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GOURMET NEWS DECEMBER 2017 www.gourmetnews.com FROM THE PUBLISHER 4 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 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 ® 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. Greetings! As this issue of Gour- met News goes to print, we are coming up on the sad anniversary of the death of our founder, Lee Oser, a man whom none of us here on the staff of the company that bears his name will ever forget. We are also coming up on Thanks- giving as well as Christmas, and so it's a particularly fitting time to remember some of the reasons that I, personally, am grateful for the presence that Lee Oser has been in my life. Those who know me well will under- stand that this relationship between two opinionated, hardheaded, infinitely stub- born people could never have been without conflict. Over the years, these conflicts were sometimes poured out among the en- tire staff here in our office, and, while they could be temporarily traumatic, they often resulted in healthy change. I am truly grateful that Lee Oser was a man who was always willing to listen to another point of view, even when the mat- ter under discussion was a criticism of his own conduct. It takes a strong man to lis- ten to some of the criticism that I directed his way without simply using his power to make it stop and to alter his conduct ac- cordingly when he conceded that I had a point. He was also a man who accepted apologies gracefully, and he never held a grudge after I'd admitted it when I'd been wrong. There are many things that I admired about Lee Oser, but what I always ad- mired the most is that he knew how to stand his ground when he was right, and he knew how to admit it when he was wrong. I always considered him an adver- sary worthy of my steel, and there aren't many men I could say that about. He made me stronger. He made me smarter. He made me better. I miss him very much, and I'm grateful to have known him. All of us here wish you a wonderful hol- iday season, however you celebrate it, and a happy and prosperous New Year. And may you all be blessed by the friendship of people you respect and love. GN — Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director FROM THE EDITOR

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