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...often rowdy world of commodities trading, Phillip Bennett, the chief of giant commodities broker Refco, seemed like a cut above. An elegant, Cambridge-educated detail man, he often dressed in three-piece suits, lived on a horse farm in New Jersey and was something of a gourmet. Bennett brought an aura of respectability to a firm that was known for highflying, sometimes sloppy ways, offering a striking contrast with Refco founder Thomas Dittmer, a cattle and oil trader and all-around swashbuckling guy who liked to hand out gold watches when he made a great trade. "They were rough, very...
Illy: I have a lot of admiration for what they've been able to do: create a strong coffee culture in the United States. Gourmet-coffee consumption is up in the U.S., and this is a good thing for Illy. I have nothing negative to say about them...
Cops in Shops is “just an added level of protection,” according to Josh Eaton, general manager of Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe on Brattle Street, a store that is participating in the program...
Walking into the polished and now-palatial campus treasure that is the Dunster House dining hall is like being transported to Martha Stewart’s personal test kitchen. The pristine and spacious serving area, complete with mood lighting that makes dining hall cuisine seem gourmet, is sure to make Dunster’s red tower the new romantic destination for every hungry Harvardian. And the food—stir-fried, grilled, baked, fried, and boiled by chefs cooking with pots and pans that seem to be straight from Emeril’s set (if only they could cook...
...Rwamasirabo, then rector of the National University of Rwanda; and aided by the U.S. Agency for International Development - formed the Partnership for Enhancing Agriculture in Rwanda through Linkages (pearl). One idea: create cooperatives whose farmers, 20% of whom are genocide widows or orphans, learn a multistep process for producing gourmet coffee that involves harvesting only the ripest beans and washing, sorting and drying them at new community washing stations. Ironically, Rwandans don't traditionally drink coffee. So importer Griswold took his customers to Rwanda to brew coffee with the farmers, showing them exactly the kind of taste and consistent quality...