McAlister's Deli, a leading fast casual restaurant, announced today the return of its popular Pecanberry Salad and flavored beverages, available for a limited time in its more than 320 restaurants nationwide.

Dunkin' Donuts, America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, today unveiled a tasty new breakfast offering, introducing the Chicken Apple Sausage Breakfast Sandwich. A delicious breakfast sandwich option under 400 calories, Dunkin' Donuts' Chicken Apple Sausage Breakfast Sandwich features egg, reduced fat cheddar cheese and a juicy split chicken sausage seasoned with spices and real apple, served on an oven-toasted English muffin. The Chicken Apple Sausage Breakfast Sandwich is available any time of day at participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurants nationwide for a limited time.

As restaurants around the nation prepare for a delicious weekend of Mother's Day dining, OpenTable (OPEN), the world's leading provider of online restaurant reservations, is pleased to honor the 2014 Diners' Choice Awards winners for the Top 100 Best Restaurants for Brunch in America. These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for approximately 19,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

An exciting and special behind-the-scenes dinner hosted by the Cassar Family - The Yummies Top Chef Dinner - will take place on Friday evening, May 30th, as a kick-off to the largest fundraising event for Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families each year - the Casa Pacifica Angels Wine, Food & Brew Festival. The one-of-a-kind, fabulous dinner will bring together for the first time ever several of our region's top chefs - all of whom happen to be former Yummies culinary competition winners from previous Festivals - to present an incomparable nine-course feast to 150 fortunate guests. As a perfect complement, many of the courses will be impeccably paired with the sumptuous, full-bodied, or silky flavors of our local winemaker's best wine harvests. One course will be specially paired with the winning handcrafted ale from this year's inaugural 'Best in Fest' brew competition taking place one-month prior to the Festival (the winner will be prominently promoted the day of the Festival).

Residence Inn by Marriott New York Manhattan Midtown East hotel excitedly awaits the arrival of the Ninth Avenue International Food Festival, taking place May 17-18, 2014 from 42nd - 57th Street. The annual event combines international cuisine, art and entertainment in one location, adjacent to Times Square. An estimated 200,000 individuals are expected to attend New York's oldest and largest continuous Food Festival over the course of two days. The Residence Inn by Marriott New York Manhattan Midtown East hotel offers the perfect home away from home, with new all-suite accommodations that feature fully equipped kitchens, luxurious bedding and spacious living areas.

Oh, how I embrace the chilly afternoons of early Spring in New York, if only because it means winter is over. And, how I love to spend that time, eating, strolling, and delighting may way in that atmosphere. As it happens this time I made my way to the 3rd Annual Food Book Fair held at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The hotel on the corner of the street that bears its name and North 11th has an industrial sophistication with modern nuances throughout--lending itself to the atmosphere of the fair.

City Winery Napa is proud to announce their 'We Love Locals Programs' with benefits that range from huge discounts on food and beverages to free shuttle rides. With the 'We Love Locals' program, Napa residents may receive the following benefits: 50% off lunch in April and May, then 25% starting in June; 15% off any bottle list wine with proof of concert ticket purchase; for every four box office purchases receive a free concert ticket. Residents need only show a photo ID with a Napa County address or a piece of mail with name and local address to prove residency.

Leave your pretense at home and take a walk on the wild side. Make your way into Troy Liquor Bar, the newest bar concept from B.R. Guest Hospitality - a synergy of art, music and fashion. This warm modern den in the center of Manhattan's bustling Meatpacking District is a melting pot for creatives, neighborhood folk and Googlers. The space in its new incarnation, is contemporary in design, featuring comfortable furniture with modern lines and distressed walls. Bold colored graffiti art by Col Wallnuts along with black and white photos of rock royalty like Hendrix, Springsteen and Mick Jagger from Soho's famed Morrison Hotel Gallery adorn the subterranean space. DJs spin vinyl playing alternative rock from the 70s, 80s and 90s while guests enjoy retro cocktails like the Dirty Boulevard, made with Brooklyn Gin, Yellow Chartreuse, Aperol and White Peach. Choose from our 'Six Shooter' curated shot menu for an added kick to your drink or just throw one back with your crew for the hell of it.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival's 34th season is highlighted by the Royal Ale Festival today, April 26 and Sunday, April 27.

Eight of New York's and New Jersey's finest Peruvian and Pan-Latin restaurants, in partnership with the Trade Commission of Peru in New York, continue to celebrate 2013's Year of Quinoa with the introduction of Peruvian Quinoa Week as salute to the myriad culinary possibilities of one of the world's most healthful grains; a grain that has been cultivated in Peru for more than 3000 year. In fact, quinoa is the cornerstone of Peru's rich gastronomic heritage. During Peruvian Quinoa Week, Monday April 28 through Saturday, May 3 the participating restaurants - New York City's Coco Roco, Panca, PioPio, Surfish, Morocho and Warqiue and Hoboken's Cucharamama - will offer special quinoa-centric dishes for lunch and dinner.

New York City's ever-increasing roster of internationally oriented brunch options will get a big boost on Saturday, April 26, when the Upper West's recently opened Bustan launches its pan-Mediterranean version with one of the city's largest weekend midday meal menus featuring 51 choices, priced $4.95 to $16.50. The new Bustan Brunch, served Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. , will address a wide-ranging appetite gauntlet from Executive Chef Efi Nahon's typically original multi-cultural take on such breakfast classics as French Toast, house made challah, creme Anglaise, pate feuilletee, creme fraiche to intriguing lunch-like dishes , including the Crispy Chicken D.L.T. Sandwich, sweet Dijon mustard, smoked duck, wilted kale, pickled cucumber, charred onion, buffalo bleu and the Ground Lamb Flatbread, tomatoes, Nazareth tahini, pine nuts and sumac pickled onions.

an All-American craft beer and sausage focused neighborhood bar from owner/beer director Michael Quinlan and managing partner Cary Michael located at 1559 N Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park - will host two upcoming events: the "Revolution 'Gene Pool Party" on Sunday, May 4 and a "Cinco De Mayo Party" on Monday, May 5. Links will tap six different varieties of Revolution Brewing's Eugene Porter - including four rare barrel-aged versions - and a bourbon barrel aged Russian imperial stout at its "Revolution 'Gene Pool Party" starting at 2pm on Sunday, May 4.

Six new almond-related research studies will be presented next week in San Diego at the American Society of Nutrition (ASN)'s Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with Experimental Biology 2014 (EB). The conference attracts an international audience of approximately 13,000 leading scientists specializing in various health disciplines.

NYC Parks First Deputy Commissioner Liam Kavanagh, NYC Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Dr. Feniosky Peña-Mora, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, State Senator Jose Serrano, Central Park Conservancy President Douglas Blonsky, restaurateurs Jim Caiola and David Salama, and executive chef Katy Sparks, today cut the ribbon on the newly restored Tavern on the Green. The restaurant opens to the public this evening, April 24, for dinner service. Scroll down for photos!

Purina ONE today opened the first ever Cat Cafe in America, bringing the feline phenomenon already popular in Europe and Asia to the states. At the Cat Cafe by Purina ONE, visitors can enjoy a "cat'achino" while spending time with and learning about cats and the Purina ONE 28 Day Challenge.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival's 34th season is highlighted by the Royal Ale Festival this Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27. The Royal Ale Festival will feature tastings of assorted beers along with appetizers and a variety of lively Scarborough entertainment for only $10 (in addition to admission to the festival) from 1-3 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday in Scarborough's scenic Crown Pavilion. Beer varieties will include 90 Shilling, Elissa IPA, Murphy's Red, Franconia Koelsch and others. Participants must be 21 to attend and tickets may be purchased in advance at http://www.srfestival.com/ or at the ticket office on Saturday or Sunday.

The Crushed Wine App, a social mobile wine application, has launched its new blog series: Wine Change Agents (http://crushed.com/category/wine-change-agents-2/). This series focuses on the disruption in the wine industry and the leaders who are adopting new technologies and social media to grow their brand and build their business.

Dunkin' Donuts, America's all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, announced today the signing of multi-unit store development agreements with two new franchise groups to develop 20 new restaurants in South Orange County and the San Fernando Valley area over the next several years.

Joe's Crab Shack is throwing a beach bake this summer and everyone's invited to enjoy new Beach Bakes and red Party Cup drinks, available now on Joe's new "100% Shore" summer menu.

The stars of the wine and culinary worlds will descend upon South Walton, Florida this week as Cristina Mariani-May and dozens of major winemakers, along with one of the world's most prolific chefs, Emeril Lagasse, gear up to participate in the South Walton Beaches Wine and Food Festival April 24-27. This four-day extravaganza features more than 800 wines, an extensive culinary village, wine dinners, tasting seminars, a craft beer and spirit event and live entertainment over four days.

Boyd's Coffee is launching a new generation of single-cup coffees for brewers that accept K-Cup portion packs.* The cups' soft mesh filter offers the same convenience as other single cups, only with significantly less packaging than the traditional rigid-side format. The mesh filter also enables coffee drinkers to experience the fresh-roasted coffee's aroma; now single-cup coffee drinkers can wake up and smell the coffee.

Bacardi Limited is raising the bar on environmental sustainability, site by site. The high standards are evident at the BACARDI rum distillery in Catano, Puerto Rico, where the Company recently constructed three new aging warehouses using tons of recycled concrete.

Whey Coco Is now available at Fresh and Easy Neighbourhood Markets nationwide.

J. Lee's Gourmet BBQ Sauce,the sauce that carries the statement 'Put It On Anything!', recently adopted a new look to its label but insists the same great taste remains inside the bottles. The new label bears the former soldier and founder of J. Lee's Gourmet BBQ Sauce Mr. James Lee's uniformed photo. The significance of the change lies in the fact that this is the first barbecue sauce to feature a uniformed soldier on the bottle; and J. Lee's is soon to be the first nationally distrubuted product with a soldier on the label. The new label continues to recognize Lee's hometown and the origin of the sauce, Biloxi, Mississippi, and boldly states 'A Taste All Families Love' and 'Put It On Anything!'