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• U.S Championship Cheese Contest

The results are in for the U.S Championship Cheese Contest held in held in the stunning new Atrium of Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin cheese, SarVecchio Parmesan produced by John Griffiths at Sartori Foods in Antigo, Wisconsin, captured U.S. Champion honors March 19 at the largest cheese competition ever held in the United States.

Wisconsin dominated theU.S. Championship Cheese Contest’s 64 categories.
Awards included:
-41 Best of Class (64 percent of Best of Class Awards) more than five times as many as any other state.
-38 Second Awards (59 percent of Second Awards).
-35 Third Awards (55 percent of Third Awards).

for the show’s best cheese and 115 awards in all, more than any other state.

The United States Cheese Championship is hosted biennially by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.

• Buddy Valastro – CAKE BOSS on April 19, 2009

Buddy Valastro won the wedding cake challenge on Food Network (I just saw this, his cake was gorgeous). The new TLC special Cake Boss will focus on Buddy as he manages his booming business, Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, NJ, along with his big Italian family – including his mom and sisters – who run the shop with him. The series should premiere sometime in June.

The pilot will take viewers into Buddy’s bakery as he keeps up with the normal demands of his successful business and the last minute addition of a high-profile opportunity to be featured in Brides Magazine, with only days to produce his cover-worthy cakes. This, plus his family tricks Buddy to make his dream cake for his own surprise birthday party.  

Buddy’s cakes have been featured on the Today show, Good Morning America, The View, and even HBO’s hit series, The Sopranos. His award winning designs have also been featured numerous times in different bridal and baking magazines.

• Mambo Sprouts – Your source for Organic and Healthy food coupons

Visitors to the Mambo Sprouts Marketing site (www.mambosprouts.com) can now print high value coupons for natural and organic products and receive notification when new coupons are posted. New features include coupon categories for easier browsing and recipes alongside many coupon promotions. Also new are social networking tools including an RSS feed and Facebook page. Likewise, consumers can receive alerts when new coupons are posted by following Mambo Sprouts on Twitter (http://twitter.com/mambosprouts).

Participating brands include Organic Valley, Method, Ethnic Gourmet and Odwalla, among other leading natural and organic producers.

• Red Lobster’s Interactive Cooking Videos

Red Lobster is launching a series of seafood cooking videos that will provide helpful seafood tips to the home chef.  The Red Lobster culinary team is answering consumers with simple tips and tricks on how to buy, handle and prepare exceptional seafood. The new Interactive Chef’s Kitchen includes an extensive video library of Chef’s Quick Tips, Chef’s Video cooking demonstrations, at-home recipes and more.

• The Recipe Box Hosts – Eating Healthy During Chemotherapy Cookbook Author Jose van Mil

Barbara Howard of The Recipe Box hosts Jose Van Mil on April 2, 2009.

Event: Eating Healthy During Chemotherapy Cookbook Author Jose van Mil
      “free, online chatroom, archive available afterwards, also thru iTunes”
What: Informational Meeting
Host: The Recipe Box Show
Start Time: Thursday, April 2 at 8:00pm
End Time: Thursday, April 2 at 9:00pm
Where: http://www.TheRecipeBoxShow.com or 646-378-1299