Category Archives: Approfondimenti

September is National Family Meals Month, and FMI is highlighting proven scientific benefits of sharing meals. “We have long known that family meals have a tremendously positive impact,” said David Fikes, executive director of the FMI Foundation, the organization that founded National Family Meals Month and which provides research grants for this [...]

Online Wine Purchase Increases for Home Delivery During the COVID-19 Crisis Lockdown Are Expected to Continue After the Crisis with the Exception of Generation Z. Lockdown, Reopen and Reversals On March 15, 2020 Gavin Newsom, Governor of California, required the closure of all California winery tasting rooms, bars, nightclubs and [...]

Though there is no one definition of a broker in the food industry, loosely defined, a broker is an independent sales person or organization that represents manufacturers in a specific trade class, usually in a defined geographic area. Many people have an outdated perception of brokers, seeing them as picking [...]

Joe Biden, former US vice-president and running in the 2020 Democratic presidential race, has very precise dietary requirements when he travels to speaking engagements. Tiramisu, or ‘pick me up’ is one of the world’s favourite desserts. Photo: William Meppem The Washington Post reported recently: “For his speeches – whether in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Fort [...]

People’s habits change in subtle ways when they move abroad, and in food-obsessed Italy the changes are most obvious when it comes to eating and drinking.   When you first move it’s likely you’ll still be craving foods from home or (if you’re like me) pouring milk into your tea [...]