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Gourmet Election-Themed Treats Yield Brisk Sales
Specialty food makers are putting a tasty spin on Election Day, offering partisan pastas, hot sauce and cupcakes, as well as donkeys and elephants made from chocolate ganache.Some are staging their own contests, while others are using sales of election-themed treats to predict who will end up in the White House, according to the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade Inc. (NASFT).Election Day offerings from NASFT members include Dave’s Gourmet’s Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Hot Sauces; The Pasta Shoppe’s Democrat and Republican Pasta; Main Street Cupcakes’ Election Themed Cupcakes; Byrd Cookie Company’s Democrat Snacks and GOP Cookies; Moonstruck ... |
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Gourmet Housewares Show Announces 2013 Dates
GLM will host the third annual edition of the Gourmet Housewares Show at the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) Aug. 18-21, 2013.Presented within the summer edition of the NYIGF, the Gourmet Housewares Show features 175 exhibitors offering high-end resources in cookware, bakeware, kitchen gadgets, kitchen textiles, bar and wine accessories, small electrics, specialty food, cookbooks, storage/containers, and picnic/barbecue accessories, alongside thousands of complementary NYIGF exhibitors.The show will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.Since its inception in 1975, the Gourmet Housewares Show has provided a professional marketplace for the gourmet products and upscale housewares ... |
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William Bounds Adds 30 New Mills to Its Made-in-the-USA Line
William Bounds expands its 100 percent American-made line of pepper, salt and spice mills to give specialty retailers more opportunities to sell quality U.S. products.The durable Made in the USA mills feature the exclusive William Bounds three-step adjustment ring for a fine, medium or coarse grind. To maximize fresh flavor, the proprietary William Bounds milling mechanism crushes rather than grinds ingredients, releasing full flavor. The design has no interlocking parts, so the mill will not jam or wear out, according to the company.The Made in the USA line includes a wide variety of sizes and styles, including wood, clear acrylic ... |
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Kuhn Rikon Swiss Pull Chop Receives Top Rating in Swiss Test
The Kuhn Rikon Swiss Pull Chop, which makes chopping and mincing as easy as pulling a cord, came out on top of a test of 14 name-brand manual-powered mini choppers conducted by K-Tipp, a leading Swiss consumer magazine.K-Tipp offers product recommendations based on rigorous independent testing. Of the 14 mini choppers tested, only three delivered “good” results, and the Swiss Pull Chop was noted as the least expensive of the three.The Swiss Pull Chop was also one of the two brands singled out as “very good” for chopping onions, one of the most commonly chopped foods in the kitchen. The ... |
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Cooking.com, Butter Bell Team for E-Commerce Site
Cooking.com has announced a new channel partnership with Butter Bell, an L. Tremain Co. brand, which since its inception in 1996 has become the most recognized purveyor of butter crocks in North America. The partnership of these two major players in the culinary space, both based in Los Angeles, coincides with the launch of the newly redesigned Butter Bell Store. In addition to providing consumers with Butter Bell crocks – which store soft, delicious, spreadable butter safely without refrigeration – in a wide variety of styles, the Butter Bell Store provides a selection of more than 250 cooking-related items. Cooking.com, ... |
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Cooking Light Debuts Cookbook
Combining 25 years of expertise in healthy cooking with a forward-looking view on food trends, Cooking Light Editor Scott Mowbray and his team delivered a new guide for home cooks with the introduction of “The New Way to Cook Light.” With clear guidance on making smart, nutritious and sustainable choices, plus a comprehensive collection of more than 400 essential recipes, “The New Way to Cook Light” is a must-have for anyone interested in eating well. The 400-recipe cookbook, which became available Oct. 16, confirms that the desire to eat healthfully should not sideline anyone from participating in America’s burgeoning food ... |
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Byrd Cookie Opens Retail Store in Savannah’s City Market
Byrd Cookie Co. returned to downtown Savannah, Ga., recently, opening a retail store in City Market, 85 years after founder Benjamin T. Byrd moved the business out of the historic district with his family’s relocation to Sandfly, according to a news report in the Savannah Morning News. The shop is the first off-site retail outlet for the company. “Being here 88 years we have become part of the history of Savannah,” Geoffrey Repella, Byrd’s president, told the newspaper. “We want to be a part of the fabric of historic Savannah.” Byrd was founded just a few blocks from the new ... |
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Specialty Meats Firm Fiorucci Becomes Campofrio Food Group America
Fiorucci Foods Inc., the top brand of traditional Italian specialty meats in Italy, and a leading brand in the United States, became part of the Campofrio Food Group last year. To reflect the change in ownership, the company’s corporate name will officially change from Fiorucci Foods Inc. to Campofrio Food Group America effective immediately. Fiorucci products will continue to be sold under the Fiorucci brand name and the firm’s headquarters will remain in South Chesterfield, Va. Founded in 1850, Fiorucci is one of the leading players in the Italian processed meats industry. The firm started operations in the United States ... |
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NYIGF Expands Several Categories for Winter Market
As a result of greater demand from companies seeking access to the New York market, as well as subtle shifts to the exhibit floor layout, the New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) is on track to sell out the winter 2013 edition, Jan. 26-30, at New York’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 and 94. There will be increased numbers of new, handmade and gourmet housewares resources at the coming market – the last before NYIGF’s “Focus Forward 2013” strategic reorganization debuts in summer 2013 with the introduction of four new, comprehensive market collections: Home, ... |
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Vietri Celebrates 30 Years
Vietri Inc. – importer of fine Italian handcrafted dinnerware, flatware, glassware, linens, decorative accessories and garden urns – marks its 30th anniversary in 2013.The company began celebrating the milestone during the Fall Tabletop Show in New York City Oct. 9 at a cocktail reception. Founder Susan Gravely toasted to 30 years of success in the Vietri showroom at 41 Madison Avenue surrounded by colleagues, friends, customers and the press. Gravely, along with her sister Frances and mother Lee, founded Vietri in 1983 after a family trip to Italy, where they fell in love with colorful hand-painted dinnerware from the Amalfi ... |
