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Product Review: The Gracious Gourmet

Note: In exchange for a review, Bridgewater, Connecticut-based The Gracious Gourmet sent me three different spreads  – roasted eggplant tapenade, hatch chile pesto, and portobello mushroom tapenade.  All photos are courtesy of The Gracious Gourmet. After spending nearly 25 years in … Continue reading

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2016 New York Summer Fancy Food Show

The New York Summer Fancy Food Show returned in 2016 with a vengeance.  I became stuffed after the first three aisles – as opposed to the usual four – and found that once again, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Korea were … Continue reading

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What Happens in Bangkok, Finds a Home in Advertising

In 2007, on my first visit to Lebanon, the immigration official furiously flipped through my passport pages, making sure that I’d never been to Occupied Palestine, er, Israel for those of you in El Al territory.  He anxiously peered at … Continue reading

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