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...single week), but their liquors often are distinctive in taste, are creatively bottled and fit the trend for locally produced foods. "The microdistilling industry is exactly where the microbrew industry was 20 years ago," says Bill Owens, a brewmaster and photojournalist who helped pioneer the microbrew craze with his pumpkin ale in 1985 but is now the president of the American Distilling Institute, a resource for the burgeoning artisanal-spirits industry. "There are nearly 100 independent producers in the U.S. and Canada now," says Owens. "That's up from five in 1990." Experts are encouraging the trend. "It makes...
...spirits," says Andrew Auwerda, president of Philadelphia Distilleries, which produces the patriotically named Bluecoat gin. "For us it's all about sourcing the best ingredients and aromatics." Handpicked juniper berries and a citrus blend give Bluecoat its distinctively earthy herbal taste. Melkon Khosrovian at California-based Modern Spirits uses pumpkins to make his acclaimed Pumpkin Pie vodka. "I came at this as a foodie," says Allison Evanow of Square One, a California vodka made from certified organic American rye. "And we are trying to do for the bar what Alice Waters"--the pioneering local-foods chef--"did for the kitchen...
...dinner attracted around a dozen vegans and vegetarians as well as others looking for an interesting meal. Included in the buffet were vegan macaroni and cheese, pumpkin and corn soup, and peanut-butter baked tofu—as well as fruits, vegetables, salad, and bread...
Other popular items included the pumpkin and chocolate-chip cake—whose chocolate chips were made from soy, not dairy, milk—and an apple salad with lentils, onions, cranberries, and carrots...
...spent searching on terms related to my favorite thing: food. Recipe searches reveal that most of us don't start menu planning until Thanksgiving week. And if last year is any indication, they also reveal that our favorite part of Thanksgiving dinner is the holy trinity of desserts: "pumpkin pie," "pecan pie" and "apple pie." After desserts, people search mostly for the old standbys - "sweet potato casserole" and "green bean casserole." Turkey-themed MySpace profile's excepted, its nice to see that some things never change...