gourmet & specialty foods

Candy Bouquet Moves Downtown

Canon City, CO - It is on the move to a better location, where merchandise will be more visible to the public. After opening Candy Bouquet in their home in February, Connie Dickens and Michelle... more »

In New Mexico, A Brittle Treat That Smolders

Las Cruces, NM - In Las Cruces, a candy shop whips up nut brittle made with red and green chili powder almost daily. Luis Flores' parents started in the candy business four decades ago. Today,... more »

Cinnamon Bun Flavored Hot Chocolate

Gourmet du Village's latest addition to their line of hot chocolates is a new Cinnamon Bun flavor; sweet cinnamon and chocolate with mini-marshmallows. Gourmet du Village is the premier hot chocolate supplier in North America... more »

Boutique Popcorn Store Celebrates the Art of Kernels on Lower East Side

Lower East Side, NY - Casual snackers, be warned — the owner of new popcorn shop on Orchard Streets uses terms like "a great canvas" to describe what many of us munch mindlessly in a... more »

Sweet: Chocolate Chic opens in Portsmouth

Portsmouth, NH - With more than six years in the chocolate business at local venues and a lifetime of cooking, Brenda Strum now has exactly what she wants."This all happened beautifully," Strum said. "I'd been... more »

Pleasant Surprises Await at Alpine Chocolat Haus

Gaylord, MI - Visitors to downtown Gaylord's Alpine Chocolat Haus, 208 W. Main St., will be pleasantly surprised, thanks to what owner Bruce Brown referred to as a retail face-lift.The confectionery shop, open in Gaylord... more »

Local Shop Owners Filling A Void In Village Of Fenwick

Ocean City, MD - In the last three years, Janilyn Elias and Jeff Fetterman have filled in The Village of Fenwick with a couple of shops that go against the grain of a traditional pet... more »

Tea Shop Now Open in Richland’s Uptown Shopping Center

Richland, WA - The idea of opening a tea shop has been steeping on the Clarke family's back burner for a while."We had vision and have been looking for a place for years," said Don... more »