Three Former Restaurateurs Turn Their Expertise and Experience into Enjoyable Safe Dining Guide for Consumers

We Ordered Soup and Got Broom Bristles is a one-of-a-kind impressive debut into the world of unsafe dining and its potential threat to us all. Three former restaurateur sisters, Barbara Fagerlund, Nadine Bridges and Norma Stepp, take their combined experience and expertise in restaurant management and food safety to the publishing world.

(PRWEB) September 20, 2003 ---In the US, 76 million people get sick, 300,000 are hospitalized and 5000 die from food-borne illnesses each year. 70% of those illnesses are attributed to the food service industry. Diseases like Hepatitis A, E-Coli, Staph, and Norwalk Virus are spread through poor personal hygiene. Consumers who automatically believe that their food is handled safely at restaurants, put themselves at greater risk of contracting food-borne illnesses.

We Ordered Soup and Got Broom Bristles is a one-of-a-kind impressive debut into the world of unsafe dining and its potential threat to us all. Three former restaurateur sisters, Barbara Fagerlund, Nadine Bridges and Norma Stepp, take their combined experience and expertise in restaurant management and food safety to the publishing world.

Two and a half years of research and writing have culminated in a straightforward, yet friendly guide, that explains the importance of restaurant cleanliness, alerts consumers to food-borne illnesses and passes on the secrets of sizing up a restaurant at first glance. It examines the need for continued certified training of personnel, relays amusing and alarming stories from chefs, and guides readers through the steps necessary to evaluate restaurants themselves.

Readers will discover that all restaurants are not created equal and how to choose a restaurant wisely. Consumers will also learn the importance of Health Department inspections at restaurants and how to take responsibility for their own dining choices. By following the guidelines in We Ordered Soup and Got Broom Bristles, consumers can enjoy safer dining experiences.

The authors charming humor and animated comments on food safety in America have been entertaining and educating viewers and listeners of several radio stations and television networks over the summer in anticipation of the books official release on September 20, 2003 in honor or National Safe Food Education Month.

The sisters have also launched a National Safe Food Challenge -- an exciting competition wherein restaurants compete for top honors by putting their safe food skills on the line in front of audiences for prizes. The first Safe Food Challenge kicks off in honor of the books release on September 20th, 2003 in Springfield, MO.

The authors will be traveling across the United States, hosting more National Safe Food Challenges in several cities. The four top scoring restaurant teams will compete for a grand prize during the final National Safe Food Challenge in September 2004.

To participate in future Safe Food Challenges, consumer conscious restaurants are invited to contact the authors of We Ordered Soup and Got Broom Bristles at www.broombristle.com or toll free call 1-866-279-8138.

We Ordered Soup and Got Broom Bristles; A Consumers Guide to Safe Dining," scheduled for release this month, will soon be available to order from bookstores and Amazon. The book is available now at the Publishers Direct Web-site, pdbookstore.com. The authors are available for interviews. Please contact them directly.

We Ordered Soup and Got Broom Bristles; A Consumer Guide to Safe Dining

By Barbara Fagerlund, Nadine Bridges and Norma Stepp

ISBN 1-58982-059-2

U.S. $19.95

Millennial Mind Publishing, an imprint of American Book Publishing, P.O. Box 65624, Salt Lake City, Utah 84165, www.american-book.com.
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For more information, please contact Wendy Mair, Media Relations, American Book Publishing at media@american-book.com. The authors may also be contacted directly:

Nadine Bridges, 7087 County Road 4730, Pomona, MO 65789, 417-256-8071
Norma Stepp, HCR 64, Box 2158B, Shell Knob, MO 65747, 417-858-3103
Barbara Fagerlund, 1331 S.Walnut, Pauls Valley, OK 73075, 405-238-7630