Monday, October 14th commemorates a special holiday for craft brewers: Home Brew Legalization Day. On this day in 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill making it legal for Americans to make their own beer, which has led to the craft brew explosion we are in the midst of enjoying today. In celebration of the big day, the gang at SaveOnBrew has posted a whopping 19 million beer sales from all across the country over the past three years to help consumers save money on their favorite beers.

When at an outdoor party or just relaxing outside, it can be nice to have a glass of wine by your side. Not everyone starts out drinking the same kind of wine, however, so oftentimes people become curious about what others are drinking and ask to sample one's drink. This can be an awkward time to have someone put their lips on your glass. To solve this problem, one inventor from Yakima, Wa. developed a prototype called THE COWBOY WAY. This wine accessory allows one to sample from your wine glass without placing his or her lips on your wine glass, making it more sanitary.

Discover the Southeast cultural district of Portland with the Jupiter Hotel's PDX Urban Winery package. With a steady upswell of new inner-city wineries, Portland's urban winemakers have moved their operations closer to where they live and socialize. Many of these wineries serve food in a convivial atmosphere, dubbed the 'enopub.' The latest Portland experience at the Jupiter Hotel celebrates this new movement where guests wine, dine and find comfort in a quality hotel stay while supporting community-based businesses.

Terre à Terre, a vibrant farm-to-table restaurant featuring locally grown and sustainably raised foods, is slated to open in Carlstadt next Friday evening, October 18. Veteran chef Todd Villani will serve simple yet elegant New American Cuisine enhanced by the foods raised and grown throughout the region.

Vic Rallo Jr., host of Eat!Drink!Italy!, today announced details of a partnership with Atalanta Corporation, one of the largest importers of specialty foods in the US, to promote the best of Italian food and beverage products on his popular public television show. This partnership incorporates Atalanta's portfolio of Italy's best known and highest quality products on Eat!Drink!Italy! further strengthening the company's commitment to educating the consumer and trade on the 'Made in Italy' brand.

This one goes out to all the pizza lovers out there! Celebrate National Pizza Month by Pitching Your Pie to Tuscany Restaurant.

RMP has demonstrated their high quality of service and impeccable sweet and savory sensations for years. Now, they're emerging at the front of the pack at the ideal moment: releasing a variety of new flavors for Halloween.

While overall packaged food market in Russia grown with a CAGR of 9.2% during 2007 - 2011, baby food and pediatric nutrition segment registered strong growth rate of 24.02% during the same period. Moreover, Russia alone accounts for 63.5% & 5.3% of the overall Eastern Europe global baby food revenues respectively.

Need a quick family dinner or a snack idea? An easy crock pot recipe and a simple peanut butter smoothie recipe have been published on Kids Activities Blog.

Two new wineries open their tasting room doors to the public this weekend in the Traverse City area. Three Fires Wine and Skipping Stone Cellars are located next to each other at the West Bayshore Village on M22 at Hilltop Road south of Suttons Bay in Leelanau County. A grand opening celebration is planned for Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the tasting rooms from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

California is home to 1,200 wineries and over 480,000 acres of planted vineyards. The state is rich with viticultural history and cultural influences, bringing thousands of tourists each year to view the beautiful vineyards and wineries. With this in mind, Cellars Wine Club has produced a stunning new infographic and accompanying article on Californian wine.

In celebration of Taco Bueno's new location opening in Prosper, Texas, the restaurant will be giving away free Tex-Mex platters for a year to the first 50 customers in line on Tuesday, October 15. Located at 4385 East University, the restaurant will officially open at 9:00 AM following a ribbon-cutting ceremony with local city officials at 8:30 AM. Prosper will mark the 178th store to join Taco Bueno's Tex-Mex fleet. 'We are extremely excited to be able to call Prosper, Texas our new home,' commented Chief Technology and Development Officer, Mike Roper. 'Our company believes that everyone deserves Tex-Mex made fresh. Everyone deserves Bueno. We can't wait to share our made-in-house Tex-Mex with the community of Prosper and are encouraging customers to come try our food on opening day.' The first 50 customers will receive one MexiDips & Chips platter per week for 52 weeks. In addition to giving away free food, Taco Bueno will be giving away free catering to a select few winners who leave a business card, as well as handing out T-shirts, coupons, and other prizes. The new restaurant will boast a double drive-thru in order to quickly serve customers on-the-go. It is the first new store to be built with the Modern Pueblo Design. This includes the Gabion wall system as its primary design feature that will act as a brand icon going forward.

LOUISVILLE, KY - Papa John's today hosted a grand celebration in London in recognition of the company reaching the 1,000th international restaurant milestone. The celebration, which featured an international flair with guests waving flags from some of the 35 countries and territories that Papa John's operates in, featured Papa John's founder, chairman and CEO, John Schnatter, and hundreds of Papa John's fans from around London.

Colorado Culinary Academy, the leading professional accelerated culinary training program, announced today that Chef Paul Virant, Michelin Star ranked, James Beard recognized, chef and owner of both Chicago-based restaurants - Vie and Perennial Virant - will deliver the keynote address to the inaugural graduating class on Saturday, November 23, 2013, in Greenwood Village, CO. Chef Virant will also receive his honorary diploma from the Colorado Culinary Academy during graduation ceremony.

Yellow Rose Double Barrel Bourbon (43% ALC / VOL) is a premium bourbon finished in cabernet wine barrels. The whiskey is named for after the legendary shotgun and also the approach of finishing whiskey in a second barrel. Yellow Rose Double Barrel recently won a Silver Medal at the prestigious New York World Wine and Spirits Competition in September.

Despite the improvement during September, restaurant same-store sales for the third quarter again fell into negative territory, evidencing the industry is far from sustained, healthy growth. The industry saw a slight improvement in its same-store sales during September; though this small growth in sales will likely be short lived given the current political and economic conditions and the resulting effect on consumer sentiment. This was reported by Black Box Intelligence and People Report through The Restaurant Industry Snapshot for September, released this week.

After winning every meat category over the past decade at The American Royal competition in Kansas City, Smokey D's BBQ brought home the overall title in the World Series of BBQ over the weekend. The win netted co-owners Darren and Sherry Warth $12,500 in prize money, $5,000 in bonus Kingsford prize money as well as invitations to the prestigious Kingsford Invitational in New York City in November, the 2014 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational in Lynchburg, TN and the 2014 Houston Livestock BBQ.

EverydayVitamin.com is offering a sale on Nutiva's Organic Chia seeds brand - buy one bag for $10.49, buy two for $8.99 each.

Are you ready for the biggest gluten-free event in Washington State? The Gluten Intolerance Group's annual event takes place this year at the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center on November 9th, just weeks before Thanksgiving. This is perfect timing to learn from food demonstrations of sweet potato pie, sandwich bread for stuffing, and pumpkin cranberry bars. Among the great line-up of food demonstrators sharing their delicious recipes and techniques is Shauna Ahern, author of the popular blog "Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef." The sandwich bread recipe she will be sharing is from her latest cookbook "Gluten-Free Girl Every Day."

Basmati's Asian Cuisine has been serving fresh seafood, sushi, and meats to local diners for more than 17 years. One of the restaurant's most popular events has been the Autumnal Wine Dinner. This intimate occasion is the highlight of the fall season, and Basmati's is pleased to announce that the dinner is scheduled to take place for the sixth year on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 24.

Now in its sixth year as a presenting sponsor, ShopRite will once again host The Grand Tasting Presented by ShopRite at the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival. The Festival is officially open to the public on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th.

Two of Tysons Corner's best kept dining secrets, The Tuscan Grille and The Terrace, showcased their new private dining menus at last week's 'Taste of Tysons,' an annual food exhibition, where local restaurants, vendors, and even stage performers are afforded an opportunity to showcase their wares to local patrons.

Representatives of Boulder Dog Food Company LLC ( http://boulderdogfoodcompany.com ) announced today they have increased the square footage of their Boulder bakery by more than 80% since the beginning of the year. In addition to an overall renovation and reorganization of the bakery's operations, the company has installed new, more efficient lighting fixtures throughout the building to achieve a significant reduction in annual electricity consumption.

Jacksonville's chef entrepreneurs and siblings Matthew and David Medure recently unveiled a new website and brand identity for M Hospitality, the new umbrella brand that encompasses a family of restaurants including Matthew's Restaurant, Restaurant Medure, M Shack and M Catering. The new website showcases the growing repertoire of the longtime Jacksonville restaurateurs who are slated to open their second M Shack location in the St. John's Town Center this fall.

The Charleston, Santa Monica's premier 1920's style gastropub, is bringing back 'dinner and a show' with the new Saturday night Jazz Supper Club, the first introduction to an all new fall lineup. The first Jazz Supper Club takes place this Saturday, October 12, 2013 featuring the jazz, funk and R&B vocal stylings of new house performer Hillary Novak.