GOURMET NEWS: EAT-JAPAN Sushi Awards

The winner: a sushi made of seven different treatments of rice. Last year’s winner, Golden Shooting Star, was also a vegetarian sushi. Award-winning chefs from Japan, Russia, Scandinavia, the U.K. and the U.S. competed on October 6th at Sushi Awards 2008 for the Sushi Of The Year Award, a unique creation developed for the event.…
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NEW PRODUCT: Energy Mints & Chocolate Chews

Need that energy but don’t like energy drinks and coffee? Or need something you can pull out of your pocket no matter where you are? Well, Vroom Foods has YOU in mind. One of its “seriously caffeinated” Foosh energy mints is equal to a cup of coffee, as is one of its Buzz Bites chocolate…
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HOLIDAYS: Have A Gourmet Halloween

  There are Halloween cookies everywhere, but if you need to please a discriminating palate, head over to CRRichDesign.com, a NIBBLE Top Pick Of The Week (read our review). Her seasonal collection includes Enjoy our Halloween Treats, which includes a more delicious rendition of the usual Halloween creatures: a dark chocolate cookie cat with black…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Mari’s New York Brownies

Mari gives you the go-ahead to indulge your brownie cravings in a refined and sensible manner. By making individually-wrapped brownies that are 1-1/2” square, you can have your cake and eat it, too. Mari offers happy restraint: Have one compact, deliciously satisfying piece. If you insist on eating the whole box, it’s of your own…
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NEWS: Haagen-Dazs Downsizes Pints

The 16-ounce Haagen-Daz pint: soon to be history. Maybe no one noticed when yogurt when from 8 ounces to 6 ounces. But will Haagen-Dazs lovers take note when the iconic pint downsizes to 14 ounces, beginning in March, 2009? Faced with increasing cost of ingredients, many manufacturers must choose to raise prices or put less…
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