{"id":1873,"date":"2009-09-13T20:17:56","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T19:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/?p=1873"},"modified":"2009-09-14T09:34:58","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T08:34:58","slug":"2nd-annual-o-foods-contest-for-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msadventuresinitaly.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/13\/2nd-annual-o-foods-contest-for-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Annual O Foods Contest for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ll get back to the prosciutto<\/a> soon, but first… Last year Michelle from Bleeding Espresso<\/a> and I joined with 50 other bloggers for the O Foods Contest to raise awareness about ovarian cancer<\/strong><\/a>, and this year we’re so happy to have Gina De Palma<\/strong> back and helping us with this year’s contest!<\/p>\n

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and you’ll have two weeks to prepare a recipe with “O Foods” (Orange, Onion, tomatO, potatO, etc.) and participate, and you can spread awareness without a recipe, too! This time Gina’s donated some SIGNED copies of 3 cookbooks – hers and Mario Batali’s as thank-you prizes!<\/strong> Details on how to participate below.<\/em><\/p>\n

The crux of the O Foods Contest for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month is to spread knowledge and awareness about ovarian cancer through blog posts and Tweets<\/strong> (I’m @rosso on Twitter<\/a>). If you’d like to make a more substantial contribution, you can make a donation via FirstGiving.com which directly benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund<\/a> – last year we raised $425!<\/p>\n

If you haven’t been reading this blog long, you may not know that I, too, have had a scare about “down there<\/strong>” – not ovarian cancer, but related to cervical cancer and all its precursors. Afterward, I laughed about it, and wrote about what it means to visit a gynecologist in Italy<\/a> (somewhat funny, a little embarrassing) but the point is, not enough people are talking about what’s going on “down there” – we need to encourage each other to make regular visits and check up on uncommon symptoms. Talking about it shouldn’t be embarrassing, it should be helpful!<\/p>\n

Read about last year’s O Foods contest<\/a> and view the O Foods recipe roundup for inspiration! O Foods Contest Roundup Part 1<\/a> and O Foods Contest Roundup Part 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To participate, read the contest details below, and copy the code from this point on: (View \u2013 Page Source<\/em>)<\/p>\n

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O Foods Contest for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month<\/strong><\/p>\n

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month<\/strong>, and for the second year in a row, Sara of Ms Adventures in Italy<\/a> and Michelle of Bleeding Espresso<\/a> are hosting the O Foods Contest to raise awareness of this important health issue.<\/p>\n

There are TWO WAYS<\/strong> to take part in the O Foods Contest:<\/p>\n

ONE:<\/strong> Post a recipe to your blog using a food that starts or ends with the letter O<\/strong> (e.g., oatmeal, orange, okra, octopus, olive, onion, potato, tomato)<\/em>; include this entire text box in the post<\/strong>; and send your post url along with a photo (100 x 100) <\/strong>to ofoods[at]gmail[dot]com<\/strong> by 11:59 pm (Italy time)<\/strong> on Monday, September 28, 2009<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PRIZES for recipe posts: <\/strong><\/p>\n