The Orange Country Restaurant Association is getting ready for the 2010 season of Restaurant Week. Several dozen restaurants from Anaheim to Dana Point will be offering prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus starting at $10 a plate…

That’s right. Burger King is getting ready to setup a Whopper Bar in South Beach, Florida. Patrons will be able to grab a Whopper and American beer 24 hours a day in this new concept for the burger chain.

The nice thing about living in Southern California is that you are part of several Metropolises (sp) Los Angeles, The OC and San Diego. For food lovers there is no better time than when your local Restaurant Week comes.

Come join the Back Bay Rugby Team at the South Coast Winery for a Wine Tasting and Silent Auction Fundraiser on Saturday, Feb 6…

Stater Bros., in conjunction with its charitable arm Stater Bros. Charities, is launching an urgently needed campaign to help local families who are faced with hunger this Holiday Season.

Utz is one of my favorite brands of potatos chips ever! Synder of Hanover has announced the acquisition of Utz Snack company pending clearance from the FTC.

In a bold cost-cutting move, Conde Nast publisher of Gourmet and Cooking magazines has decided to shut down these two foodie magazines as well as Modern and Elegant Brides magazines.

Weight Watchers second annual Lose For Good™ campaign takes place with participation of chefs from this year’s NYC Wine and Food Festival. They aim to donate up to $1 million to go toward ending childhood hunger.

I was logging into the Surfas website this morning and saw a notice on the webpage that Surfas, one of the greatest restaurant suppliers in the Southland, is ceasing its web presence and directing customers to CulinaryDistrict.com.

The newest Sur La Table in Southern California opens on Friday, August 28th at South Coast Plaza. It’s a veritable kitchen playground with some of the best selection of cookware, tableware, cutlery, table linens and more in one place!

Special guests Jamie Lauren and Richard Sweeney from Bravo Television’s Top Chef, as well as incredible food from Los Angeles area restaurants will be on hand for this event for GLAAD…

We just saw the opening of the OC’s newest cupcake boutique last week and looks like there is yet another bakery opening up. Divine Desserts, Etc, will be hosting a grand opening on July 15.

Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Tokyo Table in the new Jamboree Diamond Center in Irvine is offering a Sunday Buffet on July 12 from 11am to 3pm.

Link between increased levels of nitrates and increased deaths from Type II Diabetes and Alzheimers.

Frostings officially opens on July 4th with a soft opening on July 2. The owners have a special treat in store for their customers of the OC’s newest cupcake bakery!

Do you Twitter while you shop? Have you ever Twittered or IM’d a friend for a recipe idea while walking down the aisles of your local market?

Jamie Oliver will travel to one of America’s most overweight towns to teach the residents how to make healthy food choices.

As of today, there is new signage both on the overhead and on the hanging wooden sign. The windows are still papered up and a new clue I found on the door confirms that Frostings is a cupcake store.

Mother’s is back! Kellogg’s purchased the original recipes and the brand and have re-introduced them in West Coast stores this week. This comes on the heels of the 95th Anniversary of both Mother’s Day and the Mother’s brand. I grew up with these cookies and glad they are back.

May has been designated as Celiac Awareness Month and restaurants across the U.S. and Canada are hoping to help you make better choices while dining out.

From looks of the poster in the window at the closed Thai Spice Restaurant in Lake Forest, a new cupcake place is coming to the OC.

Scripps Networks announces the launch of a new online food experience Food2 – a highly interactive, video-centric website that talks cooking, eating, drinking and living with the 21-34 set…

Zov’s Neighborhood Cafés in Newport Coast and Irvine will feature a week of “Family and Values” from Monday, May 11 through Sunday, May 17.

IAC acquires Urbanspoon, a leading online local restaurant guide that aggregates reviews from the web, newspapers and food critics to bloggers and diners.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts is rolling out a line of mini doughnuts that are about half the size of its regular doughnuts…

TGI Friday’s announced the launch of 9 new sandwiches & salads. All sandwiches & salads, 16 items in total including the 9 new menu items will be offered at an introductory price of $5 today through May 31st.

Remember the old Baker’s Square on El Toro Road in Lake Forest? Well it seems the building has gotten a fresh coat of Mohave and Red and is readying itself to becoming a Denny’s

El Pollo Loco, the award-winning flame-grilled chicken champion wants to keep it’s title by challenging Kentucky Grilled Chicken to a Taste Test…

Kellogg’s announced that it is donating an entire day’s worth of cereal production to Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger relief food-bank network…

Today Foodbuzz announced that is now has over 2,000 food bloggers in its online food community – of which FoodieInDisguise.com is included.

Battle of the Chefs: Eco-Cuisine was held in Los Angeles with 3 prominent chefs battling for a prize package worth $15,000. This Earth Day competition centers around the importance of choosing environmnetally responsible foods like soy.

Nestled on the first floor of the new 20 Pacifica Tower at the Irvine Spectrum is a favorite amongst office workers all over the SF Bay Area and Seattle – a Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery.

S. Pellegrino and Restaurant Magazine have released their 2009 World’s Best 50 Restaurants List. Eight restaurants from the United States made the list.

Ben & Jerry will be hosting their Free Cone day, tomorrow April 21. 30 years later they continue to make business decisions that are good for the growers, their families and communities around the world.