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Trash to Treasure

Per Scholas is an organization that refurbishes old PCs for use by low-income families. Hershey's repurposes cocoa bean hulls to offer cocoa shell mulch for use by gardeners -- hardly Hershey's core business, but an impressive way to ...READ»

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Infographic of the Day: Charts You Can Eat (and Taste Sweet)

A French design firm creates chocolate bars that double as graphs about chocolate.READ»

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Thinking Outside the Cup

Surprise! Starbucks barista-in-chief Howard Schultz is making a big, bold push into the music business. He aims to transform the record industry -- and turn Starbucks into the world's biggest brand, period.READ»

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Omaha Steaks... Boneless Pork Chop!

Whether you are in the mood for something elegant like our Pork Tenderloin or Boneless Pork Chops or something to sink your teeth into like our Smoked Pork Loin Ribs and Shredded BBQ Pork, you're sure to find something to satisfy your ...READ»

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Brandaq: The End of Marketing

Brandaq (bran-dak) also Brandex, BrandX: 1. n. An exchange for the buying and selling of lifetime loyalty contracts associated with consumer brands. 2. v. To unlock and commercialize any long-term value through a negotiated contract.READ»

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Just like bridal dresses

Just like bridal dresses, wedding cakes can also be trendy or obsolete. A traditional wedding cake is usually a white vanilla cake in towering stacked layers. However, as we move onto the year 2010, wedding cake trends are becoming ...READ»

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Valerie Hoffman The Life of An Herbalist

On a recent radio show I was interviewed on they asked me about some of my favorite herbal entertaining recipes and since I have received so many emails on this I am reprinting it for you. Enjoy!Ps next weeks blog will be on the ...READ»

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Old Bird, New Feathers

Patrick Martins has brought once-endangered turkey breeds back to the Thanksgiving table.READ»

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Thrifty Propane The Preminum Propane Company

Thrifty Propane Guarantee : Check propane prices in your area. We have these annual Program Options: * Locking/Cap - This option ensures that your price per gallon will never exceed a predetermined “cap price”. Yet, should ...READ»

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A Fishy Expedition

How sushi became a signature dish on the global menu.READ»

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Customers First Honorable Mention: Cold Stone Creamery

Cold Stone Creamery Despite all the mysteries of childhood, there was one thing I knew for certain: When September 2nd came around, I would celebrate my birthday with a cake made of chocolate and vanilla ice cream and crumbled Oreo ...READ»

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Customers First Honorable Mention: Best Cellars

Best Cellars I enjoy wine, but because I'm not a globetrotting consultant, I've spent a considerable amount of time looking for wines that I could enjoy with a nice homemade risotto or Bolognese sauce without having to worry about ...READ»

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Twitter's New Wine Gets You Drunk on Social Causes

Twitter founder Biz Stone is launching a wineREAD»

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Consistency and the Customer Experience

I just made a lunch run, and while the experience wasn't as distracting or dismaying as Alison's experience with Starbucks in November, I'm thinking as I eat my sandwich. How consistent should customer service and experience be with ...READ»

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Grab a Super Big Gulp of 7-Eleven's New $3.99 Vino for the Masses

Now you can pull off the road, pop into 7-Eleven and grab a chardonnay with stone fruit tones or a plum-like cabernet sauvignon, both of which pair perfectly with Go-Go Taquitos or a 1/4-pound Big Bite. 7-Eleven's new brand of ...READ»

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Best Place To Look For Kona Coffee Online

Erikbeans.com is a custom coffee roasting company devoted to providing the highest quality Gourmet Coffee Online to people who love fresh and vibrant coffees from across the world online.They choose only the very best gourmet ...READ»

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Innovation: Waiter, There's Too Much Pepper on My Paprikash

Correct! That line was spoken by Billy Crystal's character in 1989's "When Harry Met Sally," a film which had among its great themes that life is a menu of choices, and it's okay to be choosy. The movie's Sally Albright (Meg Ryan's ...READ»

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Mollydooker Announces Sip it Forward & Blend a Hand Winemaker Events

Consumers invited to a series of “Blend a Hand” winemaker events across the USA to taste the newest released wines from Mollydooker and celebrate their new charity wine project called Sip it Forward.READ»

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FAO: Farmers need fertilizers to fight famine

FAO: Farmers need fertilizers to fight famine (12/13/2007)   A leader of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says he doesn't ...READ»

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7. Tasty Trader

Previous | Next When you want the best, you go to the source. John Scharffenberger is part of the vanguard of high-end chocolatiers in America who are reeducating palates numbed by eons of cheap milk chocolate. But as a ...READ»

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Dunkin' Donuts -- Reinventing America's Cup of Coffee

Already the number one seller of coffee by the cup, Dunkin' Donuts plans to add thousands of stores around the country over the next decade. How did the fast-food giant go from making doughnuts to taking on Starbucks?READ»

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Organic Growth

As Wal-Mart and its ilk go natural, true believers are grumbling. But investors are chowing down.READ»

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Savvy, With Hints Of Guile And Resourcefulness

Cameron Hughes turned his low-cost premium vintner into an $8 million business--and an unexpected hit at Costco--with no inventory or equipment. Now he's expanding from California to as many as 150 Costcos nationwide. Here's how Hughes makes nectar from nothing.READ»

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At Cleveland Mall Green Market, Sustainability Is the New Hot Topic

Yesterday, we reported on the Cleveland Galleria mall's plan to build a massive urban greenhouse where retail shops once stood. The real story, it turns out, is what the two people behind the Gardens Under Glass project have planned ...READ»

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Canadian Chefs Predict Food Trends of the Future

Macrobiotic food, raw food, local food...the list of food trends that have popped up in restaurants in recent years is virtually endless. The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) recently surveyed 400 chefs to ...READ»