Springpad has partnered with Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV to offer you the chance to win one of the ten bottles of wine that he’s giving away!  From now until June 30th, simply save the wine you’d like to win and you will be entered into the giveaway.

And if you’re a Vayniac, follow Gary in Springpad to see what wines he’s been saving, and what he recommends.  Check out this post to learn more about how to find other people to follow in Springpad.
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Memorial Day is this weekend, have you planned what you’ll be making yet?  Save these seasonal recipes in Springpad, and access them later when you’re ready to start cooking.  Check out our ‘Use Springpad for Food‘ page for more tips and ideas on how Springpad can help you with all things food.  While you’re there, enter our contest by simply saving your favorite summer recipe to win a 14 piece Cuisinart Grill set, brought to you by CSN Stores!

5 Recipes for the 4th of July

Grilled Potato Salad, from Biscuits and Such
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This month, we are launching our ‘Use Springpad for Food’ program!  We are highlighting the many ways Springpad users can save ideas about food.  For example, with Springpad you can clip recipes from your favorite website, save restaurants you’d like to try, remember wines that friends suggest, and access shopping lists on your iPhone or Android.  Learn more about these & other ideas for using Springpad for food! Read more…

We’re super excited to announce today’s launch of the Springpad Android App.

The Android app makes it easy for you to save the ideas, places and things you encounter while on-the-go. The app syncs with Springpadit.com, so you can access your data from any computer. Through semantic detection, Springpad automatically organizes the information for easy retrieval and enhances it with useful links and offers to save time and money.
Read the Press Release.

Download the Springpad Android App Now!

Some cool features of Springpad Android App:
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Springpad users have been saving many eateries, so we thought we’d give you a peek into the top restaurant chains saved into Springpad. We recently wrote about using Springpad to help you save restaurants you want to try, and also about the features of restaurants in Springpad.   Now take a look at the Top Ten Restaurant Chains in Springpad:

1. Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse: This upscale steakhouse is a popular restuarant among Springpad users in the mood for a NY Strip.
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2. The Cheesecake Factory: Whether you are hankering for Italian, Chinese, Thai, or American fare- The Cheesecake Factory has you covered.
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Springpad allows you to search for and save restaurants across the nation; use it to create a list of places you don’t want to forget about, or to research restaurants for your next trip.

Restaurants in Springpad include lots of useful info: Read more…

Most people get recipes from lots of places – various popular food blogs & websites or from their friends & family – but they don’t have one place to save them. Read more…

There are five easy ways to enter recipes into Springpad. Here’s a rundown:

1. Add recipes from the web using the clipper
When you’re searching the web for new recipes, quickly add them to Springpad without even leaving the site you’re on. (Get the clipper).

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Last month we brought you “Hollywood Happy Hour,” a visualization of the most iconic libations in film history. You booze hounds seemed to like that, so we’re back with the main course. Just as we associate certain personalities with a signature cocktail, great meals also define some of our favorite film characters. Take Lady and The Tramp, for instance. What meal comes to mind? What about American Pie? The infographic below compiles the favorite dishes from some of our favorite film characters of all time, from Lady and The Tramp in 1955 to Julia Child in 2009.

Fancy yourself a cook? Save every cinematic dish on this list or any other recipe you like in Springpad, creating your own ‘virtual recipe box.’   When you’re ready to cook, pull any of your recipes up on your phone or on the web to check ingredients and directions.  Personalize them with your own notes and create a shopping list from your recipes too.  (New to Springpad? We’re a free application that makes it easy to save anything you want to remember. Learn more here.)

Save the entire list:

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If you’re like me, you’ve got an bunch of new restaurants rattling around in your head, but when it’s time to pick a place for order-in on Wednesday or dinner-out on Saturday you can never think of that new place you’d like to try.

Here’s the solution: Add restaurants you’d like to try to Springpad.

There are lots of ways to add restaurants to Springpad: Read more…