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More Americans Buying Organic Food

Retailers report organics up 8% last year in spite of recession. Farmers markets grow by 15%. Hmmm…. looks like we’re voting with our dollars after all.

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Bourdain & Ripert

I had such a wonderful evening tonight. I went out to dinner with my brother, Edward, something I don’t get to do very often. We dined at Naked Tchopstix in Broad Ripple. While I’ve been there several times, this was his first and he deferred to me (flattery) and I ordered a nice bottle of [...]

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Ideagora’s and Food Ideagora’s and Food Read the case study »

What I’m Consuming Now…

you thought this was going to be a post just about food… Books Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant ISBN#1591396190 (this is actually a re-read) In a nutshell: Just who would jump into an ocean (aka existing market) with Walmart? Don’t bother, create your own. Starts out with [...]

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August – NOLA

My first trip to NOLA ended this past Monday morning but it finished with great fanfare, Sunday evening, Mother’s Day at John Besh’s August. Mine was a working long weekend and so I was a little tired overall and am looking forward to my next visit — the city only left me with a longer [...]

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My First Ever Trip to NYC

Yes, first ever, at the age of 48, where have I been? My cousins have a tradition, that when we turn 50, that we take a trip, an all-girls weekend, somewhere. This year, Colette was it and her wish was to spend the weekend in New York City and see Mary Poppins on Broadway. So [...]

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Jamie at Home

I thought I would do my fair share to contribute to the demise of legitimate journalism by writing a book review. Never having written a book review, I’m not certain where to begin. Should I research other book reviews? Should I dig through my copious issues of Gourmet magazine (tear) and read others’ contributions to [...]

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