Tuesday, February 9, 2010

On Romance & Frozen Pizza

I recently received a Valentine's-themed press release that was simply too quirky not to share. I think my favorite part about it is that it combines the seemingly incongruous concepts of "frozen pizza," "romance," and "Italy" (not that romance and Italy are incongruous, but you get the idea--one of these things is not like the others). All you have to do is share your love story, and a photograph of yourself consuming a frozen pizza, and you could win a free trip to Italy, sponsored by the very non-Italian-sounding Dr. Oetker.*

Good Morning,

Wanted to send you a quick note to let you and your readers know that Dr. Oetker Ristorante, Italy’s top-selling frozen pizza, is currently hosting a “Tales of the Heart” contest in the U.S. to reward romantic couples with an all-expenses paid trip to Italy.

The task is simple – couples are invited to upload a photo enjoying a Ristorante Pizza, along with their personal love story  – for the chance to win a trip to one of the most romantic cities in the world. We’d love for one of your readers to be the winner! The contest ends February 28, 2010 and you can find out all the details at  www.ristorante.us

In the meantime, please let me know if you have any questions or are  interested in trying Dr. Oetker’s top-selling frozen pizza.

Cheers!

Alison


*In fact, Dr. Oetker is a German company that started out selling baking powder. Today, Dr. Oetker frozen pizzas are available at local grocery stores like Shaw's, Stop & Shop, Hannaford's, and Roche Bros. I cannot vouch for the romance you will experience while eating one.

3 comments:

Ecofoodie said...

This is a gem--thank you for sharing! We are always baffled by those commercials...hard to imagine the most authentic Italian pizza being made by someone named Dr. Oetker!

Janel (Eat Well with Janel) said...

Hi Andrea! Crazy news for you...after I saw your blog post about the Dr Oetker's pizzza contest, I went and entered and found out today that I WON!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!! So, my fiance and I are going to ITALY! I still can't believe it (who actually wins these things??). So thank you for posting about it or I never would have known!

Hope all is well with you and love reading your blog.

Andrea said...

oh my god--i cannot believe it! that's amazing, and i'm so excited to hear that one of my readers actually won. hope you two have a very romantic trip to italy and that you will send me some pictures of the things you are eating!