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...research firm that has been charting American eating patterns for 18 years. That's a lot of taters, and it represents a huge loss of business. In 2002 Americans ate on average 28.5 lbs. of fries. "It may be people are finally getting the message about obesity," says Harry Balzer, author of the NPD report. "But what drives eating patterns is what's new and different. What's new about fries...
...kitchen seems increasingly a place to pursue cooking as a hobby, not a daily grind. In 1987, 43% of all meals included at least one item made from scratch; in 1997, that dropped to 38%. "There has been a revolution forever to find someone else to cook," says Harry Balzer, vice president of the NPD Group. "We want to eat at home; we just want someone else to do the cooking. That is now the home-meal replacement...
...home to be eaten. According to the National Restaurant Association, this year the entire industry is growing at a modest 3% clip, while takeout is expanding at more than twice that, at 7%. "The restaurant has become a prepared supermarket," says the NPD Group's Balzer...
...most sophisticated wines. Though Gallo wines have long been something of a joke among wine snobs, lately oenophiles have been pleasantly surprised. Gallo's Pink Chablis recently triumphed over ten costlier competitors in a blind tasting among a panel of wine-industry executives in Los Angeles. Says Robert Balzer, a wine critic for Holiday and the Los Angeles Times: "Gallo Hearty Burgundy is the best wine value in the country today" (see box, page...
...ROBERT BALZER, food and beverage editor of Holiday, wine critic of the Los Angeles Times, editor of a private gourmet newsletter and author of California's Best Wines...