Author: Maralyn D. Hill

Cabbage never tasted so good

Posted by | Jan 22, 2014 | |

WARM AND HEARTY; CABBAGE HAS NEVER TASTED SO GOOD For Immediate Release January 14th, 2014 WARM AND HEARTY; CABBAGE HAS NEVER TASTED SO GOOD Vancouver, BC… Comfort food comes to mind with the cold and wet weather upon us –  and Oyama Sausage has the solution. January 23rd to 26th is The Oyama Choucroute (Sauerkraut) Festival.  Oyama’s very own delicious, Alsatian style sauerkraut is fully cooked, all you do is heat it up.  Choose from a huge assortment of smoked and fresh sausages, kassler, bacons and more to compliment your choucroute.  Add a selection of craft beers from Granville Island Brewery or a fine Riesling or Gewurztraminer from Liberty on Granville Island and your meal is complete! A seasonal treat, many line up to enjoy house made choucroute. With sausage, potatoes and great wine or beer, this is another dish that speaks to simple origins, like cassoulet and pot au feu. And pop by Oyama Thursday Jan. 30th – Sunday Feb. 1st  for another round of delicious Boudin Noir – a delicate, super tasty blood sausage.  Try it gently cooked in a pan with butter, fried apples and served with mashed potatoes.  The ideal winter meal. About Choucroute Choucroute (or sürkrüt in Alsatian) is usually prepared in the fall after the cabbage harvest. It’s pronounced shoo croot; chou is the French word for cabbage and croute is the Alsatian pronunciation (spelled using French rules) for...

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The Travel Olympics

Posted by | Jan 21, 2014 | |

Contact: Pamela L. Finmark 14 January 2014                                                    MediaRelations@GlobalScavengerHunt.com – 1.310.281.7809                                                THE OLYMPICS OF TRAVEL    2014’s COMPETITIVE TRAVEL ADVENTURE Travelers are a competitive bunch, from “How many countries have you been to?” and “We’ve been there, did you do…?”, to watching TV’s The Amazing Race and saying, “I could do that!” A 2014 travel adventure competition is set to finally allow travelers to test their travel savvy and compete with other great travelers mano-a-manofor “The World’s Greatest Traveler™” trophy and a free trip around the world. One former participant calls it “The Amazing Race for regular people.” The 10th annual Global Scavenger Hunt travel adventure competition aims to return the romance of travel while testing the travel IQ of the most travel savvy of globetrotters pitting them against each other in an around the world contest. The event will have travelers visiting ten secret destinations (no guidebooks or online research possible), overcoming language and cultural barriers, and logistic challenges, all while completing a series of highly participatory, authentic and challenging site-doing scavenges over a 23-day circumnavigation beginning April 11, 2014.Trusting strangers in strange lands is not just recommended—it is required! “The Global Scavenger Hunt covers a lot of extraordinary travel bases,” says author and Event Director William Chalmers, “Taking our blind date with the world is a 21st-century version of spinning a globe and throwing out your finger and competition is fierce. Maybe that’s why we’ve been called the ‘Super Bowl of Travel,’ the ‘Olympics...

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Spring Training Package – Royal Palms Resort and Spa

Posted by | Jan 19, 2014 | |

Triple Play at Royal Palms Resort and Spa – Phoenix, Arizona Enjoy a stay at Royal Palms Resort and Spa with Triple Play! Book a two-night Phoenix/Scottsdale Spring Training vacation and receive a third night complimentary. Plus, guests receive a $25 dining credit to the newly renovated T. Cook’s restaurant and a $25 credit to Alvadora Spa. Sharing the history of America’s favorite pastime and Arizona’s favorite resort, the Royal Palms Resort and Spa invites fans to Spring Training 2012 in Phoenix/Scottsdale. http://www.rpspringtraining.comPackage includes: • Three nights luxury accommodations • $25 T. Cook’s Dining credit • $25 Alvadora Spa credit Rates starting at $599 per night. *Based on availability. Must reserve three (3) consecutive nights. T. Cook’s dining credit cannot be applied toward alcohol. Alvadora Spa credit valid toward regularly-priced 50 minute treatments or longer. Cannot be combined with existing or group reservations. Nightly resort and parking fees additional. Other restrictions may apply. chelsea hellems www.jpublicrelations.com 1620 fifth avenue, 700, san diego, ca 92101 office 619.255.7069   fax 619.255.1364   Maralyn D. Hill, M.Ed.,  The Epicurean Explorer Executive Editor, LuxeBeatMag.com Freelance Lifestyle Journalist International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) Board Member, Co-Chair Conference & Media Trip Committee, Past President Member: Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Member: Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Blogs: Where and What in the World & Success with Writing https://authorcentral.amazon.com Follow me: @maralynhill google.com/+MaralynHill FB: http://www.facebook.com/The.Epicurean.Explorer,,  http://www.facebook.com/WhereandWhat.intheWorld, http://www.facebook.com/Success.With.Writing Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/maralynhill We welcome press releases on the food, wine, travel, and items related to the hospitality industry. We receive emails with more than we can...

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Bocuse d’Or in January 2014 WINNERS

Posted by | Jan 19, 2014 | |

If you have problems viewing this email, click here. 11 > Catherine.guerin @ bocusedor-winners.com > Www.bocusedor-winners.com Dear readers, On behalf of all the heads Bocuse d’Or Winners and their partners, I want to wish you a happy new year 2014 colorful, embossed, hot-cold contrast, salty-sweet, chewy-crunchy … One year full of life like cooking you can offer! This newsletter to remind you some nice facts about our news and gives you milestones in the months to come. 2014 is a vintage Lyon without final Bocuse d’Or yet it allows us a great vitality as you will read below, the highlight of our news ranging from 6 to 8 May 2014 in Stockholm for European selections. We hope to share these exciting moments with many of you! Well with my cordial greetings Michel Roth, Bocuse d’Or 1991, President of Bocuse d’Or Winners 2013 a year for very Japanese Bocuse d’Or Winners    It is with immense joy that we saw Noriyuki Hamada on the podium of the Bocuse d’Or 2013, this highly talented and creative chef has its place on our side and we suggest you read the information about it on our site :http://bit.ly/K8it9m In the aftermath, Noriyuki won the competition celebrates the culinary Oloron image with its British photographer Richard Haughton http://bit.ly/1lElBJ1 On the other hand, Tabizuru Foundation, which was in contact for a long time with our friend Stéphane...

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Patagonia – A Spicy Vacation to Chile and Argentina

Posted by | Jan 18, 2014 | |

Patagonia Argentina and Chile for One Spicy Springbreak Vacation Argentina and Chile Patagonia offers some of the most beautiful landscapes in the southern hemisphere.   Augmented by numerous large lakes and snow-capped peaks, the mountainsides are covered by primeval forests.  Protected by chain of national parks, UNESCO has named the region a World Reserve Biosphere.   Deluxe Base Camps On the Argentine side ROAM trips base out of a spectacular lodge tucked on 500 private acres.  Each cabin and villa has privacy and lake view.  In Chile, we will stay at a safari-style base camp perched on the banks of the Futaleufu River.  The locations cannot be better! This family springbreak adventure will be so much fun you will wish the kids were always out of school! In both locations we river raft, hike, bike, horseback ride, kayak and fish to our hearts content but each night return to our deluxe lodging and chef-prepared meals.  The parents will be busy too – wine tasting, massages, learning to play polo, visiting a chocolate museum, trying yoga… You get the picture! Our March 17th Chile departure will be hosted by ROAM founder, Brian McCutcheon, and his teenage daughters, Georgia and Grace.  We rendezvous in Bariloche, Argentina for a night and then it’s off to Chile for the first leg of the adventure.  March 25th we are back in Argentina for a week and relaxing lakeside at the...

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