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GOURMET NEWS FEBRUARY 2017 www.gourmetnews.com FROM THE EDITOR 2 As we go to press with the February issues of Gourmet News and Kitchenware News, the editorial, advertising and business staffs of the magazines are preparing for trade show season. For us, this year that will mean that we'll be coming together with others in the in- dustries with which we work and trying to knit ourselves back together again in a world without Lee Oser in it. We do this at a time when all of us Americans have made clear to each other that our whole society is riven with deep disagree- ments and even some existential despair, and we are confused and distressed about that as well. What those of us who are deeply in- volved with food in one way or another do know, though, is that our food can be the thread that begins to bind us back together. We begin by gathering – in San Francisco for the Winter Fancy Food Show, in Chicago for the International Home + Housewares Show and in Anaheim for Nat- ural Products Expo West. In all of these places, we'll be talking about food and the means of preparing it and serving it, and in this way, we'll begin having the conversa- tions – and the meals – that will fuel the en- gine of our community, and we'll start figuring out how we're going to go on from here. Thank you so much to all of our friends who have expressed condolences over the loss of our founder, Lee Oser. We do miss him greatly, but we are look- ing forward to being with you again to renew our friendships in the worlds he loved. GN — Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director WWW.GOURMETNEWS.COM PUBLISHER Kimberly Oser SENIOR ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jules Denton jules_d@oser.com ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Carlos Velasquez carlos_v@oser.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jeanie Catron jeanie_c@oser.com Micah Cheek micah_c@oser.com Greg Gonzales greg_g@oser.com GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Yasmine Brown Jonathan Schieffer CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGERS Sarah Glenn sarah_g@oser.com Caitlyn McGrath caitlyn_m@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 FOUNDER 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. ©2017 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 EDITOR

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