Gourmet Food PR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESEATTLE WA - June 9, 2008
La Panzanella LLC
Contact: Sharon Briley, (206) 903-0500, Email: sharon@lapanzanella.com

La Panzanella’s SIX-time award-winning Croccantini are now available for retail in an attractive 5-ounce retail box, in addition to our original 8-ounce bag! This eye-appealing box can be stacked on a shelf both upright and on it side, displayed neatly above your specialty cheese case, or positioned on one of our complimentary retail display racks. Made with all-natural ingredients, and Kof-K certified kosher and parve, the Croccantini will be gone before you get home! There are nine flavors to choose from, each with its own unique flavor profile… savory, spicy, herbal. Retail Croccantini are available in Black Pepper, Fennel, Rosemary, Original, Garlic, Sesame, Whole Wheat, Onion, and Tomato-Oregano. Each excites the palate. Once your customers taste these beautiful rustic crackers, they will be running back for more!

Since 1990, La Panzanella LLC has made delicious Italian baked goods in the centuries-old artisan tradition in Seattle, Washington. Their simple goodness calls to mind the irresistible aroma of a panifcio (bread bakery), and celebrates the Italian philosophy of the meal as the heart of family and community. Inspired by classical regional recipes and an abundance of fresh local ingredients, we developed a delightfully crisp, herb-infused cracker: the Croccantini or “Crunchy Little Bite” in Italian.

Today, our rustic creations are proudly offered everywhere from gourmet specialty stores to fine retail outlets to your favorite restaurant and catered event. Croccantini are an ideal snack food or accompaniment to cheese, dips, spread and soups. Or look for them as an additional offering in the breadbasket of your favorite restaurant. Croccantini add gourmet cachet to any table whether infused in your dish or served along side. The entire line of La Panzanella Croccantini is handcrafted with all-natural ingredients and certified K of-K kosher and parve.

Order your croccantini today for both retail sales and foodservice. Retail options of our full-sized crackers include cases of 12-5oz retail boxes and 12-8oz retail bags. For foodservice, we offer our full-sized croccantini in 5-pound bulk cases in addition to our new 2-Bite Croccantini in 6-pound bulk cases. Croccantini are available directly through the bakery or fine distributors throughout the United States and Canada. Contact La Panzanella LLC at (206) 903-0500 to order yours today! La Panzanella LLC, 612 South Alaska Street, Seattle, WA 98108, www.lapanzanella.com. Call today and taste Seattle’s Favorite Cracker!

Contact: Sharon Briley
Company Name: La Panzanella LLC
Email: sharon@lapanzanella.com
Website http://www.lapanzanella.com

Tags: croccantini, italian baked goods, la panznella

PRINCETON, NJ - May 20, 2008- Chocolate and peanut butter lovers will rejoice in the latest two gourmet PRETZEL CRISPS® flavors from The Snack Factory.• Dark Chocolate Covered PRETZEL CRISPS bring together the decadence of all-natural 45% cacao with the delicious salty crunch of a baked, fat-free pretzel.

• The sweet and salty Peanut Butter Covered PRETZEL CRISPS are sure to delight fans of pretzels dipped in creamy peanut butter. The Snack Factory has even drizzled dark chocolate on each Peanut Butter Covered PRETZEL CRISPS for a fabulously gourmet flavor.

“Consumers love indulgent snacks - and mixing sweet and salty flavors is a favorite. For our new Peanut Butter Covered flavor, we dipped our all natural, thin and crunchy PRETZEL CRISPS in an indulgently creamy peanut butter flavored dip then drizzled them with dark chocolate for a just-right sweet and salty crunch,” said Warren Wilson, President of The Snack Factory. “And for those seeking a satisfying chocolate snack, our all natural Dark Chocolate Covered PRETZEL CRISPS are sure to please. As always, we searched passionately for high-quality ingredients to complement our gourmet-tasting snacks. We know you’ll love them!”

Like all delicious PRETZEL CRISPS flavors, Peanut Butter Covered Pretzel Crisps and Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzel Crisps have no trans fat. They’re delectable right from the bag, or try them with a spoonful of ice cream to make a perfect mini ice cream sandwich that will satisfy any sweet tooth. All Pretzel Crisps are oven baked and carry Kosher certification.

Tags: gourmet pretzels, gourmet snacks, pretzel crisp

For Immediate Release:

Dulcet Cuisine’s Balsamic Dressing & Dipping Sauce Chosen as a Finalist in Outstanding Dressing Category for the 2008 Sofi Award Competition! 

Portland, OR-April 24, 2008 - Dulcet Cuisine’s Balsamic Dressing & Dipping Sauce has been chosen as a finalist in the Outstanding Dressing Category for the 2008 Sofi Awards Competition.  As part of the 54^th Annual Summer Fancy Food Show in New York this June, the Product Award Competition will determine a Winner in each category during the show.

The Dulcet Balsamic Dressing & Dipping Sauce is one of the four original products introduced when Dulcet launched the product line in the spring of 2004.  Since then, Dulcet has garnered awards for eight of its twelve products including the Grand Champion Award for its Madras Curry Mustard at the 2006 Napa Valley Mustard Festival Worldwide Competition.

Dulcet Cuisine’s Balsamic Dressing & Dipping Sauce is an all natural, preservative free artisan made dressing & sauce. The smooth blend of aged balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, with a touch of organic Dijon Mustard and lightly sweetened with pure honey is a favorite among foodies in its hometown of Portland, Oregon. Use it to dress up any salad or toss on vegetables before roasting.  Use as a dipping sauce with a crusty loaf of bread.  A recipe for Spinach Salad with fresh strawberries & chevre is on the label.  More recipes are available at www.dulcetcuisine.com.

Dulcet Cuisine is passionate about creating delicious, all natural, quality driven, dressings, sauces, marinades, cooking spices and mustards, in a manner that is eco-friendly and supports sustainable practices. Dulcet’s goal is to share the joy of cooking with others, by offering an array of easy to follow and healthy recipes utilizing the Dulcet products.

For more information visit www.dulcetcuisine.com, or contact us at:

Dulcet Cuisine, LLC

333 S. State Street, Suite V-134

Lake Oswego, OR 97034 USA

Phone: 503-756-4688

Fax: 503-222-5071

Tags: balsamic dressing, dipping sauce, dulcet cuisine, gourmet dressing, gourmet sauce, sofi award

For Immediate Release: 

Dulcet Cuisine launches two New Products at the 2008 Winter NASFT Show. 

Dulcet Cuisine is excited to introduce two new additions to their all natural, award winning line; Sweet Orange Chili Mustard and Tangy & Peppery Moroccan Sauce.  They will be featured at Dulcet Cuisine’s booth, number 4913, during the 2008 Fancy Food Show in San Diego. The new products will be exhibited alongside Dulcet’s award-winning artisan line of dressings, sauces, marinades, spice rubs and mustards.  They will also be showcased in the What’s New, What’s Hot Exhibits, formally the Focused Exhibits.

The Sweet Orange Chili Mustard is Organic Stone Ground Mustard blended with a burst of fresh orange puree, spicy guajillo chilies and our own blend of spices that create a hearty and robust “south-of-the-border” mustard.  The Tangy & Peppery Moroccan Sauce lives up to its name as an all-natural grilling sauce capturing the flavors of Morocco with cinnamon, ginger, paprika and saffron. This versatile sauce and marinade is excellent for poultry, meats and vegetables.

Dulcet Cuisine’s products have garnered widespread industry acclaim with seven of the existing ten products winning awards, including four NASFT awards in the past two years.  In 2006 Dulcet’s Madras Curry Mustard was chosen Grand Champion at the Napa Valley Mustard Festival World-Wide Mustard Competition.

Dulcet’s President and Chef, Pam Kraemer and staff, will be on hand at the booth to meet you and sample the complete product line.  Make sure to stop by to taste Dulcet’s delicious products and say hello.

Dulcet Cuisine is an artisan food company that uses the freshest and finest all-natural ingredients and strives to patronize sustainable farms, support renewable energy resources in its operations and recycle whenever possible.

To contact by phone or mail:

Dulcet Cuisine, LLC

333 S. State Street, Suite V-134

Lake Oswego, OR 97034 USA

Phone: 503-756-4688

Fax: 503-222-5071

e-mail: pam@dulcetcuisine.com

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Tags: dulcet cuisine, gourmet mustard, gourmet sauce, moroccan sauce, sweet orange chili mustard

For Immediate Release
April 27, 2008
CHICAGO - During the opening keynote address at the Global Food & Style Expo in Chicago, Chef Bobby Flay discussed the growing use of organic and specialty food at his restaurants and on the American table. He addressed how important quality ingredients were to the quality and taste of the food he serves.

Following the presentation, Chef Flay put on an hour-long cooking demonstration sponsored by Dillman Farm and Florida Crystals. Chef Flay created Spanish Spice- Rubbed Chicken Breasts with Parsley-Mint Sauce from his new cookbook “GRILL IT!” Dillman Farm supplied some of the all-natural products for the cooking demonstration.

The 2008 Global Food & Style Expo featured three trade associations: the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture’s (NASDA) U.S. Food Export Showcase, the Organic Trade Association’s All Things Organic Conference & Trade Show, and the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) Spring Fancy Food Show. Approximately 12,000 buyers attended the event, which was the largest display of organic, specialty and export-ready foods in the U.S

For more information, contact:

Cary Dillman, Dillman Farm, Inc., 800-359-1362

About Dillman Farm

Dillman Farm is a family business that has been making all-natural products since 1970. It produces over 60 varieties of fruit butter spreads, fruit preserves, jellies, mustards, salsas, barbecue sauces, sucrose free spreads, and hot apple products at its cookhouse in Bloomington, Indiana. Dillman Farm’s products are all natural, and use no corn syrups or preservatives. They use 20% recycled glass in their jars and up to 50% recycled cardboard in their shipping boxes. Dillman Farm is committed to using as little resources as possible in making their products and in their belief that the food we eat should be as simple as possible. For more information, visit www.dillmanfarm.com.

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Tags: all natural foods, bobby flay, dillman farm, gourmet foods

Bella Cucina introduces an Alice Waters’ slow food favorite, the original Tuscan Grill.

Bella Cucina Artful Food, the award winning producer of artisan foods, is introducing the original Tuscan Grill at the New York Fancy Food show in June. Creator and owner, Alisa Barry, traveled to Tuscany, Italy to find an artisan metalsmith who would produce each Tuscan Grill by hand, which will now be available by special order to specialty food & gift retailers throughout the United States.

The original Tuscan Grill was modeled from an 18th century Italian grill design. Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley, California, says, “The Tuscan Grill is a indispensable in my kitchen. I’ve cooked over it for 20 years. It makes grilling a pleasure!”

Bella Cucina Artful Food is delighted to have Alice Waters’ support!

For centuries, Tuscans have been using the grill as their primary cooking source. In the summertime, cooking outside keeps the kitchen cool. In the winter, cooking in the fireplace with seasoned hardwood is a warming way to enjoy the aromatic flavors of the direct heat grilling experience.

To see the Tuscan Grill, visit the Bella Cucina booth # 4526

Bella Cucina was recently awarded a Gallo Family Gold Medal Award as an outstanding artisan producer in the U.S.. Bella Cucina continues to be a favorite of retailers and customers for its handcrafted, artisan made ALL NATURAL artful food & beautifully packaged gifts. For product information, visit the website {www.bellacucina.com}.

Press Contact: Chef/owner Alisa Barry at 678.539.8400 or alisa@bellacucina.com
Visit Alisa’s NEW blog featuring product and recipe ideas:
www. bellacucinablog.blogspot.com
For a sample recipe using the Tuscan Grill, visit Alisa’s Blog:
http://bellacucinablog.blogspot.com/2008/05/grilled-shallots.html

{Enhancing the lives of others everyday through the spirit, beauty and sustenance of artful food}

Tags: alice waters, bella cucina, tuscan cooking, tuscan grill

10 Reasons to Avoid Eating at a Restaurant
By Chef Vanda

Eating healthy meals at home, prepared with your specific tastes and needs should be the ultimate goal. All right, I admit I like eating at restaurants every once in a while but if you are trying to lead a wholesome, stress free life restaurants are not the answer. Think about this:

Time - You go to your favorite restaurant on a busy night and you have to stand and wait or make reservations. It takes over two hours to have your hunger go away from the moment you say “I’m hungry, let’s go out for dinner”. If your meal had been prepared by a Personal Chef, it will usually take less than twenty minutes to sit at your table and eat your meal.

Comfort - At a restaurant, you sit jammed in a restaurant engineered for maximum capacity on restaurant chairs that are designed to encourage a quick turnover not for sitting and eating. At home, you sit at your favorite seat and nobody is trying to rush you out so they can sit another couple.

Service - Even if you go to a great restaurant, if your waitress is in a bad mood, you are out of luck. While if you ate at home, if you are in a bad mood you only have yourself to blame.

Ambiance - Music, lighting, restaurant noise. At home you can control all of it, the exact music you want to hear, soft lighting or dinner on the porch. You can eat barefoot or in a tuxedo, it’s completely up to you.

Selection – If you want Fradiablo and your partner wants Chicken Cordon Bleu. If you go to a continental you aren’t going to have your Fradiablo. You could be enjoying your favorites, if you had a personal chef.

Not authentic cuisine: Most restaurants serve watered down versions of recipes to reach the most amount of clients. A personal chef will customize authentic recipes to your specific taste.

Special Requests - Imagine you ask your waiter for no mushrooms, no onions or no cheese and when your meal came out there was mushrooms, onions or cheese. It would take another twenty minutes before your meal came back, if they didn’t just pick off what you didn’t want. A personal chef will prepare meals according your specific tastes and needs, if you like onions and no green peppers, that’s exactly how you will get your meals.

Ingredients Freshness - Depending on how busy your restaurant is, they usually get a food delivery once a week. Restaurants maximize their profits by buying ingredients in bulk; food can sit in the refrigerator for weeks before it gets used. A personal chef will choose the freshest ingredients and use them that same day.

Portions – A restaurant has to make inhuman sized portions to turn a profit and when you walk out of there you are so full you can barely breathe. A personal chef will prepare meals for you that will leave you satisfied; you won’t have to loosen your pants to know it’s time to stop eating.

Transfats – Using transfats has been a shortcut restaurants use to add flavor to your meals. Frying, lots of butter and extra creamy sauces add flavor and heart problems. A good personal chef can add great flavor without the extra baggage.

Can I get you some dessert? – You are weak for just ten seconds and ten minutes later, you realize you are digging into a two thousand calorie Tiramisu. A personal chef can help you maintain your weight without denying your cravings for something sweet by providing desserts that are healthy and satisfying.

The other restaurant customers - The world is full of people with different sensibilities and manners. At home, you won’t have to deal with other people’s manners or lack of.

Long Ride Home - You order a bottle of wine but you are afraid of having more than one glass of wine for fear of driving under the influence. If you dine at home, you can drink more than one glass of your favorite wine.

Rats – You’ve seen it in the news recently, every restaurant has rats or the poisons to keep rats away. Your home doesn’t have rats the size of small dogs does it?

Eating at home just makes the most sense.

About The Author:

Chef Vanda is owner and chef of Shilloh, Personal Chef Services specializing in special diets, healthy eating and flavorful meals. Visit us at Shilloh. Chef Vanda ©2007

The other day, New York City had a new tourist destination. People would gather around the window of a downtown chain fast food restaurant to watch rats play behind the counter and in the food preparation area. News cameras were on hand and all of New York watched in horror as large rodents frolicked undisturbed at a restaurant that had passed the Board of Health Inspection the day before. The restaurant was closed the next day and has since re-opened.

Last year, news cameras captured rats climbing and running around the donuts of a large donut coffee chain. The workers would shoo them away but they would return. The restaurant had recently passed their inspection. The restaurant was closed and has since re-opened.

In recent years, workers of a California theme park restaurant filed for worker’s compensation citing illness from airborne illness form mold and rat feces dust. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) officials declared they could find no evidence of mold or rat feces.

It would be unfair to blame the health inspectors; they are overworked and constantly exposed to deceptions. It would not be fair to talk badly about the franchise; they make rules for the workers to follow. You can’t blame the workers; they are low-paid, over worked and have little incentive to over perform. Rats are just a part of the industry. Even the best restaurants must constantly be vigilante against a rat infestation. It is just one of the many problems of running a restaurant.

Does your home kitchen have a rat problem? Unlikely. The best place to prepare and cook your meals is probably in your own kitchen. And in the perfect world, you would probably prefer to have all of your meals prepared in the comfort of your own kitchen. But with today’s busy lifestyles, preparing and cooking the kinds of healthy meals you know you should be feeding yourselves is next to impossible.

That’s where a Personal Chef can help. After an in-depth interview, a personal chef will create a menu (specific to your likes and dislikes), shop for the groceries, prepare and cook healthy gourmet meals in your home. Your meals are packaged and stored in your refrigerator or freezer for you to consume at your leisure. Your kitchen is left clean and your home smelling nice.

Customized gourmet meals without the fuss, no menu planning, no grocery shopping, no long hours in the kitchen, no extra produce and no doubt about the sanitary conditions your food was prepared in.

About The Author:

Chef Vanda is owner and chef of Shilloh, Personal Chef Services specializing in special diets, healthy eating and flavorful meals. Visit us at Shilloh. Chef Vanda ©2007

Tags: chef services, gourmet meals, personal chef

O.N.E.™ Coconut Water launches limited edition carton package designed by Romero Britto to provide safe drinking water to more than 1,000 Brazilians.

Miami, Fla. - June 17, 2008 – Today, O.N.E.™, internationally-renowned pop artist Romero Britto and the BrazilFoundation announced the launch of a limited edition beverage designed to raise awareness and funds for clean water in Brazil. O.N.E.™ Coconut Water, which comes in Tetra Pak cartons mainly made from renewable resources, will be the canvas for the radiant and energetic designs typical of Romero Britto’s work throughout the summer, with a portion of sales supporting Brazilian water projects. Together with the BrazilFoundation – a grant making organization in Brazil - the partners expect to be able to support projects to bring clean drinking water to more than 1,000 people in the semi-arid states of Pernambuco and Paraiba in Northeast Brazil.

“As an artist, I am privileged and honored to be able to lend my talent in support of this project,” said Romero Britto. “As a Brazilian from Pernambuco and a member of the human family, I’m very passionate about the challenges posed by the lack of clean, sustainable water supplies around the world. I applaud companies like O.N.E.™ and the BrazilFoundation for taking action on behalf of those in dire need.”

O.N.E.™ is donating a percentage of the Romero Britto limited edition Coconut Water sales to benefit the BrazilFoundation project, Solutions for Life in the Semi-Arid Lands, among others. The resources raised will help to build wood-lined cisterns next to homes to collect rare rainwater and provide clean drinking water to rural communities in the drought ridden region of Northeastern Brazil. Hundreds of families have already been given practical technologies to capture and store rainwater. As a result of O.N.E.’s contributions, the project will add 200 cisterns in five communities, contributing to better health and freeing time for mothers and children now responsible for walking miles for their daily water needs.

“As a company founded on the ideal of using natural ingredients to promote healthy living, O.N.E.™ is committed to lending its resources to the fight for the most basic of all natural ingredients so scarce for millions today – clean drinking water,” said Rodrigo Veloso, President of O.N.E. World Enterprises. “We’re excited to be joining forces with Romero Britto and the BrazilFoundation to support the need for safe drinking water in Brazil.”

Naturally purified as it is filtered through the dense fibers of coconuts for nine months, O.N.E.™ Coconut Water is a nutritious, pure and refreshing beverage. One hundred percent natural, with five essential electrolytes and more potassium than a banana, it has no added sugars, no fat, no cholesterol, and no preservatives. Packaged in a sustainable and environmentally-friendly manner, O.N.E.™ Coconut Water is available in 11 oz. and 1 Liter Tetra Pak cartons.

The Romero Britto designed O.N.E. carton is available now nationwide while supplies last. It can be purchased at Whole Foods Markets and Kroger Stores, as well as online at Amazom.com for a retail price of about $1.99 (11oz.) and $5.79 (1L). For more information on the limited edition O.N.E.™ Coconut Water visit http://www.onenaturalexperience.com/.

About Romero Britto
A modern day pop culture phenomenon, Romero Britto, has created contemporary masterpieces with his vibrant colors, bold patterns and a continuous message of hope. Britto’s paintings and sculptures are currently exhibited in more than 100 galleries worldwide. Britto’s creative touch and infectious energy have been sought after by such brands like Evian, Pepsi, Audi, Nicole Miller, Technomarine, Microsoft and the NFL. Never forgetting his humble beginnings, Britto has donated his tremendous talent, time and endless enthusiasm to over 1,000 charitable organizations worldwide. In 2007, The Romero Britto Foundation was established to provide support to individuals and organizations who work to create, encourage, promote and preserve education and humanitarian based initiatives benefiting children around the world.

For more information on Romero Britto please visit www.britto.com.

About O.N.E.™ World Enterprises
O.N.E.™ World Enterprises was established in 2005 in order to fulfill the growing demand for nutritional products in the U.S. market by providing a line of packaged, better-for-you beverages that serve as a healthier and natural alternative to sports drinks, energy drinks, sodas, enhanced waters and bottled waters. To learn more about O.N.E.™ go to onenaturalexperience.com.

About The BrazilFoundation
BrazilFoundation is a grant making organization that promotes knowledge and encourages philanthropic activity in the US, channeling talents and resources to programs in Brazil that promote equity and justice through efforts of local social entrepreneurs. Since its founding in 2000 the Foundation has generated over $8 million directed to over 200 social projects in the areas of education, health, participatory development, human rights, and culture.

BrazilFoundation is a public charity incorporated in New York State. It is nonprofit under section 501 (c) (3) of the U.S. tax code. All contributions to BrazilFoundation are deductible to the extent permitted by law. BrazilFoundation EIN # is 13-4131482.

About Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak is the world’s leading food processing and packaging solutions company. Working closely with our customers and suppliers, we provide safe, innovative and environmentally sound products that each day meet the needs of hundreds of millions of people around the world. With over 20,000 employees and operations in more than 150 countries, we believe in responsible industry leadership and a sustainable approach to business. Our motto, “PROTECTS WHAT’S GOOD, “™ reflects our vision to make food safe and available, everywhere. More information about Tetra Pak is available at www.tetrapakusa.com.

Tags: brazil, brazilfoundation, clean water, o.n.e., tetrapak

For Immediate Release

Size Makes a Difference!

MarXana Brand Foods will unveil its all new 8.5 ounce size bottles of Splash! Pomegranate based reduction sauces at the NASFT in New York, June 29, 2008. “The new size accommodates the many requests by specialty and gourmet gift basket companies,” says Jules Silver, president and owner, “as well as establishing a lower price point and better shelf height with added label information for retail consumers.”

Pomegranate has proven to be a nutritious healthy fruit and “MarXana Brand Foods has discovered new ways to use pomegranate in addition to eating the fruit or drinking the juice,” continues Jules, “whether you use it to add flavor to other sauces or as a finishing sauce, a dessert sauce, salad dressing, in a martini or smoothie we’ve got you covered.”

Splash! pomegranate based sauces are all-in-one sweet/tart tasting reductions in six distinct flavors that retain all of the natural benefits of pomegranate fruit in a concentrated form without added sweeteners, fillers or preservatives found in many other pomegranate flavored products. These sauces are not only appealing to vegetarians but also to those that are gluten, soy, and sodium intolerant. The Shiro Plum Sake flavor also is completely sulfite free.

“Get a taste of it!” quips Jules. You can sample a Splash! of this wonderful taste sensation at booth (5631) at the NASFT. The flavors are Pomegranate Port, Shiro Plum Sake, Black Currant Cabernet, Tart Cherry Syrah, Mission Fig Port, and Blueberry Merlot. Pricing, minimums and more information will be available at the booth. Your visit will definitely be worth your time.

For additional information, questions or to make an appointment please contact Jules Silver at 888-560-3562, saucemaster@clubsauce.com or visit the website www.marxanabrandfoods.com

Order Pomegranate Reduction Sauce online.

Tags: fancy food show, marxana, pomegranate reduction, reduction sauces