gourmet & specialty foods

Modern Day Masala Growing Up with Whole Foods

Atlanta, GA — With Indian cuisine being touted as one of the top five food trends for 2010 at the recent Summer Fancy Food Show, it is no surprise that local entrepreneur Kristin Sharma, founder of... more »

Swiss Colony hopes for sweet retail sales

Monroe, WI - It's been years since Swiss Colony's chalet-style stores and kiosks disappeared from shopping centers. The Monroe-based company isn't bringing them back, but it has launched an initiative to put some of its... more »

Warwick cookies at the Emmy’s

Warwick, N.Y. — In June, Lisa's Cookie Shop accepted an invitation to include its products in the 2010 Official Daytime Emmy Award Show gift bags. The gift bags were distributed to all presenters, winners and... more »

Mountain Air Gourmet Co. sells a smorgasbord of regional food products

If you are what you eat, then we are what we produce. A glance at a new store's shelves reveals that Southwest Colorado is a unique blend of communities sprinkled with zesty subcultures. There's something... more »

Bringing mom’s macaroons to the mass market

Shoreview, MN — The development of his first food-related business has been a sweet deal for Larry Shiller of Shoreview.The 67-year-old entrepreneur has developed a brand of dark chocolate macaroon cookies named for his mother,... more »

A Love For Chocolate Turns Into ‘Sweetness’

What's not to love about Zaharenia, a custom chocolate gift shop in Oakland Gardens? It's filled with chocolate."I've had a lot of jobs, but somehow or another, I always found myself going back to chocolate,"... more »

AJ’s Edible Arts a tasty success story in Pasco

Pasco, WA — Twenty-two years ago, Alice Jones of Kennewick was an unemployed bookkeeper.Today, she's president of AJ's Edible Arts of Pasco, which manufactures eight mustards, salsa, cheese ball and salad dressing mixes and a... more »

Sweet dream realized on S.F.’s Russian Hill

When Diane and Brian Campbell loaded their car on New Year's Day in 1996 and left Manhattan for San Francisco, they knew no one and were short on money - but had a long-held dream.After... more »