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WWW.GOURMETNEWS.COM PUBLISHER Kimberly Oser SENIOR ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER Jules Denton jules_d@oser.com EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lorrie Baumann lorrie_b@oser.com SENIOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Robin Mather robin_m@oser.com ASSOCIATE EDITORS Jeanie Catron jeanie_c@oser.com Micah Cheek micah_c@oser.com Greg Gonzales greg_g@oser.com ART DIRECTOR Yasmine Brown GRAPHIC DESIGNER 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 ® GOURMET NEWS OCTOBER 2017 www.gourmetnews.com FROM THE EDITOR 4 Greetings! As we go to print with our October issues, our country has been dealing with the effects of Hurri- canes Harvey and Irma as well as remembering the horrific events of Septem- ber 11, 2001. These things have more than a coincidence of dates in common. What all of these things have in common is that these challenges have brought out what we all regard as the best in each other. We've watched, on television and in per- son, everyday acts of heroism – people tak- ing it upon themselves to lend a hand where it's needed. That's who we are, not just as Ameri- cans, but as human beings. As a species, we're cooperative and social and intelli- gent. We naturally reach out to our fel- low human beings to lend a hand, share resources, tell stories and solve prob- lems. It doesn't take a hurricane to make that happen – the American Cheese Society gets together every July to eat a lot of cheese and help each other figure out if there's a better way to sanitize the creamery. Grocers get together and talk about how to manage inventory so they can reduce food waste. Kitchenware retailers get together and talk about how they might improve their digital marketing. We all rely on each other to share what we have and what we know to help each other make our world a better place. As a country, we haven't been acting much like we really know that. It's been one of the most distressing outcomes of our last Presidential campaign, that we seem to have forgotten that we do this, that we even know how to do this. But way down in our DNA, even in the very reptilian parts of our lizard brains – the parts that harbor all the anger and panic that afflict us – we do know that when our world dissolves around us, we can absolutely count on our fellow human beings to help, and it doesn't much matter who they are or where they come from. Instead of remembering that, we've been acting as if our differences matter more than the simple basic truth that when the world blows apart around us and the water rises over our homes, the human being who's safe on higher ground but who sees the water rising over us is going to stop his own flight and reach out a hand to help. That's what we are. GN — Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director FROM THE EDITOR 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.

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