CHICAGO, May 19 /PRNewswire/ — Whether it’s a peaceful lunch in the country, a lively get-together in a downtown park or an outdoor concert complete with charcuterie — there’s no better companion for a picnic spread than a lovely glass (or plastic cup) of wine.Master Sommelier Andrea Robinson, one of the nations leading wine educators and host of Fine Living TV Network’s “Pairings with Andrea,” says there’s something about wine, picnic fare and the fresh outdoors that brings out the best in each other.
“Wine really is the perfect partner for any kind of picnic spread,” says Robinson. “Since wine is so versatile, it can go with everything from an elaborate cheese platter to a bucket of cold fried chicken. And choosing a wine to take on a picnic can be as easy as grabbing a bottle out of your refrigerator or wine pantry or getting a little more adventurous at your local wine shop.” continue reading...
Petersfield, Hampshire, UK (PRWEB) April 17, 2008 — The world’s most expensive coffee has finally arrived in the UK and the high prices charged of over £50 per cup reflect its extraordinary origins.
The coffee is a mixture of traditional Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee and Kopi Luwak, a bean that comes from south east Asia and is collected off the floor from the droppings of civet cats. The civet cat apparently eats the beans fresh off the plants, partly digests them, and then excretes them in the usual way. It is no surprise that this coffee is rare and costs over £350 per kilo. continue reading...
GLENDALE, CA–(Marketwire - March 3, 2008) - With new items that include Beezlenut Splash, Who-Cakes and Green Eggs & Ham, IHOP has created a menu that will be loved by any Dr. Seuss fan! IHOP, one of America’s favorite restaurants for breakfast, lunch and dinner, has partnered with the new feature film from Twentieth Century Fox Animation, “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!,” to bring Dr. Seuss’ imaginative journey of Horton the Elephant to IHOP restaurants throughout the U.S. From March 3 through April 20, IHOP restaurants will add four new Horton-themed menu items — Beezlenut Splash, Who-Cakes, Mayor’s Breakfast and Jo-jo’s Kid’s Breakfast. The new film opens at theaters nationwide on March 14.
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WOODBURY, N.Y., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ — ESE Foods, a division of East Side Entrees, announced it is partnering with teen music phenomenon, the Jonas Brothers, for a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of eating breakfast and the availability of Breakfast BREAKS, a nutritious grab-and-go breakfast kit for kids. The new retail version of Breakfast BREAKS is currently available in stores and is modeled after the popular school version being used by hundreds of thousands of students across the country.
Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas kicked-off their new Breakfast BREAKS campaign today by surprising 750 Kimball Middle School students in Elgin, Illinois with a concert. The brothers discussed the benefits of eating a nutritious breakfast and announced a new national contest in which the winner will appear with the Jonas Brothers in the next Breakfast BREAKS television commercial. The contest encourages kids to create a video about why breakfast is important and submit it to www.BreakfastBREAKS.com. Select entries will be chosen from across the country to be posted and shared with other Jonas Brothers fans online. continue reading...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Feb. 19, 2008) - Russell Brewing Inc. Today, Russell Brewing Company, a producer of premium craft beer in British Columbia, began shipping cans of its award-winning beer to private liquor stores throughout the Province. This marks the Company’s first consumer take-home product after thirteen years of exclusively producing draught beer. continue reading...
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Cooking intensely delicious food with one of People magazine’s “Sexiest Men Alive,” could be a reality for five creative home chefs. Green & Black’s®, a best-selling organic chocolate brand, announced today a call-for-entries for the Green & Black’s Chocolate Challenge. Home chefs across the country are invited to showcase their love of organic chocolate by submitting an original five ingredient or less recipe that incorporates at least 2 ounces of Green & Black’s chocolate, a photo of their prepared dish and an essay on their growing taste for organic and how their recipe wows their family and friends, for a chance to win a cooking session with Curtis Stone, host of the “Take Home Chef,” which appears on TLC. Five winners will receive a cooking session with Curtis in New York City, starting with a shopping adventure at gourmet New York City markets in search of fresh, organic ingredients and ending by enjoying their delicious meal together. Winners will also receive tickets to the James Beard Foundation Awards, the Oscars of the food industry.
With similar philosophies and passions for using the best ingredients, Green & Black’s and Curtis Stone are encouraging home chefs to heat up their kitchens with organic and natural ingredients. Curtis will share tips designed to inspire people to create their own 5-ingredient or less organic recipes on the Green & Black’s Web site (www.greenandblacks.com) through April 21, 2008. continue reading...
London, UK (PRWEB) January 31, 2008 — Working with the Food Standards Agency official guidelines on sugar, fat, salt and fibre, the new book, The Good Nutrition Guide at last reveals the true health rankings of UK food brands. Today the link between food choices and a range of life-threatening conditions such as obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and diabetes is clear. So, using straight forward nutrition facts, The Good Nutrition Guide analyses and compares hundreds of famous food products (from Heinz to Hob Nobs) in detail.
The Good Nutrition Guide also provides pages of healthy eating information and good nutrition advice. The book makes sensible food planning easy, showing how to make all the best food choices for personal wellbeing — from interpreting current guidelines on recommended daily amounts to deciphering the highly confusing traffic light labelling systems. continue reading...
BOSTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Over the years, the Boston Wine Expo, has become just as renown for its culinary offerings as it is for its wine. Today, gourmet cafe and catering company Sebastians announced that it will participate in the Expo’s long standing tradition of culinary excellence by providing mouth watering samples of a new pasta offering by Carla’s Pasta called Sacchettini®, to guests at the event to be held February 9-10 at Boston’s World Trade. This unique stuffed pasta is made with a special blend of six-cheeses and is then lightly fried and topped with a savory tomato BBQ sauce created by Sebastians Executive Chef John Merrill using locally grown Backyard Beauties tomatoes from Backyard Farms of Madison, ME.
“There’s no better combination than pasta and wine and, with more than 2,000 wines to choose from at the Expo, there’s no better place to offer this item,” comments Sebastians President Emil Grosso. continue reading...
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ — Super Bowl Sunday’s almost here-and what better time to blow-off your new year’s resolution of eating healthy and losing some weight. Right? As more than 90 million Americans-and nearly a billion worldwide-gear up to watch TV’s biggest event of the year, we plan parties predicting the collapse of our new year’s weight-loss goals. Not so fast!
With those big-guy pro’s gearing up for Super Bowl XLII, so can you. Don’t time-out from your health goals-play smart. Dr. Wendy Bazilian, author of The SuperFoodsRx Diet (Rodale/Jan 2008/ $25.95/Hardcover) can help you make savvy nutritional choices. continue reading...
New York, NY (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 17, 2008 — From spring water to cereal, grocery manufacturers are adding vitamin-enriched items to their product lines. Today, Italica Imports is introducing the country to an extra virgin olive oil from Spain that is enriched with fat-soluble vitamins A, D and E, making it a rich source of antioxidants.
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