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For years, California Welcome Centers – California’s Official State Visitor Centers – have offered valuable information and specialized services for today’s travelers. In a first time ever partnership between one of the 19 centers and California’s growing wine industry, the California Welcome Center of Oxnard has joined with the Ventura County Wine Trail to present visitors with a ‘sneak peak of Ventura County winemaking’ and the local wine industry by offering guests of the center the opportunity to taste local wines in an automated wine tasting area.

Amia Silicone Baking Cups are a colorful, adorable, durable, non-stick, dishwasher and freezer safe baking cups that are perfect and convenient for dessert making and cookie party. The increase in the popularity of silicone bake utensils has inspired kitchen utensil and cookware manufacturers to create silicone-based products that compliment their collections including silicone baking cups.

This January, the Ventura County Wine Trail’s Local Food & Wine Challenge returns to Ventura County. Teams of local wineries and restaurants will match up to see who can create the best food and wine pairing in Ventura County. The winner of the “Best Food & Wine Pairing” award will be chosen by a blind-tasting panel of judges, and announced during the evening. Attendees will also have a part to play in choosing their favorite food and wine pairing for the “People’s Choice” award. Together, the very best pairings will be selected and awarded the 2014 trophies. This year, the event will be held at the newly remodeled Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel & Resort.

The world of South American ingredients will now come conveniently to an Android-powered smartphone near One with Ecuadorian Rainforest’s new Mobile App , now available on the Google Play Store.

Chef Peter Pizzati plans on sharing 23 years of culinary experience on his new website Whattocookforsupper.com, but first he is looking for investors for the Chef 2.0 Reboot project that helps people learn how to cook.

Lots of people might encounter problems within their lives without their smartphones and mobile applications to assist them. These apps are used for various purposes, entails finding directions, dinner reservations, paying bills and much more.

At its core, DWill’s Grill & Lounge is a fresh idea that will bring the community closer. Their concept, however, goes beyond that. DWill’s Grill & Lounge exceeds in every way to please the Raleigh-Durham community as a whole.

Kirk James, author and publisher of Opening and Running a Successful Business: Restaurant Edition 2014, the guide that holds all the secrets for helping entrepreneurs learn how to open a restaurant that is profitable over the long term, is pleased to announce that he is offering a 350 page PDF version of the latest edition of his manuscript for a limited-time low price of $9.95. Opening and Running a Successful Business: Restaurant Edition 2014 is the ultimate guide to success in the hospitality business, drawing on all the practical aspects of opening a restaurant that are often overlooked in mainstream business publications.

Vino Strumenti has designed a wide range of unique wine accessories out of many handsome inlaid woods. The online store has further fortified it by emerging as the ultimate destination to buy Wine Stoppers crafted out from exotic Hardwoods such as Rosewood, Ebony, Teak and Padauk. The top-notch wood is hand turned into aesthetic designs to create wine stoppers that are excellent options for enriching the collection of wine lovers. Every wooden wine stopper is coated with eight layers of lacquer and expertly hand polished and rubbed for piano like finish.

When making the checklist for throwing a memorable corporate party, there are certain things that have more importance than others. The menu, venue, and ability to preview the location. This winter season, Temptations Catering and Event Planning is offering their services for throwing memorable corporate parties in South Florida. Boasting an exquisite menu that is sure to have the entire party licking their lips, and providing access to numerous locations throughout South Florida, clients can choose the best place for their valued employees to celebrate.

Mr Maliks Reviews is one of the best restaurants in the Newcastle under Lyme area, the restaurant specializes in high quality and delicious Indian food made with the freshest and highest quality ingredients combined with a magnificent dining atmosphere and welcoming staff ready to serve customers. Due to their high popularity in the area, increasing number of diners and growth in business, Mr. Maliks is excited to announce the relocation of his award nominated restaurant at 15 London Road Newcastle Under Lyme Stoke On Trent to a much bigger venue at 53, Iron market, Newcastle Under Lyme.

TraceGains, a full service supplier, compliance, and regulatory document management solution, will be hosting a free webinar discussing Allergen Control Issues with specific emphasis on Label Control measures on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 from 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT. Link to register: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=2xhv3p3m1qb. Space is limited; immediate registration is encouraged. AIB will co-present at this important event.

MFRTech.com reported that TraceGains is surveying Food Safety and Quality Professionals to get a “temperature” for the current Quality Assurance environment. The purpose of the survey is to better understand the top priorities in 2014, biggest challenges, and budgetary concerns; the results will be released in early 2014 as a branded document.

Craft Beer Hound, an online specialty retailer of gifts for beer lovers, kicked off an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign on December 26th to support expansion of its business to live, local venues.

Felix Potin has announced the launch of their newly re-designed and revamped online shop – Felix Potin is a company with an elegant inception of bringing premier gourmet goods to the public. Specializing in chocolates, Felix Potin brings customers all around the globe Paris’s best.

De Wine Spot, a boutique wine, spirits and sake shop located in a hipster neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, has recently completely a complete re-design of its website. The easy-to-navigate site now includes a variety of features for people who are looking for the perfect wine. For example, the wine searcher wizard is an innovative visual guide that asks very basic questions that even the most novice and occasional wine drinker can answer. The wizard then uses the replies to find perfect wine suggestions from the company’s carefully curated wine list.

It is that time of the year again where Filipinos celebrate the coming of the New Year by a feast called the ‘Medya Noche’. Now, Filipinos can celebrate without all the hard work of cooking and preparing ingredients. Now, they can just get some food delivered to their homes with the help of an online food delivery service from PhilFastFood.com.

People these days seek various kinds of cuisines in order to treat their taste buds. Many restaurants, cafes and takeaway services have been opened up in different parts of the world for the utmost convenience of all those people who love to eat food.

Wohl Associates, a trusted leader in the used food processing and packaging machinery industry, is now selling used capping machines from top manufacturers.

Wohl Associates, Inc., a trusted leader in the used food processing and packaging machinery industry, is now selling used pasta manufacturing machines from top manufacturers.

Inspired by son David's desire to run across the nation and fueled by their passion to ensure that the nation's food supply is GMO-free, healthy and sustainable, the Wilcox family of Alaska launches an Indiegogo campaign to raise the 45,000 dollars needed to fund the family's transcontinental running dream. The cross country running father and son team of Brett and David will do the running, with mom Kris and daughter Olivia manning the team's crew in the trek from Huntington Beach, California through Washington, D.C. and on to the Atlantic.

Decadent Four-Course Menu. Extravagant ceviche bar, a generous selection of our signature appetizers, entrees and accompaniments, with a sumptuous dessert display.

At Boston’s Gourmet Pizza, they have a lot of interests, but for nearly fifty years they have kept their focus one thing — that everybody they meet feels taken care of. That includes their Guests, their team members, and their partners & franchisees. Finding the time to enjoy life is hard, and they are there to make sure that everyone makes the most of it. They know it’s hard to please everybody, so that’s why Boston’s Gourmet Pizza has thought of everything. They go out of their way to satisfy, and that’s what they mean when they say they have gotcha covered. http://www.bostons.com/gift-cards

At Boston’s Gourmet Pizza, they have a lot of interests, but for nearly fifty years they have kept their focus one thing — that everybody they meet feels taken care of. That includes their Guests, their team members, and their partners & franchisees. Finding the time to enjoy life is hard, and they are there to make sure that everyone makes the most of it. They know it’s hard to please everybody, so that’s why Boston’s Gourmet Pizza has thought of everything. They go out of their way to satisfy, and that’s what they mean when they say they have gotcha covered. http://www.bostons.com/gift-cards

In this day and age a lot of people like to brew their own coffee at home, which is why sales of espresso machines continue to rise year on year. So to help people find the best one to buy, Articate.com have recently posted a new article that lists the best espresso machines right now in December 2013 (and January 2014).