Issue link: http://osercommunicationsgroup.uberflip.com/i/592257
FROM THE PUBLISHER 4 KITCHENWARE NEWS & HOUSEWARES REVIEW n NOVEMBER 2015 n www.kitchenwarenews.com publisher from the Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ and additional mail- ing office. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review (USPS012-625) is published 12 times per year (Jan., Feb., March, April, November, November, November, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec.) by Oser Communications Group, 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ, 85715 520.721.1300. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material or prices quoted in newspaper. Contributors are responsible for proper release of proprietary classified information. ©2015 by Oser Communications Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction, in whole or in part, without written permis- sion of the publisher, is expressly prohibited. Back issues, when available, cost $8 each within the past 12 months. Back issue orders must be paid in advance by check. Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is distributed without charge in North America to qualified professionals in the retail and distribution channels of the upscale kitchenware and tabletop trade. For subscriber services, including subscription information, call 520.721.1300. Printed in the USA. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Kitchenware News & Housewares Review, 1877 N. Kolb PUBLISHER/EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lee M. Oser ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Jules Denton jules_d@oser.com Kim Forrester EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com SR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Richard Thompson richard_t@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR Micah Cheek micah_c@oser.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Amber Gallegos GRAPHIC DESIGNERS André Gressieux Yasmine Brown CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGERSarah Glenn sarah_g@oser.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Tara Neal CIRCULATION MANAGER Jamie Green jamie_g@oser.com Kitchenware News & Housewares Review is a publication of Oser Communications Group Inc. 1877 N. Kolb Road • Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300 www.kitchenwarenews.com www.oser.com PRESIDENT Lee M. Oser H o u s e w a r e s R e v i e w KITCHENWARE NEWS S E R V I N G K I T C H E N WA R E, H O M E D E C O R A N D G I F T WA R E M A R K E T S As we go to press with the November issues of our magazines, we're anticipating the release of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, which are due out before the end of the year. Preliminary indications are that the guidelines won't be much different f rom those issued in 2010 and that they'll call on Americans to eat more f ruits and vegetables and to limit their intake of saturated fats. What they won't do is suggest that Americans avoid meat altogether, in spite of some expressed concerns that meat, especially meat f rom large animals such as cows, may put more of a burden on the environment than plant foods that supply the same number of calories. Once they're released, the Dietary Guidelines will affect a whole range of federal programs over the next five years until the next iteration of the Dietary Guidelines is issued. The programs that will be affected include school lunch requirements, regulations for federal food programs including SNAP and WIC and the rules for the Nutrition Facts labels on the foods on grocery store shelves. Given the complexity of the role that the Dietary Guidelines play in federal food policy, it's surely enough that their recommendations consider the vast body of what we know about human nutritional requirements rather than also burdening them with responsibility for interpreting all we do and don't know about the environmental impacts of our diet. That's not to say that environmental impacts aren't crucial issues that deserve our full consideration. They are. But the Dietary Guidelines already have enough to do without asking them to save the Earth as well. And in other news, Kitchenware New welcomes the contributions of Senior Associate Editor Richard Thompson and Associate Editor Micah Cheek to its pages. Theirs are already familiar bylines to the readers of Gourmet News, and we know that you'll enjoy reading their work. Both of them have culinary experience in restaurant kitchens and are dedicated and passionate writers who are enthusiastic about sharing what they're learning about how kitchenware manufacturers and retailers are serving the evolving needs of home cooks. Amber Gallegos, who has edited Kitchenware News for the past few months, has left the magazine to pursue other opportunities. We wish her well in her future endeavors. KN Lee M. Oser, Publisher