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For Immediate Release NET Television Looking for Recipes & Stories for Cooking Show LINCOLN, Neb. (Aug. 20, 2008) -- Small and unassuming, a recipe box holds within its confines a treasure-trove of homemade memories. "The Recipe Box" is a new NET Television production featuring homegrown Nebraska cooks sharing their favorite family recipes and the stories behind them. The first phase of the production is a statewide call for recipes and stories. Recipe submissions will be accepted from Sept. 5 through Oct. 17, 2008. Entry forms are available at all Nebraska Walmart stores or, beginning Sept. 5, the public can enter submissions online at NET's "The Recipe Box" website at netNebraska.org/recipebox. Requests for entry forms can also be made by calling NET Television toll-free at 1-800-868-1868 or 472-7777 in Lincoln, or by writing to: The Recipe Box, NET Television, 1800 North 33rd Street, Lincoln, NE 68503. Finalists will be judged on the best combination of story and recipe. Six finalists will be chosen to appear in the production with program host Brian O'Malley, chef/instructor at Metropolitan Community College in Omaha. O'Malley and an NET Television crew will visit the home of each finalist to videotape a segment featuring the cook preparing their dish and sharing their recipe story. "The Recipe Box" will be broadcast on NET Television in 2009. "Nothing is better than great food and great stories," says Kay Hall, producer of "The Recipe Box." "We think Nebraskans will enjoy hearing these stories and trying the recipes." "The Recipe Box," underwritten in part by Walmart, is a production of NET Television, a service of NET. For a complete program schedule, visit NET's Web site ( net Nebraska.org/television). PROGRAM CONTACT: Kay Hall, 402-472-9333, ext. 732, or e-mail at khall@netNebraska.org RELEASE WRITTEN BY: Larry L. Kubert, 402-472-9333, ext. 389, or e-mail at lkubert@netNebraska.org