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"Rev Up Your Rice!" Recipe Contest

One amateur cook will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize and six finalists, including the "Best Whole Grain Rice Recipe" will receive $1,000 each. All winners will also receive an Aroma 10-cup Sensor Logic Deluxe Rice Cooker.

Only original and unpublished rice recipes - including appetizers, soups, salads, side dishes, entrees, or desserts are eligible for the contest. Food professionals will judge entries based on taste, ease of preparation, appearance, and creativity. Recipes must be prepared in 30 minutes or less with no more than six ingredients (excluding butter, margarine, cooking oil, water, salt, and ground black pepper), and must use at least one cup of uncooked U.S.-grown rice (or three cups of cooked rice).

The contest is open to adults 18 years and older who are residents of the United States. Food professionals, including chefs, food writers, food home economists, dietitians, and food educators, as well as employees/members of the rice industry or USA Rice Federation are not eligible to compete.

Enter recipes online, or send your original rice recipes to "Rev Up Your Rice!" 2007 Recipe Contest, USA Rice Federation c/o Publicis Consultants/PR, 424 2nd Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119. Please review contest rules and regulations before submitting entries. Enter as many recipes as you wish!

All recipes must be received or postmarked by 11:59 p.m. EST April 15, 2007.

2006 winning rice recipes may be viewed online or downloaded, or send a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope to USA Rice Federation Attn: 2006 Contest Winners, for a copy of the 2006 winning recipes brochure, "Surprisingly Simple".