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Beaverton Foods Mustard Wins Big
BEAVERTON, OR – (June 3, 2015) – Just in time for National Mustard Day on August 1st, Beavertone Foods, Oregon’s 86-year-old specialty condiment manufacturer, has hit a Grand Slam earning three Gold medals – nine total – at the 20th annual World-Wide Mustard Competition. The event involved 50 judges at the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, WI. The international competition has included entries from as far away as Japan, Greece and Sweden. “Watch out,” noted Barry Levenson, curator of the National Mustard Museum, “you will soon be known as the New York Yankees of the mustard world.” Here is a ...

Toronto Food and Wine Festival Debuts
July 20, 2015, TORONTO – The first ever Toronto FOOD & WINE Festival, taking place September 18 to 20, 2015 at Evergreen Brick Works in downtown Toronto, is brimming with epicurean delights from start to finish. Toronto FOOD & WINE Festival will put the expertise and creativity of the best culinary talents from across the continent in the spotlight with new and exciting features. Over the course of three delectable days, guests will experience the best in food and wine, beer, spirits and other beverages; from sipping and savouring 130 vendors in the Grand Tasting Pavilion presented by PC Black Label, to taking ...

2015 Fresno Food Expo
Fresno, California – July 9, 2015…The 2015 Fresno Food Expo, presented by Union Bank, is excited to debut 32 innovative new products, varietals and packaging concepts that were entered into the New Product Awards from 29 different San Joaquin Valley businesses. Now in its third year, the New Product Awards, presented by Baker Peterson Franklin CPA, LLP have become a strategic new product launching pad and this year features products ranging from traditional and organic produce; to flavorful wines, beers and juices, specialty cheeses, zesty peppers and tangyseasonings; to conveniently packaged dips, nuts, snacks and everything in between, all highlighting ...

Ball Presents "Can It Forward Day"
With fresh produce arriving in home gardens, Farmers Markets and CSAs, consumers are likely seeking ways to preserve the season’s ripest fruits and vegetables. Jarden Home Brands, makers of the Ball brand home canning products, is here to help make it easier than ever to learn to can with its 5th annual Can-It-Forward Day, an international event that celebrates the joys of fresh preserving. It will take place live from the Jarden Home Brands’ Fresh Preserving Test Kitchen on August 1. Canning it Forward! From 11 a.m to 4 p.m EDT on August 1, Jarden Home Brands is hosting a live webcast of canning ...

Parmesan US Office Changes Hands
Petaluma, CA, July 22nd, 2015: After twenty-five years as the Director of the US Information Office for the Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano, the official entity for the King of Cheeses in Italy, Nancy Radke is handing over her veritable crown to two successors, Danielle Caponi Bolla and Federico Bolla of Ponte PR & Marketing. Radke’s agency, Good Food Creative, took on the task of representing Parmigiano Reggiano® cheese throughout the United States in 1990. During her tenure, she developed an information office that connected with retail, trade and consumers throughout the United States with a focus on education and building brand ...

Herrell's Debuts Flavors for Ramadan
Beginning on July 17th 2015, Herrell’s Ice Cream will introduce 2 new ice cream flavors, Baklava and Moroccan Mint Tea ice creams. Both flavors are Middle Eastern favorites. Baklava a nut, honey, cinnamon encased in filo dough treat (our ice cream does not contain the filo) creating a flavorful sweet combination and is often eaten as a dessert, while Moroccan Mint Tea is made using gunmetal green tea, spearmint leaves and sugar making a delicious steeped sweet and relaxing tea drink. Each flavor is unique and makes a wonderful ice cream flavor. An Islamic holiday, Ramadan celebrates the month when ...

Award for Solidarity Cuisine Cookbook
The famous Gourmand Awards organization has just presented the Bocuse d’Or Winners with a fine award, the best fund-raising publication award for their book Recettes solidaires-Solidarity cuisine. This prize is justified because of the association’s strong commitment to www.babyloan.org, which it has been supporting since 2013. Babyloan is the leading European solidary microcredit organisation on the internet. Using the principle of solidarity lending as a basis, the prizewinning chefs at Bocuse d’Or are contributing to the development of micro-entrepreneurs in food-related areas worldwide: agriculture, restaurants, fishing, small businesses… The book, which of course presents the Bocuse d’Or contest, primarily showcases the microcredit concept, Babyloan and examples ...

Sofi Award Winners Announced
NEW YORK (June 29, 2015) – Raspberry Rhubarb Goat Milk Caramels from Big Picture Farm in Townshend, Vt., is the winner of the sofi™ Award for outstanding new product of 2015. The confection is one of 33 winners in the annual competition which honors excellence across all specialty food categories, from appetizers to pastas to vinegar. The winners were announced Monday night at a red-carpet awards ceremony at the 61st Summer Fancy Food Show in New York. Ted Allen, host of Food Network's Chopped delivered a keynote address, and the coveted gold sofi chef statues were handed out by Chef Alex Guarnaschelli, ...

Atalanta Features Real Greek Artisan Cheese
Elizabeth, NJ - Real Greek Artisan®, a leading Greek Feta cheese and specialty food line, was featured at the Summer Fancy Food show in New York City at Atalanta Corporation’s booth. With the support of the European Commission to protect products of designated origins, Real Greek Feta was reintroduced to the market with PDO and PGI labels in 2002. Real Greek Artisan® aims to educate the consumer on Greece’s culinary history and promote true Greek products and ingredients. Greece holds a centuries-old cultivation tradition and is the leader in the world market offering the authentic, healthy foods that comprise ...

Record-Breaking Show for IDDBA
Madison, WI —Dairy-Deli-Bake Seminar & Expo was held June 7-9 at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA. Dairy-Deli-Bake hosted 9,322 registered attendees, breaking the association’s previous record of 8,727. Attendees included top-tier retail buyers, merchandisers, executives, food manufacturers, brokers, distributors, and additional leading industry professionals. The sold-out expo consisted of a record-breaking 1,902 booths, representing 740 companies. The expo floor was crowded and busy as both exhibitors and retailers cultivated relationships, new business, and fresh ideas. This year’s seminars offered key insights into our business, the economy, the consumer, and current trends. The notable speaker line-up included ...

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