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Hello All!
I recently started a website called www.bestpastarecipes.com When my
wife and I go to Italian restaurants, we often run into the same boring
kinds of pasta dishes. We've recently been going to a restaurant
here in Orange County, Ca. where the owner has come up with some of
the best pasta recipes either of us have ever had.

This played a very large role in starting this web site. We would like
to have some of these kinds of great tasting pasta dishes but presented
in a way that the average person would feel confident preparing them at
home. I thought it might be fun to have a contest where people could
submit their recipes and we would draw from these and post a featured
recipe once a week. The audience could then rate each one, and after
three months, recognize the top rated winner with a special article,
picture, short bio., and maybe some kind of monetary incentive. This
just sounded like a lot of fun and an opportunity for us all to share
some great recipes. What do you all think of the concept? I wanted to
keep the monetary prize big enough to draw interest but not so big that
it intimidates people. or makes people think this is so big they don't
have a chance. Any ideas on the amount?
Has anyone in this group tried this? Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Mike
If you would like to submit a pasta recipe that you've had a great
response to, you can email it to me at .
[Only non-copyrighted recipes please - you must be willing to have us
print it on our site, and have others prepare it as well.]
(I'm thinking of doing the same thing with great shrimp, Cajun style
or dessert recipes. If you have any of these we would be delighted to
post those as well).