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GOURMET NEWS SEPTEMBER 2015 www.gourmetnews.com BUYERS GUIDE 2 2 M'Hamsa Cous Cous from Les Moulin Mahjoub Les Moulin Mahjoub produces M'Hamsa Hand Rolled Couscous, uniquely combining semolina with salt, water and extra virgin olive oil, hand rolled and pushed through screens. Grains are literally dried in the hot Tunisian sun for a wonderfully natural prod- uct with a rich toasty flavor. Great with fish, meats, vegetables and Mahjoub sauces. The 500g package retails for $7.99 to $9.99. The Rogers Collection contact@therogerscollection.com 207.828.2000 sofi Award Winning Sauce from Sauces 'n Love Sauces 'n Love's brand new Pumpkin & Kale Alfredo won a sofi Award as the best pasta sauce of 2015. Made with a blend of pumpkin, kale, cream and cheese, this new sauce is the perfect seasonal item to create excitement for the fall and winter seasons. Sauces 'n Love Pumpkin & Kale Alfredo joins a growing family of innovative and award-winning sauces including a Porcini & Shitake Alfredo, Vegan Pesto, and more. Sold in the refrigerated section of stores, Sauces 'n Love offers su- perior flavor with a short, clean label of whole ingredients. Sauces 'n Love sat- isfies both the gourmands and health conscious shoppers. Sauces 'n Love also offers two other innovative lines: Dips 'n Love offers fresh delectable dips such as Chipotle Cheddar and Truffled Ricotta & Sage, and the Scarpetta brand offers a line of delicious and innovative shelf-stable Italian sauces. Sauces 'n Love www.facebook.com/saucesnlove 100% Whole Grain Pasta from Pasta Sonoma Long a staple in Italy, whole grain wheat pastas are rapidly growing in popularity in the U.S. Pasta Sonoma perfected the art of making superior-quality traditional and specialty pasta for leading retailers, specialty stores and private label customers more than 25 years ago. Pasta Sonoma's master pasta makers are specialists in making whole grain pasta from heritage and identity preserved wheat. They use only the highest-grade pre- mium flour ground from the freshest American-grown durum wheat, using Old- World milling processes. The 100 percent whole grain pastas are crafted by hand, in a factory that is certified OU kosher and organic, then shipped within hours of completion, guaranteeing freshness and quality. Whether your preference is 100 percent Whole Grain Fusilli, 100 percent Whole Grain Wheat Fettuccini or another 100 percent whole grain pasta of your choosing, Pasta Sonoma assures your customers perfectly delicious pasta, every time. Pasta Sonoma www.pastasonoma.com Sunrise Creative Gourmet Sunrise Creative Gourmet brass-extruded traditional pasta is made with locally-sourced, high protein flour and cage free eggs. The pasta flour is then infused with all-natural spices and vegetables, including butternut squash, garlic, basil, roasted red pepper with cayenne, to give each noodle a distinct flavor. Simply add olive oil, Parmesan cheese, cracked black pepper, steamed vegetables and your favorite protein to any Sunrise Creative Gourmet pasta for a delicious and healthy meal solution. For folks who need a gluten-free alternative, Sunrise Creative Gour- met recently launched a new shelf-stable, gluten-free pasta line. This brass-extruded pasta is made with locally milled (GMO free) brown rice flour and has the durability, strength, and texture of traditional pasta. Sunrise Creative Gourmet gluten-free pasta cooks in only five minutes and leaves the pasta water clear, unlike anything in the category. Sunrise Creative Gourmet 612.750.8623 sales@sunrisecreativegourmet.com www.sunrisecreativegourmet.com New Products from Racconto Racconto, 40-year-old importer of authentic Italian foods, will be introducing two new innovative products to market this fall. True to the company's passion for discovering new, delicious, products made from natural ingredients, Bella Terra Potato Gnocchi and Bella Terra Rapido will hit grocery shelves across the country this fall. The latest additions to the Racconto pantry of authentic Italian tastes offer delicious organic potato gnocchi and rapid-cook pasta options never available before. Bella Terra Potato Gnocchi delivers a rich, savory organic pasta experience. Bella Terra Rapido products offer no-boil, no-drain convenience while maintaining the highest standards of organic goodness Racconto is known for. Bella Terra products are certi- fied USDA organic and GMO free. For three generations family members have hand-selected the finest quality foods made from authentic Italian ingredients to deliver uncompromising quality and taste to the family table and sell-through success at retail. Racconto bblakely@racconto.com www.racconto.com Cucina Fresca Shelf-Stable Pasta Sauces Cucina Fresca, a Seattle Gourmet Foods brand, offers all natural pasta sauces in various flavors including Smoked Tomato (rich and smoky flavor), Tomato Vodka (creamy tomato sauce with fresh basil), and Marinara (simple and classic). All varieties come in 24-ounce glass jars with six jars in a case. Cucina Fresca pasta sauces have a 12 month shelf life. Seattle Gourmet Foods is a premier food manufacturer in Kent, Washington. Growing both organically and through acqui- sition, today it is comprised of 11 different brands found in re- tailers around the country. SGF's brands offer a diverse mix of products that include chocolate, breath mints, bakery items, jams, sauces, soups, and dry mixes. Kauai. Seattle Gourmet Foods 800.800.9490 sales@seattlegourmetfoods.com www.seattlegourmetfoods.com A Pasta Gift from Stonewall Kitchen Autumn may not officially be here but Stonewall Kitchen is getting ready for the season with a tasty Fall Pasta Grab & Go Gift. The star of this col- lection is a jar of creamy Butternut Squash Pasta Sauce that delivers the savory taste of butternut squash with a hint of apples and brown sugar. The pasta is an imported, premium organic penne lisce pasta made by master pasta makers in Italy using a special variety of durum wheat called Matt. It's delicious, with an amazing texture and truly authentic taste. Also included is a handy, hardwood handled, forest green medium spatula with a silicone head. It won't scratch pans or bowls. This gift comes ready to give, wrapped in clear cellophane, and is tied with an exclusive Stonewall Kitchen ribbon. Stonewall Kitchen www.stonewallkitchen.com Make Every Day Sunday with Uncle Steve's For actor Steve Schirripa, Sunday mornings in Brooklyn meant waking to the aroma of pasta sauce simmering on the stove. Now he's sharing his recipe with the world. Uncle Steve's sauces are organic, gluten free, non GMO, kosher, and slow-cooked using imported Italian tomatoes. Make every day Sunday! Uncle Steve's felice@unclestevesny.com www.unclestevesny.com Wixon Private Label Dry Mixes and Seasonings Wixon's culinary innovation teams offer creative ideas for private label gourmet dry mixes and seasonings. Three core levels of serv- ice – product innovation, formulation development and processing and packaging – ensure products meet expectations at every step. A one-stop production system and a variety of packaging services complement the customizable packaging experience. Wixon 800.841.5304 www.wixon.com Pasta Made with the Pure Water of the Dolomites Water: Surging, flowing, rippling, cascading. Clear as the reflected sky, transparent as a crystal of ice, fresh as a waterfall. Spring water, to maintain its purity, is best the moment it gushes from its source. That's why Pastificio Felicetti uses only a sin- gle water source and has created a unique path for that exceptional water to flow directly from the peaks of the nearby Dolomite Mountains into its pasta factory. This water is very special in this part of Italy, water infused with all the energy of those majestic peaks. Thanks to this water, flour becomes dough, a miraculous com- bination that is the first step in achieving the exceptional Pastificio Felicetti pasta. Then fittingly, the pasta returns to water, immersed in a boiling pot and re-emerging al dente, ready to be savored. Felicetti pasta is bronze die-cut, certified USDA organic and nonGMO, a superior nutritional value with three times the fiber and 30 percent higher protein content of conventional pasta and is certified kosher. For more information, contact Sales Manager Massimo Cannas at the company's American office in California by phone at 949.481.9273 or on his cell 949.230.6866. Pastificio Felicetti massimo@maxcointernational.com www.felicetti.it/en

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