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Five years ago, two big-city businessmen visited Dale Humphrey, mayor of a small town called Popcorn, Ind. (pop. about 50). They had just the kernel of an idea for a business--gourmet popcorn--and visited the town on a whim. Humphrey charmed them with stories about his neighbors, passionate farmers who lived and breathed to harvest corn. Inspired, the two entrepreneurs started selling online and opened up a small shop in Manhattan, getting most of their product from the good people of Popcorn...
...either, which is a tribute to the influence of coffee guru Alfred Peet. Opening his Berkeley, Calif., coffeehouse in 1966 and insisting on dark-roasting a variety of strong beans, the Dutch-born son of a coffee merchant single-handedly started the U.S. gourmet-coffee revolution. Peet, whose original café still thrives in Berkeley's "Gourmet Ghetto," went on to train the founders of Starbucks, for whom he initially supplied coffee beans. Thus he is known as the "grandfather of specialty coffee." Peet...
...more difficult--just ask Maytag. Viking has attracted a slew of competition, from GE to Wolf, companies that have followed its path upmarket. The reason is obvious: Why struggle selling discount white goods when Viking has proved that you can sell a $20,000 range to a generation of gourmet-chef aspirants...
...bacon, toast, eggs, burgers, and dogs all tasted as if they had come from a gourmet restaurant. For me, the missing ingredient was company—and not just because it meant that I personally didn’t do all the cooking. Regardless of our friendship’s span, eating our way through a shared experience memorializes it—and my sous-chef—in my heart (and stomach) for far longer than the meal...
...Refined Taste TIME asked, "Can an audience love a Rat?" [June 18]. What a question! Millions of pet-rat lovers around the globe (including me) will turn out in droves to watch Ratatouille's Remy turn his dream of being a gourmet chef into reality. Pet rats (and their wilder cousins, of course) are simply amazing. Cute, adorable, clever, mischievous - you name it, they've got it, all rolled into one amazing personality. Cheers, Remy. We love you! Rina van Coller, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA...