An "App"le a Day - Whole Foods App Available

Whole Foods Market has launched its Missions App now available on the App store. As a part of the company's ongoing mission to promote wellness and encourage healthier lifestyles, the Whole Foods Market Missions App will help users eat better and live better.


The app revolves around more than 70 challenges known as Missions, where users engage in a series of steps to earn badges and bragging rights. Each user creates their own profile to track the badges they earn and their favorite tips, which can be shared via Facebook, Twitter, and email.

In addition to challenging customers to earn badges like Organic Avenger, Local Yokel, and Nutty Ninja, the Missions App also provides a database of more than 300 tips to help them succeed. Tips include advice on nutrition, food selection, storage, and cooking. The app also includes a store locator, which works just like Whole Foods Market Recipes, the company's first app launched in June 2009.

The Whole Foods Market Missions App is available for free from the App Store on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch or at itunes.com/appstore.  For more information, please visit: wholefoodsmarket.com/iphone or e-mail cooklikejackie@gmail.com.

An "App"le a Day - Peanuts Energy for the Good Life iPhone App Now Available

The National Peanut Board has launched the Peanuts: Energy for the Good Life® iPhone® app. The free app offers recipes, snack suggestions and a five-minute mindfulness meditation exercise with Stephan Bodian, author of Meditation for Dummies® -- tools to help people care for their bodies and minds throughout every part of every day.


The app features more than 30 dietitian selected recipes and allows users to set reminders to have a snack or take a break. Snacks supply energy throughout the day when hunger strikes, and help to prevent overeating during meals. With more protein than any nut, USA-grown peanuts and peanut products are great snacks that provide the energy needed to "trump the slump" and get through the day. Users can also easily access nutrition information for each recipe whether they're at the supermarket or at home.

"According to our latest Consumer Attitudes Tracking Study, 90 percent of Americans have at least one jar of peanut butter in their household," said National Peanut Board president and managing director Raffaela Marie Fenn. "But in designing this app, we wanted to give users more than just great recipes with peanuts and peanut butter; we wanted to give them a number of ways to re-charge their batteries and stay energized in their lives."

For more information or to download the iPhone app, visit iTunes or visit http://www.nationalpeanutboard.org/iphoneapp.php.

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An "App"le a Day - ZAGAT to Go iPhone App Available

Cook Like Jackie Features Food Apps in An "App"le a Day

Zagat Survey and Handmarkhave released ZAGAT TO GO(TM) 4.0 for iPhone(TM). The new app adds three major features that revolutionize the ZAGAT TO GO experience:


Zagat will provide Foursquare with meal tips for diners to help them know what to order when visiting a Zagat-Rated restaurant. Through Zagat's partnership with Foursquare, ZAGAT TO GO users with Foursquare accounts can now "Check-In" to any restaurant within the Zagat app.

ZAGAT TO GO is designed to help people decide where to eat. With the addition of thousands of Foodspotting photos, diners will also be able to see the dishes served at each restaurant. ZAGAT TO GO also offers users access to thousands of Foodspotting photos of dishes served at Zagat-Rated restaurants nationwide.

ZAGAT TO GO 4.0 introduces the Zagat Dining Journal - a virtual diary of the Zagat-Rated restaurants the user has visited throughout the year. All users can add restaurants to their Dining Journal by tapping "Been Here" on the restaurant's details page. When a Foursquare user checks in to a Zagat-Rated restaurant, either on Foursquare or ZAGAT TO GO, the restaurant will be added to their Dining Journal. Through this feature users can easily add their ratings and reviews.

ZAGAT TO GO(TM) 4.0 for iPhone(TM) is available exclusively in the App Store. For more information about this or any of Zagat's mobile products, please visit www.zagat.com/mobile.

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Chilewich Introduces Spring Line

Chilewich has easily became one of my favorite table topper lines due to its use of texture, minimalist aesthetic and its sophisticated color palette. In recent years, the company has expanded its products beyond placemats and runners to include an assortment of accessories including IPhone cases and even tote bags. The company has introduced a number of great additions to its Spring 2010 line including a wonderful pet mat to protect your floor from kibbles and water. The mat features a dog cutout in the middle which provides for even spacing of water and food bowls. Fans of Chilewich will appreciate the ease of cleaning these mats provide and will also appreciate how they can beautify a pet area with a great color selection seen here. The company is also introducing a new Ghoststripe pattern placemat which blends a brushstroke pattern comprised of colored threads on a black background. Each set is striking with bold and muted colors of mocha, green or blue to choose from. Order your new items by March 31st and receive 15% off when you use coupon code "ChilSp10" at checkout.

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Order From Local Restaurants Online with Ease

For cooks who do find the need to occassionally order out due to time constraints, poor planning or a taste for something different Snapfinger is here to answer the call. The site boasts that it is the largest online restaurant ordering site with thousands of locations across the country. The site allows for easy online ordering and has an IPhone downloadable application as well. By entering your city, state or zip code, one can find a host of restaurants that offer online ordering and up-t0-date menus. Registrants can earn points when contacts also register on the site.

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