Albuquerque – Green Chile Sauce is one of 20 nominees in the Best Iconic American Foods category of 10Best.com’s prestigious weekly contest, which runs throughout the year.
Readers and users will have four weeks in which to vote for Best Iconic American Foods, and the winner will be revealed on 10Best.com and USA TODAY on Wednesday, July 24, 2013. Rules allow the public the right to vote online for one nominee per category, per day.
The 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award contest launches one new category each week, revealing its 20 nominees. Beginning week five, new winners will also be revealed weekly, from an award category launched four weeks prior.
Nominees for all categories are chosen by a panel of relevant experts which include a combination of editors from USA TODAY; editors from 10Best.com; relevant expert contributors and sources for both these media and other Gannett properties. The nomination panel for each travel award category is displayed on its associated contest page. All voting is digital and the 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award contest is accessible on the 10Best.com website.
To see or share the 10Best Readers’ Choice contest: http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/
To see or share the Albuquerque nomination: http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-iconic-american-foods/
The full list of 20 nominations for the Best Iconic American Foods category are as follows:
Albuquerque - Green Chile Sauce
Atlanta - Southern Fried Chicken
Baltimore - Maryland Crabs
Charleston, SC - Shrimp and Grits
Chicago - Italian Beef Sandwiches
Cincinnati - Cincinnati Chili
Dallas - Steak
Honolulu - Poi
Indianapolis - Pork Tenderloin Sandwich
Kansas City – BBQ
Kentucky – Burgoo
Key West - Key Lime Pie
Memphis - Pullled Pork
New Orleans - Boiled Crawfish
New York - Pastrami
Philadelphia - Philly Cheese Steak
Portland, OR - Wild Salmon
San Francisco – Cioppino
Seattle - Dungeness Crab
Wisconsin - Fried Cheese Curds
While the 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award contest lives on 10Best.com - a standalone travel media site - it will be promoted across USA TODAY Travel Media Group’s existing and future digital, mobile and tablet products, as well as via social media. Nominees and winners may also be promoted and/or announced across Gannett media outlets including the websites of its 81 local newspapers and 23 television stations.
“USA TODAY is thrilled to have this method of sharing what 10Best and USA TODAY readers and users love most,” said John Peters, president of USA TODAY Travel Media Group. “Our readers are well-informed, well-travelled and opinionated. At the end of the day, content on our platforms is a reflection of them. A destination, organization or business which finds itself the recipient of a 10Best Readers’ Choice Award has really accomplished something.”
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