Providence, Rhode Island is a red-hot culinary destination, named the No. 2 Food City in the U.S. by Travel + Leisure readers. Find out what all the fuss is about during Providence Restaurant Weeks, July 8-21. We're teaming up with Go Providence to reward you for spotting your meal at restaurant weeks!

Simply dine at any participating Providence Restaurant Weeks location from July 8th through 21st, spot your meal and you will be entered for the chance to win one of the five $50 restaurant gift certificate prizes. See the full list of restaurants and each of the menus here.

Team Foodspotting adores interactive meals where we get to be super hands on with making our own meal. We've had many great Foodspotting team dinners together in such a fashion.

Starting today, we're excited to help The Melting Pot, our first national restaurant partner, kick off The Fondue Effect.

The Melting Pot wants to thank foodspotters for spotting their fondue at any The Melting Pot location in the U.S. and Canada by giving away a $100 Melting Pot gift card every week. It's simple, just spot your fondue at The Melting Pot and you'll be entered to win.

You have plenty of chances to win - the promotion ends on September 25, 2012! For more details, see the official rules.

The Melting Pot fondue spotted by Jane in Austin, Texas.

The legendary Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival kicks off next week! Whether you're going or just want to go next year… we have an amazing Foodspotting contest to get you excited about two 2012 headliners: Phish and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

TO ENTER Spot a chili pepper dish or fish dish anywhere in the United States - or - Spot any food item you purchase on-site at Bonnaroo to qualify to win a pair of 4-day tickets to the 2013 festival! Contest runs from June 1st to June 11th. Tickets are non-transferrable. NOTE: If you are spotting dishes at Bonnaroo, search for and use 'Bonnaroo' as the Place.

To satiate the tens of thousands of fans turning out to enjoy the festival’s 125 live performances this year, Bonnaroo will have over 70 different food options including three eminently popular NYC restaurants - and Foodspotting favorites - Roberta's Pizza, Crif Dogs and Baohaus.

Be a part of Bonnaroo or ensure your entry to next year's festivities by spotting away! You know you love chili pepper fish dishes anyway.

Photo Credit: Jeff Kravitz

It's about that time again when Foodspotting teams up with one of our awesome partners to give away a trip to an equally awesome destination. This time, we're working with Blackberry Farm in Tennessee and Travel + Leisure to give you the chance to win a weekend stay at the incredible Blackberry Farm. Travel + Leisure just revealed that readers rated this resort No. 1 for Service in the U.S and Canada, and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons recently deemed Blackberry Farm one of her most favourite hotels.

Beyond the excellent service and breath-taking location, what's captivating about Blackberry Farm is its attention to good food. It features a rotation of cooking school events featuring world-class chefs and Master Gardeners that oversee the Garden, cultivating collections of heirloom seeds. The prize will include two nights' accommodation at Blackberry Farm resort in Tennessee, all meals while there and travel to the resort.

All you have to do is go out there and spot as many Southern styled foods as you can from now through June 30, 2012. Here's a hint: below are the dishes that will make you eligible - you also have to be over 18 and a legal resident of the U.S. Never heard of some of these dishes? Even better - it can be just the perfect excuse to go try them!
- Barbecue
- Bourbon
- Chicken and Dumplings
- Chitlins
- Chow-Chow
- Collard Greens
- Cornbread
- Country Ham
- Fried Catfish
- Fried Chicken
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Grits
- Gumbo
- Hominy
- Hoppin John
- Mint Juleps
- Moonshine
- Okra
- Pimento Cheese
- Ramps and Eggs
- Red Beans and Rice
- Shrimp and Grits
- Spoonbread
- Succotash
- Sweet Potatoes
- Sweet Tea

See official rules here.

We all know that Foodspotting boasts some pretty darn professional food photos. We feel so confident about this fact that we've teamed up with ViewBug, a top online photography community, to host a photo contest.

ViewBug is looking for your best foodspotting. Hop over to Viewbug to submit your image for a chance to win bragging rights and some cool prizes. The contest will be judged by Alexa, our CEO and Co-Founder; and Rebecca Karamehmedovic, former Associate Photo Editor for many magazines and websites including Parenting and InStyle magazines. Submit away and show them what good food photos are made of!

Photo by Adam in Sydney

This time every year, the James Beard Foundation honors the best of the best in the food industry from chefs and restaurateurs to cookbook authors and food journalists to restaurant designers and architects and more. The Beard Awards are the highest honor for food and beverage professionals working in North America, so, needless to say, it's a pretty big deal for those who live, breathe, eat, work and advocate for good food.

To coincide with the JBF Awards — winners announced on May 4th and 7th — and the release of The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best cookbook, we're collaborating with our friends at Chronicle Books in a Golden Ticket giveaway!

TO ENTER Simply launch the Foodspotting iPhone and Android apps, log in, and look for a 'Golden Ticket' within the stream to win a copy of The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best title, plus other Food & Wine titles from the Chronicle Books library. (Retail value over $100.)

Additionally, Chronicle Books is offering Foodspotting users 30% off and free ground shipping in the U.S. for any title. Just enter promo code FOODSPOTTING at checkout. Click here to browse titles on the Chronicle Books site.

The contest will run for one week starting on Friday, May 4th, so get ready to launch the Foodspotting app. Look for a Golden Ticket to win a piece of JBF history celebrating the best of the best in food.

On May 19th and 20th, The Great GoogaMooga festival will open to NYC food and music lovers in Brooklyn’s beautiful Prospect Park. Approximately 75 food vendors including Foodspotting favorites Luke's Lobster, Num Pang, Brindle Room and Roberta's will be purveying signature dishes alongside brewers and winemakers with live music performances happening all weekend. We can't think of anything better than the combination of good friends, great food and awesome outdoor concerts in one of our favorite neighborhood parks!

To get you in the celebratory spirit, we teamed up with The Great GoogaMooga to get you closer to the action. In the weeks leading up to the festival, use Foodspotting to win two Extra Mooga tickets!

Salty Pimp @ Big Gay Ice Cream / Pork Belly Sandwich @ Num Pang

Extra Mooga is a festival within GoogaMooga and an all-inclusive food and drink lover’s wonderland featuring over two dozen specially curated menus and drinks, exclusive viewing to main stage acts like Daryl Hall and John Oates and The Roots, 11 theme parties like Marcus Samuelsson's 1920s Harlem Renaissance Party, Shell Shucked! with the John Dory Oyster Bar, and The Big Gay Ice Cream Disco Party.

Names like Anthony Bourdain, James Murphy, Masaharu Morimoto, Aziz Ansari, David Chang, Tom Colicchio and April Bloomfield will all be within Extra Mooga.

The Great GoogaMooga will be held in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. Photo via Flickr.

TO ENTER Spot a dish or drink from any participating Great GoogaMooga restaurant, upload it to Foodspotting and include the hashtag #googamooga in the description. Last day to participate is Sunday, May 13th at 11:59 pm ET. The more you spot, the more chances you have to win! See the full list of participating restaurants.

But that's not all... Let your Foodspotting app be your guide at The Great GoogaMooga and snap photos of your favorite dishes or drinks all weekend. Include the hashtag #googamooga in the dish description and you could win either a Tour of the Brooklyn Brewery or a Wine Tasting for two at Terroir!

We're pumped to be part of such an exciting event and we can't wait to see you guys there.

5/15 UPDATE On Saturday at noon, meet up with us for an impromptu Foodspotting eatup by UrBARN within GoogaMooga. (Look for us in our Foodspotting shirts.) Show us our app on your phone and get a free Foodspotting tee while supplies last!

Seattle Restaurant Week begins on April 8th through 19th. Of course, Foodspotting is here with a contest for all you Restaurant Week goers.

Simply spot any dish at the 150+ local restaurants for the chance to win one of four $50 gift cards to a participating Restaurant Week restaurant. For a full list of locations, visit the Seattle Restaurant Week website. The restaurants are all serving up three-course dinners for $28 - and many of them are offering three-course lunch for $15.

Remember the more you spot, the more chances you have to win! Go get 'em. Detailed rules here.