Deep fried eel bones. Goat eyeball tacos. Breaded blowfish. All badass-sounding items featured at New York City restaurants both luxe (bones at Sushi Yasuda and blowfish at Oceana) and low (eyeballs at Taqueria Puebla in Staten Island). Inc.com says ingest one of these babies and you’ll have a story to impress your foodie friends–and gross […]
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When the LaBarbera family was trying to think up the perfect business they decided on something sweet. What’s sweeter than cupcakes? According to the Dayton Daily News, this mom and daughter business offers cupcakes, coffee, and tea. “We wanted to do something to make people happy and put a smile on their faces,” said co-owner
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A good butter toffee offers the consumer a sweet, crunchy treat that can be enjoyed every holiday and in between. A group of four sisters recognized that potential in their own Grandma’s recipe reports ArgusLeader.com. Grandma B’s sells homemade almond butter toffee, just like how the sisters’ great-grandmother, whose nickname was Bolly, made it. Toffee
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Some restaurant chains are now experiencing a different kind of foot traffic, according to The Wall Street Journal. While the food truck trend has been around for a few years now, the article reports on the rise of recognizable restaurant chains using food trucks and vans to catch customers on-the-go. “A small but growing number
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Mitchell York, About.com’s Entrepreneur Guide recently discovered an entrepreneur who is rolling in dough…pizza dough. I recently attended a charity event on eastern Long Island and met Matthew Michel, the founder of Rolling in Dough Pizza Co., a mobile pizza truck with a wood-fired oven that caters parties on Long Island and in New York
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In today’s episode, Rich Whittle talks with Joan Chamberlain, inventor of the Recipe Nest recipe organizer, about how to get your product on store shelves. Listen Now: Or download: That’s My Business!: Recipe Relish Website:Recipe Relish
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Popchips vs. Frito-Lay The challenge: Frito-Lay has nearly 60% of the potato chip market and has dominated the healthy-chip segment since introducing Baked Lays in 1996. What they did: According to CNNMoney, Popchips began its campaign to upend the snack aisle in 2007. Co-founder pals Keith Belling and Pat Turpin created a cross between a
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Do you remember those plastic gadgets that kids used to mold playdoh into spaghetti or other various shapes? An inventor has created a product that does something reasonably similar… with your food. You can use his gadgets on your fruits and veggies, then put it all together to create a wide variety of object. From
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John and Pam Richetta wanted to make sure that their rescue boxers were eating healthy. They purchased some sirloin and created a blend that was dog friendly and additive-free. Impressed by their blend, Rick Rogers asked for the recipe and started selling it as a bulk product under the name The Barefoot Biscuit Company reports
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David and Dawnna Berndt have been watching their business grow for almost 10 years. It was only 9 years ago when they felt the need to do something that could involve the whole family. They didn’t want it to be all “play” reports the Brookings Register. So the couple came up with a plan that
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