Emile Henry Press Releases - Ultimate Olive Cooking Contest

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Celebrate National Olive Month Enter Favorite Olive Recipes in the Ultimate Olive Cooking Contest Sponsored by California Ripe Olives Committee and Emile Henry

New Castle, Delaware - August 4, 2010 -- August is National Olive month and there are a host of ways to celebrate including participating in the Ultimate Olive Cooking Contest sponsored by the California Ripe Olives Committee and Emile Henry. Cooks are invited to enter their favorite recipes using California Ripe Olives as an ingredient. Soups, appetizers, entrees, even dessert recipes, will be tested and tasted. Winning recipes will be published in the Ultimate Olive Cookbook.

The Ultimate Olive Cooking Contest begins ends on September 15, 2010. Five winners will receive a case of California Ripe Olives and a Flame-top stewpot or Flame-top roasting pan from Emile Henry. Everyone who enters a recipe will receive a 20percent coupon for purchases on emilehenryusa.com. Winners will be announced by October 31 and will be listed on the California Ripe Olive Committee website. For contest details, visit Emile Henry at www.emilehenryusa.com or the California Ripe Olives Committee at www.calolive.org.

Emile Henry and California Olive Committee have partnered to promote healthy, affordable cooking using ripe olives. View the California Olive Committee recipes for cooking with kids using healthy ingredients at calolives.org or in the Emile Henry recipe section. Favorites include the Mexican Rice Sundae, the Mashed Potato Sundae and the Sweet Potato Sundae.

The California Olive Committee is comprised of two canneries and thousands of family farmers, who raise olives on about 27,000 acres of orchards that crisscross the warm inland valleys of California. California produces over 95% of the olives grown in the US. They range from small 5-acre lots to 1,000-acre multi-crop farms, but strict growing and handling standards remain consistent. California Ripe Olives are offered in a variety of convenient options including: whole, pitted, slices, chopped or wedged. They are readily available year round in the grocery store. Contact www.calolive.org.

Emile Henry, located in the Burgundy town of Marcigny, is presently run by Jacques Henry, a fifth-generation descendant of the founder. A team of potters makes each piece by hand, maintaining the traditional high quality that French cooks have come to trust in Emile Henry.