GOURMET TRAVEL: Great American Beer Festival

The doors open on Thursday, October 11, 5:30 p.m., and until Saturday at 10 p.m. (not nonstop, of course); attendees at the 2007 Great American Beer Festival will have 1,884 beers available to sample. A total of 2,832 beers will be judged over three days by more than 100 judges. There are some new styles…
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TREND: Organic Growth

  Last week we attended the Natural Products Expo East (ExpoEast.com), the largest natural and organic products trade show and conference on the east coast (its sister show, Expo West in Anaheim, is even larger). Among the 25,000 other attendees and 1,790 exhibits, just 25% or so of the exhibitors are in the food industry,…
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CONTEST: Win Some Great Cooking

One Grand Prize winner will attend the 2008 Taste Of EBONY, a culinary extravaganza. The 2008 event honors the accomplishments of prominent African-American chefs. Guests will sample delectable dishes prepared by the featured chefs and restaurants. The prize includes a 3-day/2-night trip for the winner and a guest to attend the event in Chicago, including…
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NEWS: Tea Garden In Oakland

  Numi, the leading producer of organic teas, is opening its first teahouse in Oakland, California on October 12. Located at 2230 Livingston Street in the Embarcadero Cove in Oakland’s Jingle Town district, the Numi Tea Garden includes a retail showroom, tea tasting and training facility that includes a lounge for community and music events.…
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NEWS: Business Gushing At Water Store

  While we don’t yet know of a water store in the U.S., we’ve heard of one in New Zealand, and now one in Toronto, where the first store devoted to water has opened despite the growing environmental backlash over plastic recycling. According to Canada’s National Post, The Water Shoppe in fashionable Greektown has had…
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