Dynamic Business: The passion for making quality gelato has been ingrained in the guys since they worked for their father’s gelato bar in Crows Nest in the early nineties. “The family learnt how to make gelato from cousins of ours from the south of Italy. Southern Italy is very well known for sweets and desserts, […]
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Cassandra Daily: Washington, DC’s Hill Country BBQ launched delivery to the National Mall on Independence Day, and they’re keeping it up all summer long. Alfresco diners supply their own blankets, but the Texas-born restaurant delivers ribs, brisket, and mac ‘n’ cheese straight to the lawn. Meanwhile, Stinky Brooklyn is peddling a basket stocked with fancy
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Nothing will tell you how good the food is quite like your stomach. For Michael Jordan Friedman, it was good choices mixed with instinct that has helped put his health food business on the radar. According to Crain’s New York Business, the inspiration hit while working as an independent food consultant. His job required him
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Edmonton Journal: Initially designed as a fast and efficient way for Canadian soldiers to fight off hypothermia, the Cold-Buster – the culmination of 18 years of research using more than $1 million in funding – was promising to become a success with athletes and backcountry enthusiasts. But three days into the new year, Wang’s world
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VenturaCountyStar: After owning and operating DJ’s California Catering in Camarillo for the past 17 years, Doug and Jennifer Biggs have launched an additional venture. The couple have opened a full-service coffee shop within the new Camarillo Library. The idea to establish such a business at the library was initially expressed by Camarillo Councilman Mike Morgan,
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Love bacon? Then you’ll really love Bacon Freak, reports The Street. BaconFreak.com actually has roots in the wine business. Founder James “Rocco” Loosbrock also has a subscription service selling wine. After attending many chefs’ dinners where he would be pitched the latest and greatest sophisticated wine, he realized that customers for the most part are
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Andrew Logan has what every manufacturer craves: an endless source of free raw materials that his suppliers can’t wait to dump and a market starving for his product, reports Fortune Small Business. Logan, a biologist in Idaho Springs, Colo., turns waste from breweries into a fish-food ingredient. His company, Oberon FMR, spent a decade refining
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Chili is possibly one of the most simple, yet complex foods today. Anyone could make chili, but not everyone can make it good. However, one company is helping the average person change that. Cin Chili offers a variety of spices and products that can help the home cook create the type of chili that will
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Jimmy Berke checks on trays of bright red tomatoes drying in a specially equipped 90-degree solar room that includes dehumidifiers and fans, reports The Palm Beach Post. He’s pleased to see they’re coming along, soon to be on their way to customers who love the sun-dried products his business Leechango Plantation at Turtle Creek produces.
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CNN: Cracker Jack, peanuts, hot dogs. It almost seems like ballpark food is more exciting than the game itself. And if Pati Grady has anything to do with it, we’ll soon be adding shortbread cookies to the list of iconic ballpark snacks. In 2004, Grady searched online for a baseball cookie cutter to no avail.
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