R ESO U R C ES
C O N T E S T RU LES
prize
tested
recipes
the
annual
challenge
Sub
ject to
Officia
l Ru
les at www
.bhg
.com
/PTR
. No
purchase
necessary. Open
to
lega
l U
.S
. residents (exclud
ing
Puerto
R
ico),
21 years or o
lder.
PR
IZE
TESTED
RECIPES
The
Annua
l Cha
llenge
is composed
of s
ix
categories: Everyday
Easy
rec
ipes, Grilling
rec
ipes, Ho
liday
rec
ipes,
Desserts, Good
&
Hea
lthy
rec
ipes, and
Persona
l Favorites. Everyday
Easy
rec
ipes must be
prepared
in
20
m
inutes or less and
use
no
more
than
five
(5) ingred
ients, p
lus basic
ingred
ients norma
lly
found
in
your pantry, such
as sa
lt, pepper, o
live
o
il, etc. The
Persona
l
Favorites category
may
include
any
rec
ipe
that does not fit in
any
of
the
other five
categories. Rec
ipes entered
in
the
Good
&
Hea
lthy
category
must lim
it the
number of ca
lories from
fat to
no
more
than
35
percent of tota
l ca
lories in
the
rec
ipe
, includ
ing
saturated
fat of
no
more
than
7 percent of the
tota
l and
trans fatty
ac
ids (trans fats)
of no
more
than
1 percent of the
tota
l.
TO
ENTER
By
Ma
il, A) Send
entries v
ia
ma
il to
Prize
Tested
Rec
ipes:
The
Annua
l Cha
llenge
, Better Homes and
Gardens®
magaz
ine
, P
.O
.
Box
7040
, Des Mo
ines, IA
50309
-7040
. A
ll ma
iled
entries must be
neatly
w
ritten
or typed
. Ifyou
are
subm
itting
a
rec
ipe
using
Sun
-
Ma
id
Ra
isins, L
indsay
O
lives or H
idden
Va
lley
Sa
lad
Dressing
&
Season
ing
M
ix
and
D
ips M
ix
, p
lease
type
or w
rite
the
product
partner’sbrand
name
in
the
upper right-hand
corner ofyour entry
and
on
the
back
of the
enve
lope
, e
.g
. "L
indsay
O
lives.”
B) On
line
,
subm
it the
entry
information
requ
ired
above
at www
.BHG
.com
/
PTR
. Prize
Tested
Rec
ipes The
Annua
l Cha
llenge
beg
ins May
8
, 2009
,
and
ends August 18
, 2009
. On
line
entries must be
rece
ived
by
11:59
pb
.m
., CT, on
August 18
, 2009
. Ma
il entries must be
postmarked
on
or
efore
August 18
, 2009
, and
rece
ived
by
August 26
, 2009
.
ENTRY
INFORMATION
For each
category
entered
, create
your
orig
ina
l rec
ipe
. Mu
ltip
le
entries are
a
llowed
, but each
rec
ipe
must
be
subm
itted
as a
separate
entry
and
each
entry
must meet the
fo
llow
ing
requ
irements:
•W
rite
or type
on
each
entry
the
category
you
w
ish
to
enter. Each
rec
ipe
may
on
ly
be
subm
itted
for judg
ing
in
one
category. Mu
ltip
le
entries may
be
subm
itted
in
the
same
enve
lope
.
•Rec
ipe
entries must be
orig
ina
l, and
cannot have
been
prev
iously
pub
lished
, won
another competition
or cha
llenge
, or been
used
for
advertising
or promotiona
l purposes.
•Entry
must: (1) include
rec
ipe
name
and
the
number of serv
ings
that the
rec
ipe
y
ie
lds; (2) use
ingred
ients that are
ava
ilab
le
in
most
grocery
stores; (3) list ingred
ients w
ith
measurements in
order of
use
; (4) include
step
-by-step
preparation
and
cook
ing
d
irections,
and
(5) include
: entrant name
, age
and
comp
lete
address w
ith
z
ip
code
, te
lephone
number w
ith
area
code
and
e-ma
il (optiona
l). A
photograph
of the
rec
ipe
can
be
subm
itted
(optiona
l), a
lthough
inclusion
of a
photo
w
ill not affect the
judg
ing
.
VOID where prohibited. SPONSOR: MEREDITH
CORPORATION,
DES MOINES, IOWA
throw pillows, “Ashley”—Skout Custom
Furniture; 714/606-2363;
shopskout.com. Coffee table, reclaimed wood and metal,
accessories—through Molly Wood (see previous). Solid
pillows—West Elm
; 866/428-6468; westelm
.com
(product line
varies).Candle trough—Pottery Barn (see previous.) Flooring,
distressed walnut—Lumber Liquidators; 323/721-0800;
lumberliquidators.com. Cabinetry, custom—Erin Curci (see
previous). Fabric for sofas, custom
Belgian linen; suitcases
between chairs, antique; bench, custom—personal belongings.
Page 44: bedding—Eileen Fisher, Inc.; eileenfisher.com. Blue-
and-white pillows on bed—Hable Construction, Inc.; 877/422-
5304; hableconstruction.com. W
indow coverings—Restoration
Hardware; restorationhardware.com. Small clock at bedside—
Pottery Barn (see previous). Bath sink—Berbere Imports;
berbereimports.com. Faucet, Country Collection—Rohl (see
previous). Bath vanity, custom—Salvador Marin; 310/769-1065.
Bath mirror—Juxtaposition Home; 949/715-1181;
juxtapositionhome.com. Built-in cabinetry around television,
custom—Erin Curci (see previous). Roofing, corrugated metal—
Evans Roofing Co., Inc.; 800/540-0028; evansroofing.com. Wall
paint (White Heat)—Dunn Edwards (see previous). Doors—
Home Depot; homedepot.com
. Door hardware (Silver Patina)—
Emtek (see previous). Playhouse, built by homeowners. Built-in
cabinetry, custom—Salvadore Marin (see previous). Wall paint
(Sw
iss Coffee)—Dunn Edwards (see previous). Pillowcase—
Donna Karan; donnakaran.com
. Name plate, ladder frame,
letters—Anthropologie (see previous). Vintage pot—Molly
Wood Garden Design (see previous). Oars on wall, sock
monkeys, artwork over bed—personal belongings.
Page 46: windows; barn door, custom—Sierra Pacific (see
previous). Door hardware—Barndoor Hardware.com; 866/815-
8151; barndoorhardware.com. Plank walkway, custom, doors—
Home Depot; homedepot.com. Dutch door, custom—
Builder’s M
illwork, Inc.; 714/836-4383. Roofing, corrugated
metal—Evans Roofing Co., Inc.; 800/540-0028; evansroofing
.com. Wall paint (White Heat)—Dunn Edwards (see previous).
RADISH REDS
Page 50: designer—Erinn Valencich; omniartedesign.com.
JUST YOUR TYPE
Page 52: magazine holders—
IKEA; U.S.: 877/345-4532; Canada:
888/932-4532; ikea.com. Desk—Four Hands; fourhands.com.
Chair—Pottery Barn (see previous). Blocks, No. 8 milk bottle
carafe—Three Potato Four; 708/865-8965;
threepotatofourshop.com. Wallpaper, “Isabella” (Green)—
Seabrook; 800/238-9152; seabrookwallpaper.com.
Page 54: bed—Ballard Designs; 800/536-7551; ballarddesigns
.com. Wallpaper, “Teahouse” (Aqua), Cut Paper Collection—
Thibaut; 800/223-0704; thibautdesign.com. Euro shams—
Matouk; matouk.com. Other bedding—Bed Bath and Beyond;
800/462-3966; bedbathandbeyond.com. Rug, antique yellow
side table—personal belonging.
Page 56: letters and numbers—antique, salvage shops,
vendors on Etsy.com, etsy.com. Sofa, “Jackie”—M
itchell Gold
+ Bob W
illiams; 800/789-5401; mgandbw.com. Throw—The
Pashm
ina Store; thepashm
inastore.com. Letter/n umber
pillow, Alexander Girard Alphabet pillow (Orange)—MaXimo;
505/245-8700; maximodesign.com. Lamp—CB2; 800/606-
6252; cb2.com. Side table—personal belonging.
SCREENING ROOMS
Pages 60-62: interior designer—Jennifer Eanes Foster, Eanes
Foster Design, Inc., Griffin, GA; 404/791-5392;
eanesfosterdesign.com. Landscape architect—Hermann
Weis, ASLA, Hermann W
. Weis Landscape Architects, Atlanta,
GA; 404/875-7552. Contractor—Wick St. John, Green Spot,
Gillsville, GA. Contractor—Bernardo’s Renovators Design and
Maintenance, Atlanta, GA. Stain for front door and back
French door, “Tw
isted Branch 8696;” stain for windows and
trim, “Thatch Roof 8695”—Duron Paints & Wallcoverings;
800/723-8766; duron.com. Wicker furniture—Lloyd Flanders
Ind., Inc.; 800/526-9894; lloydflanders.com. Stone tables,
custom—Logan Gardens; 404/395-0464; logangardens.com.
Tops for tables—Ancient Mosaic Studios; ancientmosaic
.com. Bases for tables—Veneman Collections, Inc.; 877/654-
7001; venemanfurniture.com. Bench—Maine Cottage;
888/859-5522; mainecottage.com.
HOUSE CALLS
Pages 78-83: designer—Stephen Saint-Onge; stephensaint-onge
.com. Child’s portraits—by Stephen Saint-Onge (see previous).
French door, drapery rods—Home Depot USA, Inc.;
homedepot.com
. Sofa, blue chair, ottoman, bookcases,
console, blue-and-white chair, round side table, frames, rattan
chairs—
IKEA; US: 877/345-4532; Canada: 888/932-4532; ikea.com
.
Swing-arm
lamp, table lamp, throw pillows—Pottery Barn;
800/922-5507; potterybarn.com. Coffee table, black console
table, white occasional table, rug—personal belongings.
STOW AWAY
Pages 84-86: designer—Jim Huntington, New
England
Housewrights, Charlotte, VT; 802/425-2399. Slate flooring—
Best Tile; 800/296-2352; besttile.com. Door, wood boxes—
Mason Brothers Architectural Salvage, Essex Junction;
802/879-4221. Bench, chalkboard—Champlain Valley Antique
Center, Shelburne, VT; 802/985-8116. W
indows—Pella Corp.;
888/847-3552; pella.com. Wire Baskets—HomeGoods;
800/614-4663; homegoods.com
(product line varies).
THE QUIET ROOM
Pages 99-104: landscape designer—Rhonda P. M
indrum, P.O.
Box 65, Abbotswood Ltd., Terrace Park, OH 45174; 513/615-
2964; email: [email protected].
Page 100: wrought-iron furniture—Restoration Hardware;
800/910-9836; restorationhardware.com. Fountain—Turpin
Farms; 513/561-2621.
Page 103: black bench—Sm
ith & Hawken; 800/776-3336;
sm
ithandhawken.com.
Pages 100, 104: pillows—Pottery Barn; 800/922-5507;
potterybarn.com.
POT SIZZLERS
Page 106: golden glow
18-inch glazed bow
l—Piney Ridge
Greenhouse; 6355 NW
51st St., Johnston, IA 50131. Tall grass
14-inch glazed pot—Craftware Pottery and Baskets; for retailer
nearest you; 800/311-7491; email: [email protected]
.
Page 108: triple treat 14-inch, 16-inch, 20-inch terra-cotta
bowls—Lee’s Pottery; 909/937-1141; leespottery.com. Alston
glazed 12-inch planter—Campania International, Inc.;
campaniainternational.com.
Page 110: spring to fall 17-inch Bellbottom
Blue Victoria
planter—Campania International, Inc. (see previous).
Vacation watering systems—Drip Depot; 888/525-8874;
dripdepot.com/151. Plants—for a garden center near you;
provenwinners.com.
MADE IN THE SHADE
Pages 113-116: furniture and decor—flea markets.
Q & A: HYDRANGEAS
Pages 118-122: hydrangeas—White Flower Farm; 800/503-
9624; whiteflowerfarm.com. For garden centers near you;
monrovia.com; baileynurseries.com.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
Pages 124-129: landscape designer and horticulturist—
Steve Koon Landscape & Design; 303/761-5639;
stevekoonlandscapedesign.com; email: steveknlandscape@
aol.com. Tree farm—Botanical Paradise Tree Farm;
303
/
933
-
4334
.
Page 128: wooden bench—Wooden Classics; 800/385-0030;
woodenclassics.com.
BEAUTY
Pages 146-150: Coola Organic Suncare—specialty stores and
spas; coolasuncare.com. Coppertone Oil Free QuickCover
Lotion Spray SPF 50—mass market retailers nationw
ide;
866/288-3330; coppertone.com. BullFrog Quik Gel SPF
36—mass market retailers nationw
ide; bullfrogsunblock.com;
drugstore.com. Neutrogena Sensitive Skin Sunblock SPF 60
w
ith Purescreen—mass market reatilers nationw
ide;
neutrogena.com
. Aveeno Continuous Protection Active
Sunblock Spray SPF 70—mass market retailers nationw
ide;
aveeno.com
. Hawaiian Tropic Aloha Kiss Island Berry Lip Gloss
SPF 20—mass market retailers nationw
ide;
playtexhawaiiantropic.com. Chapstick Moisturizer SPF 15—mass
market retailers nationw
ide; 800/322-3129; chapstick.com.
Colorescience Sunforgettable SPF 30 Brush—select spas and
specialty stores; 866/426-5673; colorscience.com. Essie Sun-E
topcoat—specialty stores and salons; essieshop.com. Shiseido
SPF Foundation—Sephora stores; sephora.com
; shiseido.com.
True Blue Spa Hand Lotion SPF 15—Bath and Body Works
stores; bathandbodyworks.com. L’Oréal Sublime Bronze—mass
market retailers nationw
ide; lorealparisusa.com. Vaseline SPF 15
Aloe Fresh—mass market retailers nationw
ide; vaseline
.com
. St. Ives SPF 10 Face Wash—mass market retailers
nationw
ide; stives.com. Acuvue Oasys contact lenses—available
through opthamologists; 800/843-2020; acuvue.com
.
Supergoop—specialty stores; supergoop.com. Clinique Self Sun
Tinted Body Lotion—select department stores; clinique
.com
. Hawaiian Tropic Island Radiance Self-Tanner Crème
Lotion—(see previous). Jergens Natural Glow Express—mass
market retailers nationw
ide; jergens.com.
FUN HOUSE
Pages 152-159: contractor—Sam
Dimauro Building Co., LLC,
Washington Depot, CT; 860/868-1397.
Pages 148-149: white iron furniture, blue cushions—West
Elm; 866/428-6468; westelm.com
(product line varies).
Patio table, Adirondack chairs, antique horse trough table
base, wood table top—Elizabeth Burdick Eclectic Style;
203/263-0036. Benches, green urns—Authantiques;
203/266-9121; authantiques.com.
Pages 154-155: crocheted pillows—Verde Rosa; 203/263-7412.
Geometric pillows—Jonathan Adler; jonathanadler.com.
Lucite coffee table—Design W
ithin Reach; 800/944-2233;
dwr.com. Black ceramic vases on stove—Fête; 203/263-6448;
shopfete.com. White chair, couch—Crate and Barrel;
crateandbarrel.com. Wood Stove—Berkshire Hearth and
Home, 4 Germantown Rd., Danbury, CT 06810; 203/730-2250.
Gerbera daisy pillow—personal belonging.
Page 157: Apron sink, faucet—Waterworks; waterworks.com.
Cabinetry—Sam
Dimauro Building Co. (see previous).
Countertop, carrara marble—Stone Resources of
Connecticut, LLC; 203/778-9776. Dishwasher—Whirlpool
Corp.; 866/698-2538; whirlpool.com. Rug, “Red Diamond”—
Dash and Albert; 800/557-2035; dashnalbert.com. Kitchen
table and chair—ABC Carpet and Home; 212/473-3000;
abchome.com. Hutch, Cape Cod kitchen cupboard (White)—
Stockbridge and Berry Home Furnishings; 203/264-2777.
Pages 158-159: bedding—West Elm
(see previous). Lucite
desk—CB2; 800/606-6252; cb2.com. Black frame—
HomeGoods; 800/614-4663; homegoods.com
(product line
varies). Brown fern pillow—Peking Handicraft; pkhc.com.
Lamp on lucite desk and on bed table—Target Stores;
800/800-8800; target.com
(product line varies).
YOU SAY TOMATO, SHE SAYS HEIRLOOM
Pages 160-165: tomato seeds—R.H. Shumway's Totally
Tomatoes; 803/663-0016; totallytomato.com. Tomato
Growers Supply Co.; 888/478-7333; tomatogrowers.com.
Baker Creek Heirloom
Seeds; 417/924-8917; rareseeds.com.
Tomato growing products—Gardener’s Supply;
800/427/3363; gardeners.com. Local catering events—Khanh
Ham
ilton; 515/229-6083.
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