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UPDATE: Top food trade shows and events in 2012

Kicking off the food calendar for 2012 is the 37th annual Winter Fancy Food Show in the US, an important trade expo where premium fine foods make their debut before being picked up by major retailers around the world. And with the return of Vinexpo to Hong Kong this year, look for a lot of movements in the wine world to emerge out of Asia, where the thirst for wine has seen explosive growth over ...

Park Ridge Community Calendar for Feb. 9, 2012

Submissions for Community Calendar are required two weeks preceding the date of publication. Send to: Mary Ann Bottari, Pioneer Press, 3701 W. Lake Ave., Glenview IL 60026; mbottari@pioneerlocal.com. Information may be faxed to (847) 486-7495. Agenda The city of Park Ridge lists the following meetings which take place in City Hall, 505 Butler Place, unless otherwise noted. For a complete ...

Best Of Jackson 2012: Food & Drink

Best Chef: Craig Noone Parlor Market (115 W. Capitol St., 601-360-0090, http://www.parlormarket.com ) It might seem odd to think a chef could catalyze a movement. But Jackson native Craig Noone was not just any chef.

Need a hostess gift when invited to dinner? The Times' S. Irene Virbila has a few ideas

When you've been invited to dinner, it's polite to ask if you should bring something. Here are some ideas: cookies, unusual oils, vanilla beans, even a fun spoon. When I spent some months in Venice, Italy, years ago, my friend Paolo would show up at dinner parties with prosciutto. I'm not talking about a paper packet of sliced ham but a whole prosciutto di San Daniele, the famous ham from Friuli ...

Market District Opens in Pittsburgh

Giant Eagle Inc. unveiled its fifth Market District location in five years – and its first in Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs – after converting a former two-year-old conventional store into the Pennsylvania-based regional retailer’s upscale concept format.