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Wave Energy Drink Launches "Taste of Summer" Challenge
New beverage will pay for your first taste. - June 30, 2010 - Wave Energy Drink
LAUNCH Healthy Frozen Dessert Bars Now Available in Whole Foods Markets (Northern California)
Whole Foods Market Inc. has added LAUNCH bars to the shelves of their Northern California stores. LAUNCH bars are a new healthier frozen dessert made from whey protein concentrate and all natural ingredients to deliver a great tasting treat that has positive nutrition and only 100 calories. - June 30, 2010 - LAUNCH Frozen Innovations Inc.
Michael Dean’s Seafood Grill and Oyster Bar Wins Best of the Triangle 2010 Awards
Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (www.rockytophospitality.com), has announced that Michael Dean’s Seafood Grill and Oyster Bar has been named the best place to interact with the best wait staff by Independent Weekly’s 2010 Best of the Triangle awards. Michael Dean’s was... - June 30, 2010 - Rocky Top Hospitality
Cater a 4th of July BBQ with Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ
Nothing is more patriotic than bbq for the 4th of July. Take a load off and let a local Orlando catering company do all the work this holiday. - June 29, 2010 - Bubbalou's BBQ Restaurant
JAMPRO Promotes Jamaican Food in New York
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) will lead a delegation of local exporters in the food and beverage sector to the 56th Summer International Fancy Food Show, which will be held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York from Sunday, June 27 through to Tuesday, June 29. Twelve Jamaican... - June 27, 2010 - Jamaica Promotions Corporation
The Twisted Fork Wins Best of the Triangle 2010 Award
Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (www.rockytophospitality.com), has announced that the Twisted Fork has been named the best place to eat pie by Independent Weekly’s 2010 Best of the Triangle awards. The Twisted Fork was also a finalist for best chocolate confection, best desserts and... - June 26, 2010 - Rocky Top Hospitality
Five Mountains Launches 1st 100% Biodegradable & Home-Compostable Loose Leaf Tea Packaging
Five Mountains, a San Francisco-based organic tea crafter and tea-ware manufacturer, push the limits on how “green” tea can be. The all-too-common, disappointing signs of “greenwashing” fail to surface anywhere in their achievement. - June 26, 2010 - Five Mountains
Snooth Launches THE SPIRIT: A New Cocktail Publication
The world's largest wine site aims to conquer cocktails. - June 25, 2010 - Snooth
My Private Chef Appears at Chicago's Green City Market
On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at 10:30 a.m., the popular Chef Christopher Tong, of My Private Chef, the upscale Chicago-based private gourmet dining service, will present a cooking demonstration featuring locally produced seasonal ingredients offered by the Green City Market. - June 25, 2010 - My Private Chef, Inc.
Sweet Ways to Cut 300 Calories a Day Naturally – with Stevia Extract in the Raw®
Using Stevia Extract In The Raw® as a replacement for sugar in your favorite summer drinks can help cut calories. - June 24, 2010 - Stevia Extract In The Raw
Rocky Top Catering Wins Best of the Triangle 2010 Award
Dean Ogan, owner of Rocky Top Hospitality (www.rockytophospitality.com), has announced that Rocky Top Catering has been named the best catering company in Independent Weekly’s 2010 Best of the Triangle awards. Rocky Top Catering is featured under the Wine & Dine category of the awards. - June 24, 2010 - Rocky Top Hospitality
Get a Taste of Summer with My Private Chef at the Bloomingdale’s Home & Furniture Store, Chicago, IL
Join Chef Christopher Tong of the upscale Chicago-based private gourmet dining service, My Private Chef, at Bloomingdale’s Home & Furniture Store. He will present summer menu items featuring the freshest seasonal ingredients using his special flair for the unusual and the delicious.The demonstration will take place on Saturday, June 26, from 2-4 p.m. - June 24, 2010 - My Private Chef, Inc.
Chef Christopher Tong of My Private Chef Appears at Taste of Chicago 2010
Chef Christopher Tong of the upscale Chicago-based private gourmet dining service, My Private Chef will join an outstanding roster of professional chefs as he presents a cooking demonstration featuring seasonal ingredients during the Taste of Chicago 2010 at the Dominick's Cooking Corner. Chef Tong's demonstration is scheduled for Thursday, July 1 at 11:00 am. - June 24, 2010 - My Private Chef, Inc.
Christian Garces to Headline Sommelier Smackdown
The Wine School is pleased to welcome Christian Garces, brother of Iron Chef Jose Garces, to its signature wine and food pairing event, the Sommelier Smackdown. - June 21, 2010 - The Wine School
Sea Island Coffee Celebrates Rare Coffee Partnership with One of Britain’s Most Exclusive Restaurants
Sea Island Coffee is celebrating the success of its single origin coffee menu with Sketch Restaurant & Club, one of London's most exclusive venues. - June 20, 2010 - Sea Island Coffee
Ella's Sweet Shoppe Grand Opening in Madison, GA
Ella's Sweet Shoppe, a specialty sweet shop with over 4000 ready made candies, 100 independent nostalgic soda pops, 24 flavors of all natural gelato and many of the finest gourmet chocolates and truffles imported from all around the world will celebrate their grand opening on Saturday, July 3rd,... - June 19, 2010 - Ella's Sweet Shoppe
Maple Leaf Farms Launches Video Duck Recipe Contest
“Strut Your Duck” Video Recipe Contest calls for creative recipes using Maple Leaf Farms duck products. - June 19, 2010 - Maple Leaf Farms
MapleSyrupWorld’s New E-commerce Site Sweetens the Online Maple Syrup World
MapleSyrupWorld today announced the launch of its new stylish transactional site that provides a selection of handpicked high quality maple products and a community portal of free information and recipes relating to maple syrup. MapleSyrupWorld offers maple lovers from all over the globe high... - June 19, 2010 - MapleSyrupWorld
Miami Hot Spot Change Gears with New Management
Out with the Old, In with the New: Sci Sci at Brickell Launches Forward with New Management Taking Chic Dining and Ultimate Entertainment to the Next Level. - June 18, 2010 - Sci Sci at Brickell
Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill Expands Into Colorado Springs, Enters New Market
The fast-casual concept supports area military by holding fundraiser for The Home Front Cares. - June 18, 2010 - Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill
California Olive Ranch Wins Top Marks at Der Feinschmecker Olio Award 2010, Presented by Der Feinschmecker, Germany's Most Prestigious Culinary Magazine
California-based Producer of Premium Quality EVOO Receives Honors from Most Influential Food Magazine in Germany. - June 18, 2010 - California Olive Ranch
TheCooksDen Releases CookSearch - A Comprehensive Search Engine Dedicated Exclusively to Cooking and Food Resources
CookSearch, a comprehensive search engine for cooks only, is backed by Google technology. - June 18, 2010 - TheCooksDen
MarketResearch.com Report Shows That Food Retail Sales Gain Momentum: Ready-to-Eat Foods Lure Consumers Into Supermarket Aisles
Hoping to parlay recession-based foodservice-to-retail migration into long-term gains, food retailers continue to ratchet up their prepared foods and ready-to-eat programs. Packaged Facts estimates that grocery stores and supermarkets will grow prepared- and ready-to-eat foods sales by more than 7% in 2010. - June 17, 2010 - MarketResearch.com
White Owl Winery Owner Tells of Sticky Incident in National Magazine
Movies like Bottle Shock and A Good Year make the idea of owning a winery seems so romantic. But the truth is, like any business, it has its ups, its downs, and its sticky situations to be dealt with. Hopefully, with a side of humor. - June 16, 2010 - White Owl Winery/Purgatory Cellars
A Guide to Dining in Pamplona During the Fiesta De San Fermín
A short guide to the Gastronomy of Navarra and where to dine during the Fiesta, provided by Iberian Traveler, a premier provider of luxury food, wine and cultural tours in Spain, Portugal & the south of France. - June 15, 2010 - Iberian Traveler
Royal Sausage Selects DEACOM for ERP Lot Tracking, Catch Weight Management
Deacom, Inc. announces that Royal Sausage Company, Inc. has licensed the DEACOM Integrated Accounting and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software System to streamline its business processes in order to more rapidly respond to the needs of its regional and national grocery customers. - June 12, 2010 - Deacom
Anderson Valley Brewing Company (“AVBC”) Rolls Out Their Summer Session Beer
Like a lot of other AVBC beers, High Rollers Wheat uses the Boontling name for the Yorkville Region in the Anderson Valley of Mendocino County, California. Visit www.avbc.com to learn the whole story. - June 12, 2010 - Anderson Valley Brewing Company
Plascon Packaging Introduces EasyOpen Manual Bag Placement Unit
The EasyOpen Manual Bag Placement unit from Plascon Packaging and Niverplast increases the speed of bag insertion into a box, carton or crate by up to 50%, decreases contamination risk and makes the process much more ergonomic for workers on the production line. - June 11, 2010 - Plascon Group
Food and Grocery Sales via Key Retail Formats in Singapore to 2013 Now Available at ReportsandReports
Datamonitor’s 'Food and Grocery Sales via Key Retail Formats in Singapore to 2013' databook provides market value data for five key market segments and eight key retail distribution channels. It focuses on data and analysis of market revenues and segmentation. - June 11, 2010 - ReportsandReports
Yats Wine Cellars Offers Wines for Beginners at Its Public Wine Tasting in Manila Philippines and Angeles City Clark Freeport
Yats Wine Experience is a public wine appreciation event. Because there are no sponsors, participants are never exposed to pushy wine salesmen or subjected to boring sales pitches and speeches. Every event has a different theme designed to highlight a certain aspect in wine appreciation. - June 11, 2010 - Yats Leisure
The Power of Tea Highlighted at International Food Exhibition Philippines 2010
Philippine natural herbs and drinks took a different twist and turn as a group of church volunteers aimed to help a group of farmers improve their livelihood by manufacturing tea from locally available herbs such as malunggay, lagundi (five-leaf chaste tree), tanglad (lemongrass), and ampalaya... - June 10, 2010 - Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions
URrights, LLC Develops Software Designed for Mobile Users to Educate on the Effects of Alcohol and Constitutional Rights
URrights, LLC today announced the market release of URrights – DWI Version 3.0, a powerful yet easy-to-use application for the iPhone. Marking an entry into the education of consumers on the effects of alcohol consumption, Version 3.0 has a powerful yet simple user interface that allows for... - June 09, 2010 - URrights, LLC
IFEX Philippines: Save Your Heart with Pilinuts
The healthy goodness of nuts can be traced way back to ancient history when only the royals were given the privilege to eat the luscious morsel because they have known that nuts are good for the heart. Over the past years, various researches have shown that nuts are indeed nutritious and one of... - June 09, 2010 - Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions
Wave Energy Drink Entices Buffalo Residents to "Follow the Water"
Wave Energy Drink embarks upon Summer 2010 Campaign - June 09, 2010 - Wave Energy Drink
Yats Wine Cellars Holds Public Wine Tasting Session Titled Yats Wine Experience on 25th June 2010 in Philippines Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone
Things to do in Philippines Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone - attend public wine tasting held by Yats Wine Cellars. Five Red wines for beginners featured in this Yats Wine Experience event, namely Barbera, Malbec, Pinot Noir, Tempranillo and Zinfandel. - June 08, 2010 - Yats Wine Cellars
Vacation in a Bottle Founder Travis Hollman Leader of Relaxation Beverage Revolution
Chill Beverages Grow from Fad to Trend to a Class of their Own - June 06, 2010 - ViB Holdings, LLC
Wine for This Summer in the Philippines, Yats Wine Cellars Suggest Several New White Wine That Pairs Well with Summer Food in Manila
Manila summer wine is not just about a cool drink. Wines for the hot summers of the Philippines are required to pair well with summer seasonal cuisine of seafood and Chinese-origin recipes. - June 06, 2010 - Yats Wine Cellars
Winery Insider and Humanitas Support Gulf of Mexico Response on World Oceans Day
Winery Insider (wineryinsider.com), the first members-only, private sale company to focus exclusively on the wine category, and Humanitas Wine Company are teaming up on World Oceans Day – June 8th – in support of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response effort. 100% of the profits of Humanitas wines sold by Winery Insider during the one-day sale, which will feature the winery’s Signum and Good Earth wines at up to 40% below suggested retail prices, will be donated to Ocean-related organizations. - June 05, 2010 - Cronin Communications
Swiss Maid Fudge Kicks-Off the Summer Season with Their New Curry Caramel
Newest Addition to Hand Made Candy Line-Up Introduced - June 05, 2010 - Dells Fudge
My Menu Mobile Selects Network Intercept’s Secure-Me Platform to Secure Their iPhone Restaurant Apps
My Menu Mobile, a restaurant iPhone and smartphone app vendor, has selected Network Intercept's Secure-Me solution to protect user's credit card information as customers place their on-line and mobile orders. My Menu Mobile creates iPhone and smartphone restaurants apps so each restaurant has their... - June 04, 2010 - My Menu Mobile
Enter the Bubbalou's Bodacious BBQ Ultimate Fan Photo Contest
Crazy for Bubbalou’s Bodacious BBQ? Show it! Bubbalou’s wants loyal fans and restaurant devotees to submit a picture of them eating their favorite meal at Bubbalou’s BBQ restaurant in Altamonte Springs for a chance to win the grand prize: a free lunch basket for the winner and up... - June 04, 2010 - Bubbalou's BBQ Restaurant
3 Sisters Chocolate Announces New Chocolate Pizzas
3 Sisters Chocolate, the chocolatier of Super-Gooey-To-Die-For Brownies, Martini Truffles and other chocolates has just expanded its Chocolate Pizza product line-up by introducing six new Chocolate Pizzas. These unique Chocolate Pizza innovations provide more choices to consumers and appeal to... - June 04, 2010 - 3 Sisters Chocolate & Bakery
Maple Leaf Farms Launches Chef Recipe Contest
The 2010 Discover Duck Chef Recipe Contest calls for innovative, easy recipes using Maple Leaf Farms duck. - June 04, 2010 - Maple Leaf Farms
Virginia Shines with Its Wines
The First Annual Williamsburg Wine and Food Festival Presented by Colonial Heritage Raises More Than $5,000 for Colonial Heritage Community Foundation - June 04, 2010 - Lennar
Innovance LLC Introduces New Coffee Cherry Herbal Tea, Double the Antioxidants, Healthier Than Green Tea
Innovance LLC new Coffee Cherry Herbal Tea has twice the ORAC/antioxidant value of Green Tea. It was developed from the fruit surrounding the famous Hawaiian Kona coffee bean. They state that Kona Coffee Cherry Herbal Tea has a delightful non coffee fruity cherry aroma and taste. Coffee Fruit has an extraordinary level of polyphenols (anti-oxidants) with protective benefits to help consumers prevent disease, resist sun damage, treat diabetes. and delay aging. - June 03, 2010 - Innovance, LLC
Own a Property in Italy and Benefit from the Health Giving Mediterranean Diet and Lifestyle - Realitalia Freehold Managed Property in Italy
Luca Catalano, director at Realitalia says, "I was intrigued by the opinion of Susan Marshall Tomassini, an English Nutritional Therapist who highlights the medical benefits of a traditional Mediterranean diet. This applies especially in the Realitalia property in Italy that offers our owners a concrete opportunity to join the local community. I see it as a real chance to adopt better habits." - June 01, 2010 - Realitalia
Apple Press Sale Announces It's Commitment to Offering Healthy, Eco-Friendly Juicing Options for the Whole Family
The company Apple Press Sale offers more than just the chance to have fresh fruit juice. Health and living green is at the top of their list. - May 31, 2010 - Apple Press Sale
Winery Insider Offers Rare Verticals, Great Deals on Marilyn Wines on Marilyn Monroe's Birthday June 1st
Winery Insider (wineryinsider.com) is celebrating Marilyn Monroe's birthday June 1st by offering rare verticals of Marilyn Wines at deep discounts. Event starts 12 am on June 1st. - May 29, 2010 - Cronin Communications
Skull Coast Ale Company Signs Distribution Agreement with the Yahnis Company
Skull Coast Ales selects the Yahnis Company for distribution in the 12 northeast counties of South Carolina, including the cities of Florence and Myrtle Beach. - May 29, 2010 - Skull Coast Ale Company
Convenience Store is the Newest Initiative of The Chicago Lighthouse to Provide Opportunity for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
What seems a mere convenience store to some, is an invaluable opportunity for others. With approximately 70% unemployment, amongst the blind and visually impaired community, The Chicago Lighthouse set out to do its part in fixing this dire statistic. By opening a convenience store, the Lighthouse provides jobs previously unavailable. - May 29, 2010 - The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired