NEW YORK , May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As we sit here wedged between Mother's Day and Father's Day , it's pretty clear that America loves the holidays. According toindependent market research, more than $80 billion is spent annually on food during holidays. That represents about15% of total supermarket food sales in the U.S.* To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, pleaseclick news-releases/move-over-miss-america-theres-a-new-crown-in-town-and-her-name-is-mrs-holiday-151884325.html There are more than 65 million fans of Taste of Home magazine, itsiPad edition, website, books, and special interest publications.They count on Taste of Home to be their go-to resource for theholidays. For example, website traffic at TasteofHome.com increasesby 25%-40% before every holiday. Geared up with recipes and ideas,these women head right to retail to start their holiday foodshopping. Recognizing the enormity of the holidays to peoples' personal livesand the U.S. economy, Taste of Home has begun a nationwide searchon Facebook.com/TasteofHome to identify candidates for the positionof Mrs. Holiday, a spokesperson role at the company, which includesa $50,000 payment. "Mrs. Holiday will be a new type of pageant queen," saidTaste of Home editor-in-chief Catherine Cassidy. "She's an advocate, an ambassador and an inspiration who cooksfor her family to bring everyone around the table at the holidays.She's got memorable recipes combined with a celebration attitude." To audition for the role of Mrs. Holiday, women age 18 or oldermust visit Facebook.com/TasteofHome to enter a virtual pageant.There they can submit a video entry of no more than two minutes toshow/tell us how they bring the holidays to life and convince uswhy they should be Taste of Home's Mrs. Holiday. They also shouldsubmit a signature holiday recipe in 200 words or less. The fullentry rules and instructions are provided atFacebook.com/TasteofHome. All entries will receive a free chocolatechip cookie recipe as a thank you for auditioning. Unlike the Miss America pageant, consumers will have a hand inpicking Mrs. Holiday by voting for their favorite entrant atFacebook.com/TasteofHome starting on June 4 and ending on September 7. Mrs. Holiday will be selected fromamong the top 100 vote getters by a panel of experts. Once officially crowned, Mrs. Holiday will be available to conductinterviews, cooking segments, and blogging, as well as to makeappearances across the country at retailers and some of the morethan 300 Taste of Home cooking schools. About Taste of Home Taste of Home is America's connection to the personal recipes ofpeople who like to cook at home as a way to bring family andfriends together, particularly at the holidays. Each year,thousands of people from across the United States and Canada submit more than 40,000 recipes, of which 3,000 are published.Every recipe that is published is carefully evaluated and selectedby the Taste of Home Test Kitchen, which ensures that it can beprepared with affordable, everyday ingredients. Taste of Homecontent is available in print; online at Tasteofhome.com; in books;via digital download on iPad, mobile apps and Kindle; and Facebook,Twitter and Pinterest. Obtain a subscription at or on your favorite digital download device. About Reader's Digest North America Reader's Digest North America comprises operations for Reader'sDigest Association in the United States and Canada. It is at the core of the strategy to expand RDA ownedand operated brands, including Master Brands Reader's Digest, Tasteof Home and The Family Handyman, and Enthusiast Brands Birds &Blooms, Farm & Ranch Living, Country, Country Woman andReminisce, across multiple media platforms to provide consumerscontent when they want it, where they want it, to expand its MasterBrands geographically, and to increase partnership opportunities.Reader's Digest North America reaches consumers through its variousprint and digital magazines, websites and social media outlets,books and home entertainment products. Further information can befound at . * Based on IBISWORLD special report August 2010 Related Links: Audition on Facebook to be Taste of Home's new Mrs. Holiday. Taste of Home is the go-to holiday resource for people who cook athome for their families and friends. Media Contact: Gary Davis Reader's Digest North America 646-293-6206 Cell: 917-379-9351 Gary_davis@rd.com SOURCE Taste of Home Copyright 2010 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved. I am an expert from carbon-steelballs.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Chrome Steel Balls , China Bearing Steel Balls, High Carbon Steel Balls,and more.
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