It's Time To Wine and Dine Online - With iWon.com
Leading Destination Portal Launches New and Comprehensive Food and Drink channel
Irvington, NY (September 5, 2000) - Internet portal iWon.com, one of the fastest growing Web sites in the history of the Internet, today announced the official launch of its new Food and Drink channel, a broad guide that is committed to all aspects of food and drink. iWon has created one place for users to go to when they need to satisfy their hunger for food and wine knowledge and ideas.
The new Food and Drink channel is designed to give users all of the information and resources needed to plan the perfect meal for one, two or twelve in an organized, efficient and easy-to-use feature. The content partners include Allrecipes.com, the leading community-based recipe and meal planning web site; Foodvision.com, the Internet's one-stop food portal where consumers and food professionals can satisfy all of their food needs without leaving the site; GlobalGourmet.com, an online site that provides recipes and news on domestic and international cuisines; Learn2.com, an e-learning company that provides engaging multimedia learning solutions; and TopSecretRecipes.com, creating original kitchen clones of America's favorite brand-name foods.
With the iWon Food and Drink channel, Users Can:
Ask an Expert: iWon users can ask a chef or wine connoisseur a food or wine related question and receive an answer within 48 hours. Answers to questions such as "Which type of wine goes best with fish?" or "How can I make a great Thanksgiving turkey?", are now just a click away.
Recipes of All Sorts: With a database filled with thousands of recipes of all types, food aficionados can search for different recipes by ingredient, meal, or just browse for ideas. With so many recipes available, you never have to repeat a meal.
Check out the iWon Cookbook: Users can submit their favorite recipes to be included in the iWon cookbook. The compilation of user recipes in the iWon Cookbook will reveal secret "family" ingredients for recipes from users all over the country.
Get those Top Secret Recipes You've Always Wanted: iWon users will now have access to what everyone needs; the recipes from famous restaurants that you always wanted but could not have. With a famous recipe of the week, iWon users will now be privy to top chefs' secrets of the trade.
Step-by-Step Tutorials: Learn how to do things such as make sushi, shuck an oyster, clean your oven, or how much to tip at a restaurant. With the new tutorial feature, iWon users will now be able to receive step-by-step directions on how to do different things in the kitchen and at restaurants.
Read About the Latest in the Food and Wine World: In addition to recipes and general information about food and drink, iWon will be now be offering articles and news about drink, food, cookbooks and more.
"We are very excited about the new Food and Drink channel on iWon," said Bill Daugherty, Founder and co-CEO of iWon.com. "iWon can now offer its users a complete food and drink experience including expert advice, general cooking information and, of course, recipes!"
About iWon
Launched only ten months ago, iWon currently attracts one out of every nine people who visit the Web from work, and one out of every ten people who visit the web from home (Media Metrix, July). iWon is also ranked #1 in User Satisfaction among the leading search engines and portal sites (NPD Search and Portal Tracking Study). iWon.com provides users with world-class content and functionality with leading partners such as Associated Press, CBS, Inktomi, the Industry Standard, CBS MarketWatch, RealNames, Reuters, CBS Sportsline, Sun Microsystems, TheStreet.com, Travelocity, and WeatherNews Inc.
As an added incentive, iWon gives away to users $10,000 every day, 30 prizes of $1,000 every week, $1 million every month and $10 million on Tax Day. By simply using the site to search the Web, check email, go shopping, read the news, or perform other regular Internet activities, iWon users earn entries with practically every click. Through the 3-tiered "Refer-A-Friend" program, iWon users can also earn cash prizes, up to $1 million, if someone in their referral network wins a Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Annual prize. To date iWon has given away more than $24 million in cash prizes. For details and official rules, visit www.iwon.com.
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