Hello All!
This is my first time in a group and my first posting. I started a
website called www.bestpastarecipes.com. It's up and running now but
I have a message stating that it is in progress and will officially
open in July, 2006. I know when my wife and I go to restaurants we
often run into the same boring kinds of pasta dishes. We recently went
to a restaurant here in Orange County (I don't know if it's okay to
say the name so I won't). This owner has come up with some of the
most full-flavored dishes we've ever had.

This place has inspired me to have a web site were some of the best,
most innovative and tastiest pasta dishes can be found. I thought it
might be fun to have people submit their best recipes, have a featured
recipe once a week perhaps, and have members rate each one. After
three months recognize the winner with a special recognition article
with a picture and short bio.

What do you all think of the concept? Do you see any flaws in it? I
haven't looked at a ton of other recipe sites - are there a million
people already doing the same thing? Is there any other thing that you
think might make it more fun or interesting? I wanted to keep the
prize big enough to draw interest but not so big that it takes the fun
out of it or intimidates people causing them to defer to " the pros.
" What would be an amount that would draw interest but not be too
intimidating or make people think this is so big they don't have a
chance. Should I even make the prize for the top recipe a monetary one
or just keep it as recognition with the winners picture and a short
bio. Has anyone in this group tried this? How did it go? Any
suggestions from anyone would be welcome. Thankyou,
Mike