This Flagstaff woman with an Italian husband discovered that she could learn a lot about Italian cooking recently.  As a result of a donation to KNAU, our local public broadcasting radio station, I was given a free cooking class at a new locally-owned business, The Seasoned Kitchen,  located in the Old Post Office Building in downtwon […]

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Although I’ve been a part of the national gif basket industry for over 15 years, I am occasionally surprised when something a little bit different takes hold and demand mushrooms.
This year, it has been Wine Glace.  I discovered it at a trade show a couple years ago, tasted it and liked it.  I thought that […]

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My primary business is gift baskets and gourmet gift baskets are our biggest seller throughout the year.  So I wasn’t real surprised when I read in the November issue of Specialty Food Magazine that 73% of all consumers purchase specialty foods.  But I did wonder how most people could afford or would want to buy […]

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