’ve visited to family and friends? We want to hear about them: your favorite festivals, restaurants/diners, fresh food markets, bed and breakfasts, and other food-related stops.  Please put “Great Find” on the subject line of E-mails.

COOKING TRIUMPH: If you are proud of one of your cooking triumphs, tell us about it. If we publish it in Mixing Bowl, you’ll receive a handmade chef hat with the Taste of Home logo, courtesy of Missouri Field Editor Virginia Watson. Please put “Triumph” on the subject line.

EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL OFFER

World Wide Country Tours, part of our Taste of Home family, invites you to join its September “Flavors of Maine” tour at a discounted price. During this festive and scenic trip, travelers will discover firsthand how artisan bread is baked on a stone hearth, watch Chef Lisa Sojka prepare an assortment of tasty hors d’oeuvres, and visit the blueberry farm of Theresa Gaffney, who recently introduced the world to “whole plant” wild Maine Blueberry Tea.

You’ll also experience a lobster bake with all the fixin’s, enjoy a “field to table” lunch, meet a Maine lobsterman, make a tasty stop at a family run store specializing in hand-dipped chocolates, travel through Acadia National Park and much more! 

Visit www.countrytours.com for details. To receive your discount of $200 per person on this exciting Maine tour or any 2010 WWCT tour, mention promotion code FE09.

FIELD EDITOR FORUM

Here are some recent topics to check out in our private Field Editor Forum:

"How do you prepare corn on the cob?”
http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/792184.aspx

“Who here has been to, or is currently going to, culinary arts school?”
http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/t/790000.aspx

Have a question about cooking or a fun story to share? Start your own topic today in the private Field Editor Forum!
http://community.tasteofhome.com/forums/203210.aspx

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS

Have you been recognized in public as a Taste of Home Field Editor? We want to hear your stories. You might even be selected for the Field Editor Spotlight in Taste of Home magazine. Here is a sample “encounter” from Nancy Piano of Nevada City, California:

“My husband and I are on a planning committee for the Nevada County Italian Festival. When we went to a meeting in May, a woman ran over to me and asked if I was a Field Editor for Taste of Home. I proudly said, 'Why yes, I am. How did you know?'

"She told me that when she gets her magazine, the first page she flips to is always the Field Editor listings, hoping to find someone from our community. She saw my name and wondered if it was me, and of course, it was. I felt like a celebrity!”

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

You are important to us, so please stay involved. We keep track of how often you submit recipes and other items, and how often you post in the Field Editor Forum (and other Taste of Home forums). But you need to let us know about the things you’re doing in your community to spread the word about Taste of Home, such as conducting cooking classes or demonstrations, talking to local women’s groups, appearing on television or in the newspaper. So stay in touch!

That's it for this month. See you in August.

Barbara Schuetz, Editor
Erik Bergstrom, Web Community Manager