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"In my head, I just know that if our business failed, it's not because of the product, it's definitely because of our business acumen - that's how m...
"In my head, I just know that if our business failed, it's not because of the product, it's definitely because of our business acumen - that's how m...
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.17.2012
The restaurant wasn't doing well financially; they knew they needed something special on the menu to draw in customers. But what could that one thing be?
Liza de Guia | Posted 04.04.2012
"We're in New York. We have dirty water dogs. But, I'll be honest, I don't love a boiled hot dog. I'll probably never eat one again." Meet Josh Shar...
Liza de Guia | Posted 03.20.2012
Melissa makes syrups for a living. That's her job -- boiling and bottling up to 500 syrup bottles a week. She's good at it. Really good at it.
Liza de Guia | Posted 11.27.2011
"I didn't have time to think about being scared." On August 28th, hundreds of farms in upstate New York were destroyed by massive floods caused by Hu...
Liza de Guia | Posted 11.20.2011
"Many times, people have asked, 'How in the world did you become involved in this competitive cooking madness?' And, it's weird, because I'm not what ...
Liza de Guia | Posted 11.06.2011
"Last year we had way more produce than we could use, so this year, we tried to scale back a little bit to hit the sweet spot a little more closely." ...
Liza de Guia | Posted 10.18.2011
"Ultimately, I hope our customers have a great experience. I hope it cools them down. I hope it reminds them of their youth. And, most of all, I hope ...
Liza de Guia | Posted 09.07.2011
"The flavor of our burger is better than most burgers for several reasons: not just because of our blend of meat, or the fact that we cook them on a c...
Liza de Guia | Posted 08.29.2011
"The model was the starving, but well fed artist. We went in figuring we're going to make what we want and how we want it, and do it the best we can a...
Liza de Guia | Posted 08.20.2011
"Arirang Kimchi, for 30 years, has been in Korean markets in the East Coast area. I decided to make it my responsibility to make the brand known to no...
Liza de Guia | Posted 08.02.2011
"I've been trying to figure out who my customers are and it's hard to say. I get a lot of New Yorkers. I get a lot of Midwesterners. It almost depends...
Liza de Guia | Posted 06.21.2011
Meet Leda Meredith, author of The Locavore's Handbook and one of New York City's most well-known urban foragers. We visited Prospect Park in Brooklyn ...
Liza de Guia | Posted 06.08.2011
"My hope is that my children will have the same passion for this as I do..." Meet Larry Althiser, the owner and head meat cutter for Larry's Custom M...
Liza de Guia | Posted 06.08.2011
Meet Chris Harmon, the Executive Director of CADE, The Center for Agricultural Development & Entrepreneurship in New York State. CADE is a non-profit ...
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.29.2011
"If you're happy, the donuts are happy..." Meet Fany Gerson, the 2011 James Beard nominated cookbook author and donut mastermind behind DOUGH, an i...
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
"So our passions totally melded because we, both forever since we were in college, wanted to run a food company, and we just needed to find the right ...
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
Meet Bruce Cost, the founder of Fresh Ginger Ginger Ale by Bruce Cost, an unfiltered, pure cane sugar ginger ale made in Brooklyn, NY.
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
Meet Betsy Devine and Rachel Mark Devine, the co-founders, partners and cheesemakers behind Salvatore Bklyn, an artisan ricotta company in Brooklyn, N...
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
Right now, it's good to be a bison farmer. There's a growing demand for the meat, prices have doubled, and there's a lot more interest in the food community, something attributable to the changing American diet.
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
shared from food. curated. "Not only is it creating a really good beverage, but it's also helping the motion of people getting off the artificial stu...
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
Meet Anna Wolf, the founder & owner behind My Friend's Mustard, a new artisan beer mustard crafted in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
Meet Jim Michaels, of Mote Marine Laboratory's Siberian Sturgeon Program. Jim has been working for over a decade on an eco-friendly and sustainable solution for growing farm-raised sturgeon.
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
Minh Tsai is on a mission to re-educate Americans on the taste and texture of real, authentic, traditional tofu from Asia - not the chalky, tasteless tofu many of us are accustomed to.
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011
Good ideas are often born on tight budgets, long exhausting hours, and bucket loads of passion.
Liza de Guia | Posted 05.18.2012