My dear friends. An acquaintance of mine received this email, and was told to share it with his friends. I'm passing the information on to you. Just be sure to include your mailing address in your post.

Dear Chef,

Hello! My name is Maria and I'm contacting you as a representative
of Barilla pasta. I was recently visiting your website,
www.worldwiderecipes.com, and was impressed by all the great and
easy-to-read recipes and suggestions you offer. I especially liked
your series of short essays. Barilla is contacting you as a cooking
and food enthusiast and we hope you will be interested in trying a
free sample of the new Barilla PLUS pasta.

We're excited to introduce you to our new pasta line. Barilla PLUS
is a new more nutritious alternative to traditional pasta. It is
made with multigrains, is a good source of fiber, protein and heart
healthy omega-3 and it tastes great!

If you'd like to receive a free Barilla PLUS sample please write me
back.

A few weeks after you receive your sample of Barilla PLUS Penne, we
will send you a follow-up email that will include a link to an
additional Barilla PLUS coupon.

Thanks for your time. We look forward to hearing from you and hope
you enjoy Barilla PLUS.

Maria
Barilla PLUS Representative


I replied to Maria and asked her to send me the free sample, and she
encouraged me to tell my "friends and family" to contact her for a
free sample also. I told her that I had about 50,000 "friends" who
would like to hear about this offer, and she assured me that it
would be alright for me to do that. She may not be prepared for the
volume of responses she'll receive, but I figure that since the good
people at Barilla are paying Maria to give away their product for
them, maybe we could make her job a little easier.

Please note that I am not endorsing this product because A) I
haven't even laid eyes on it yet, much less tasted it; and B) the
nice folks at Barilla have never spend a single dime on advertising
in your favorite recipezine. All I'm doing is passing along an
opportunity to get your hands on a package of free pasta.

So if you would like to take advantage of this offer, all you have
to do is send your shipping address to Maria at
mailto:Maria@Barilla-USA.com - and don't forget to tell her that
The Chef at Worldwide Recipes sent you.

Have a great weekend, y'all.