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GOURMET NEWS MARCH 2016 www.gourmetnews.com FROM THE PUBLISHER 4 Greetings! As we go to print with our March issues of Kitchenware News and Gourmet News, we're just about ready to start packing to go to Chicago for the International Home + Housewares Show, which is, though you might not think it, really a celebration of food. We go to IH+HS to be surrounded by people who love food and love the physi- cal act of putting it on the table and enjoy helping others to put good food on their own tables as well. We look forward to it every year, and this year is certainly no ex- ception. In other news of vast interest to the food world, the Food and Drug Administration has sat down with the makers of raw milk cheeses to listen to their pleas that the agency needs to learn more about their business and the real public health risks of their products before regulating them out of business and some of our favorite cheeses out of existence. The agency has conceded that after months of testing of raw milk cheeses from artisanal cheese- makers across the country, it does appear that the vast majority of cheesemakers are in compliance with federal standards and just don't seem to present much of a risk to public health. That being the case, they're putting a pause on additional test- ing while they figure out if there's any point in continuing it. All in all, it does seem that March is going to be a good month to celebrate that good cheese will continue to be made and that we'll continue to have beautiful plates on which to serve it, sturdy knives with which to cut and spread it and all the gadgets our hearts could desire to prepare the accoutrements we'll set beside it on the table. See you in Chicago! GN — Lee M. Oser Publisher WWW.GOURMETNEWS.COM PUBLISHER Lee M. Oser ASSOCIATE PUBLISHERS Kim Forrester Jules Denton jules_d@oser.com 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 Greg Gonzales greg_g@oser.com ART DIRECTOR André Gressieux GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Yasmine Brown Krystal Robles ACCOUNT MANAGER Carlos Velasquez carlos_v@oser.com CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER Sarah Glenn Sarah_g@oser.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Tara Neal tara_n@oser.com CIRCULATION MANAGER Jamie Green jamie_g@oser.com PUBLISHING OFFICE 1877 N. Kolb Road P.O. Box 1056 Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300 Fax 520.721.6300 SUBSCRIBER SERVICES Gourmet News P.O. Box 30520 Tucson, AZ 85751 520.721.1300 G OURMET N EWS ® OSER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP PRESIDENT Lee M. Oser MEMBER OF: Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ, and additional mailing office. Gourmet News (ISSN 1052-4630) is published monthly by Oser Communications Group, 1877 North 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 pro- prietary classified information. ©2016 by Oser Communications Group. All rights re- served. Reproduction, in whole or in part, without writ- ten permission of the publisher, is expressly prohibited. Back issues, when available, cost $7 each within the past 12 months, $12 each prior to the past 12 months. Back orders must be paid in advance either by check or charged to American Express, Visa, or Master Card. Gourmet News is distributed without charge in North America to qualified professionals in the retail and dis- tribution channels of the specialty foods and hardgoods trade; paid subscriptions cost $65 annually to the U.S. and Canada. All foreign subscriptions cost $150 annu- ally to cover air delivery. All payments must be made in U.S. funds and drawn on a U.S. bank. For subscriber services, including subscription information, call 520.721.1300. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Gourmet News, 1877 North Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715. FROM THE PUBLISHER

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