“The 5-year-old Wisconsin Cheddar gives this spread an extra creamy texture that has a rich cheddar flavor with a slightly tangy bite,” said Phil Lindemann, Pine River CEO. “The art of cheese spread making comes in the aging and blending process. We know which ages of cheese to combine to get the best flavor and we’ve been following the same recipe since my father started the company 60 years ago. ”
In addition to the 60-Month Cheddar, Pine River will be sampling many of its 21 Cold Pack flavors, as well as offerings from its Clean Label and Shelf-Stable cheese spread lines.
Learn more about the Most Awarded Cheese Spread company at pineriver.com.
The fabulous Fancy Food Show coming to Las Vegas January 15th through the 17th. We will be there covering the show and all the latest and greatest in the Food and Beverage industry! Hope to see you there! Let us be your fancy food connection at the EC Premier Magazine http://tinyurl.com/ecmag1
For Bitter For Worse was founded by Shelley and Jeff, and yes that is what they go by. They have been inspired to create the products within their company through their long, sparky marriage and a great love for celebration! Shelley had some health challenges and she broke up with booze. She’s the company’s Taste Maven. She drew from years of experience as a cocktail enthusiast to create her own nuanced non-alcoholic recipes. Jeff’s the company’s Reverse Bootlegger. He invented the patent-pending process and converted Shelley’s recipes to scalable formulas. For Bitter For Worse has been starting parties since 2020!
They are showcasing their product at the Winter Fancy Food Show 2023from Jan. 15-17 located at the Las Vegas Convention Center . Visit them at the DPI Booth 1001 where Las Vegas they will present four of their best and exquisitely crafted non-alcoholic aperitifs to buyers and distributors. Come and taste why the are among the top contenders.
Built solidly on organic botanicals and eschewing simple natural flavors, these “spirits” impart a drinking experience that brings enjoyment of your drink while leaving you clear headed. That is the goal for a new trend of drink seekers who want to taste a drink that resembles the hard liquors or wines. Whether they pair well with foods or garner some respect from alkies is a bonus. They are getting a bold drink that’s not for kids.
Best-selling Eva’s spritz is a sparkling aperitif: tart, herbaceous, with bright citrusy notes and a bitter finish. Eva’s spritz won a gold in London at the International Wine and Spirits Competition, the world’s oldest drinks contest. The New York Times Wirecutter also recognized the sparkler as one of the best drinks of 2022. Eva’s spritz is shelf stable and packaged in a 750 ml sharing format (SRP $27.50) and single-serve 6oz cans (SRP $5.50).
Rose City Fizz is an approachable, fruit-forward sparkler with rich dark berry flavor punctuated by fresh ginger and Douglas fir tips. This spritz won a silver medal in the aperitifs category at the LA Spirits Awards and is a 2023 Finalist for the Good Food Awards. Rose City Fizz is shelf stable and packaged in a 750 ml sharing format (SRP $27.50) and single-serve 6oz cans (SRP $5.50).
The Saskatoon is described as red wines’ mysterious, wiser friend. The New York Times Wirecutter recognized it among the best drinks of 2021 and likened the flavor profile to a grassy pinot noir. The Saskatoon won a silver medal at the LA Spirits Award and a bronze medal in London. The Saskatoon is shelf stable and packaged in a 750 ml sharing format (SRP $27.50).
Smoky no.56 is a potent nightcap, with “brown spirits vibes” and a smoky flavor profile tempered by citrus and a hint of maple. A gold medal winner at the LA Spirits Awards in the spirits category, this beverage is best enjoyed with a mixer. Smoky no.56 is shelf stable and packaged in a 750 ml sharing format (SRP $27.50).
These are also available in cans.
This award-winning company was founded by Shelly Elkovich, who has a neurologically alcohol adverse condition, and her MIT-trained husband, Jeff Heglie. They set out to re-engineer the bootlegging process and create these sophisticated and healthy beverages. And along the way made the best drinks possible after a legacy of thousands of years of experimenting and refinement by their predecessors.
The Winter Fancy Food Show 2023 coming to Las Vegas January 15th through the 17th. We will be there covering the show and all the latest and greatest in the Food and Beverage industry!
Hope to see you there! Let us be your fancy food connection at the EC Premier Magazine http://tinyurl.com/ecmag1
The global distribution company, Pocas International is in Las Vegas bringing its latest find to the annual Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 15 to 17. They will have a specialty import on hand that will change where tapioca pearl drink aficionados find their favorite bubble tea. Dedicated to venturing overseas in the hunt for great products Pocas will be at Booth #2226 at the Last Vegas Convention Center.
What began with a shipping crate full of aloe drinks that led to a growing network across 40 countries, Kevin Shin made the case that good specialty foods and beverages were readily available in markets overseas and would be accepted by the diverse U.S. consumers. The goal was to expand their network and focus on the best products. This year its bubble tea in a variety of favorites.
The brand is expanding the flavor list to include Thai Tea. Customers have praised Pocas Bubble Tea saying it “tastes exactly like the Thai ice teas I would order from a restaurant”. Now instead of meeting friends at a local shop or restaurant, cases can be found at your local supermarket or order a case from our Amazon storefront.
Whether you buy from online stores or go in person to pick up your favorite drink, you can travel through taste.
The Winter Fancy Food Show 2023 coming to Las Vegas January 15th through the 17th. We will be there covering the show and all the latest and greatest in the Food and Beverage industry!
Hope to see you there! Let us be your fancy food connection at the EC Premier Magazine http://tinyurl.com/ecmag1
LAS VEGAS—Finally there is hope. it comes from the sweetest product to ever come from any forest. It’s honey and it has a cause. During the annual Winter Fancy Food Show in Las Vegas, Nevada happening from January 15 to 17, African Bronze will open the specialty food industry’s eyes to a new game-changing food-ceutical, a unique line of forest honey products. Show attendees are invited to visit African Bronze at Booth #3424 inside the Last Vegas Convention Center during the show.
In an effort to save wild forests and combat climate change a woman-owned food-ceutical social enterprise called African Bronze is checking all the sustainable boxes and providing work as beekeepers for thousands of marginalized people in Zambia and Tanzania.
The research into the millennial-old ingredient has found extensive anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties along with yummy flavor profiles. This forest honey is better than the popular Manuka honey currently sold widely.
“Our honey is organic, raw, unpasteurized, and harvested with immense care and respect for the Earth,” said Liz Connell, Co-founder and President, African Bronze. “Many people and companies only see honey as a natural sweetener, but our forest honey is so much more than that, it is medicine. Our honey is nutrient-rich, boasts double the antioxidants of Manuka honey, offers antibacterial properties, polyphenols, bioflavonoids, and minerals. We are a ‘food-ceutical’ company. Our product is food that heals.”
Their effort was in response to the calamities of deforestation, neglect of marginalized peoples and persistent ecological disaster of bee colony-collapse disorder. The honey African Bronze is bringing to market has many pieces of these problems in their sights. Putting people to work to sustainably support the bees to produce unparalleled organic forest honey for consumers, retailers, food and beverage manufacturers, and wellness companies throughout North America.
“Realizing that this amazing honey was virtually unknown in North America and much of the globe, we were motivated to tell our story and introduce this astonishingly delicious, healthy, raw, wild, sustainably harvested honey to the world,” said Connell.
California Olive Ranch is making progress in its goals to build a trusted olive oil product and foster a strong resilient organic olive oil industry.
– The leading grower of olives for extra virgin olive oil in the U.S. announces new packaging and investment in innovative technology to provide consumers increased insights into the quality and source of their olive oil
– The company also announces new investments in furthering the California olive oil industry: the planting of two million new olive trees and exciting, new environmental sustainability initiatives, including an expanded commitment to regenerative agriculture and the conversion of 320,000 trees to organic production
COR’s plan is a comprehensive campaign to increase the crop’s foot print while also re-engineering the olive agriculture to be sustainable and transparent. Maintaining high quality product is ever more important as consumers have become hypervigilant about the food chains that lead to their plates.
To that end COR is developing a new, industry-leading technology initiative that will bolster its commitment to transparency even further. Slated to roll out later this year, this new technology will give consumers even more insight into the source of the oil they purchased and the specific quality and purity certifications and attributes. Additionally, the technology will help educate consumers on creative uses as well as the unique health benefits of each EVOO in the company’s portfolio.
While COR plans include planting over two million trees and ensuring a subset of 300,000 are organic, COR is also paying attention to the soil by introducing a tea mixed in to rejuvenate and fortify the nutrients that help olives grow. COR included the leading California universities to be able to make the soils sustainable for generations to come.
The revised labels are a step to educate the consumers and build a strong relationship of trust and responsibility with growers.
“We are always pushing to help consumers understand what to expect from our diverse line of products,” said Michael Fox, CEO of COR, “Our labels were industry-leading in their transparency before and now with our new, more modern design are even more accurate, simple and clear.”
The Winter Fancy Food Show 2023 coming to Las Vegas January 15th through the 17th. We will be there covering the show and all the latest and greatest in the Food and Beverage industry!
Hope to see you there! Let us be your fancy food connection at the EC Premier Magazine http://tinyurl.com/ecmag1
The Carolina Athletics and its Tar Heels football program are partnering with home-grown Cackalacky® sauce company, They have introduced a Tar Heels-branded BBQ sauce that will be used in concession stand items as well as be featured in a team lifestyle marketing campaign. This is the the company’s first sponsorship with a college sports program. It fits with Cackalacky’s® origins with co-founder and CEO, Caroline Skelton, who is an alumna of UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business MBA program. As well as their participation in North Carolina’s Got To Be NC – the North Carolina Department of Agriculture’s initiative that promotes North Carolina agricultural products and goods.
“Our roots run deep with the Tar Heel community,” Skelton said. “My husband, Page, and I created the Famously Original® Cackalacky® Brand in Chapel Hill … while I was attending Carolina. It’s an absolute thrill for us to partner with Carolina Athletics and Tar Heel Sports Properties and to bring the fun and uniqueness of Cackalacky® to Carolina fans near and far.”
“We are excited to partner with a company that was born in Chapel Hill and has its tasty roots in the state of North Carolina. The new Carolina Tar Heels BBQ Sauce offers our fans the unique opportunity to show their support of Carolina Athletics at tailgates, at concessions stands and at home,” said Robbi Pickeral Evans, Sr. Associate AD for External Affairs and Strategic Communications for Carolina Athletics.
This new relationship was secured on behalf of the university by Tar Heel Sports Properties, LEARFIELD’s locally based team representing Carolina Athletics. LEARFIELD is a media, data and technology services company in intercollegiate athletics. The company unlocks the value of sports for brands and fans through an omnichannel platform with innovative content and commerce solutions.
The Winter Fancy Food Show 2023 coming to Las Vegas January 15th through the 17th. We will be there covering the show and all the latest and greatest in the Food and Beverage industry!
Hope to see you there! Let us be your fancy food connection at the EC Premier Magazine http://tinyurl.com/ecmag1
The Event City Ecosphere just got a bit friendlier and much more productive as the company begins testing their new auto posting and podcast type broadcasting service for journalist – Event City Live Editorial Broadcast System. Both systems will allow the Event City Premier Magazine Journalists to create and post Live Broadcasts and Writing from anywhere in the world. In fact this article was posted remotely without logging onto the Magazine’s back end, only using the new system.
“We’ve simplified the structure of our online presentations, both for our Magazine Network and our growing Blog Networks”, says Nolan Apostle, Co-founder and CEO of Event City. He adds, “Our Writers, Reporters, Stringers, Photographers, all of our Journalism Teams will find this system very easy and productive to use, giving them the opportunity to post Live Broadcast from shows, projects, conventions or anywhere and from any part of the world.” The system will eventually be integrated into the company’s Advertising Network, The MUSIC SKOOP, PINK SECTION Project, the EC EMPORIUM, HOSPITALITYand ESTATE SALE Blogs to start out. As the Premier Magazine Division attracts more Journalist and other Editorial Teams they will virally grow the network and content will be posted much easier than ever. The task of posting content, stories, podcasts, blogs, reviews, all of it, will be more appealing and enjoyable – it will be much less a job and much more fun!
The Editorial Broadcast System will give Writers, Podcast Producers, Reporters, Social Media Managers, and Bloggers the opportunity to share their experiences about the Hospitality, Special Events, Concert, Music, Art, Film, Travel, Entertainment industries and more. This will allow Event Planners, Musicians, Performers, Show Producers, Venues, Theaters, Motion Picture Producers, Hotels, Restaurants and many others the opportunity to expand their audience and reach out to both a B2B audiences as well as the Consumer. You can sign up now to begin using this new service for your business or projects. The benefits are immense!
The company plans to roll out this new feature sometime in the very near future prior to the re-launch of the Event City Network. They are seeking serious Journalist to jump on board to help test and navigate the system. You can contact the EDITORIAL TEAM by sending an email to EC Premier Magazine. Send your resume, and a short message as to why they should bring you on board to test the new system and potentially bring you in as a permanent member of their Editorial Staff.
The Event City Live Editorial Broadcast System will give the Editorial Team the ability to draft, write, create, and post articles, reviews and stories with images and video as well. All of this including Live Audio Broadcasting without even sending to an Editor, Engineer or Producer will be featured characteristics of the site.
EventCity™ and Event City Live™ are Trademarks protected by the Trademark laws of the USA and the Internet Organization, and the Event City Network and may not be used for any purpose what-so-ever without expressed written permission by the company’s IP Directors, the Founders or CEO.
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Global Winter Wonderland in Sacramento beginning November 22nd, 2014
By Nolan Apostle Producer & Contributing Editor Event City Premier Magazine
The Global Winter Wonderland arrives in Sacramento on November 22nd, 2014 at the Cal Expo grounds. It promises to dazzle any audience with it’s plethora of lights and colors so magnificent that only the heavens above can match it’s beauty.
Global Winter Wonderland is a spectacular holiday festival and multi-cultural celebration featuring:
Awe-inspiring illuminated landscapes from around the world including the Global Village, Holiday Fun, Dinosaur Maze, and the Enchanted Forest.
Two stages of entertainment – including Global Winter Wonderland’s Circus of Light
Delicious international cuisine
Full carnival with family and thrill rides
Photos with Santa and holiday shopping
Multi-cultural Theme Days featuring specific cultures’ traditional customs
For details on the show and to purchase tickets you can call (866) 251-6700
Global Winter Wonderland runs from NOV 22, 2014 – JAN 4, 2015
At the CAL EXPO in SACRAMENTO
Visit http://www.globalwonderland.com/ for all show details.
By Nolan Apostle
Producer, Contributing Editor and Photographer
Event City Premier Magazine
What is the Maker Faire? At the Event City Creative several of us have been big Maker fans over the years and this reporter has attended almost every year since its inception in 2006. Although I’ve missed a couple of years due to personal reasons, my conviction and dedication to the Maker Faire – DIY (Do It Yourself) genre, and the immense amount of creative talent, positive attitudes and eclectic inventive ideas on display at this event – well simply put, as the Rolling Stones would say, “Wild horses couldn’t drag me away”. I would have to be laid out on a gurney to miss another Faire again.
To give you a fair definition of this eclectic festival of talent is a most difficult task, but one that we sure had fun defining. After talking with hundreds of Makers and attendees over the years we have come up with what we believe defines the Bay Area Maker Faire:
“A Creative’s Disneyland rolled into a
Futuristic Music Festival of the Arts & Sciences.”
Well that’s one definition of Maker Faire. The festival itself defines it as “Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new”, whatever you might decide it is, Maker Faire is certainly a different type of edutaining, an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, tinkerers, inventors, crafters, educators, engineers, electronic wizards, science clubs, hobbyists, authors, artists, students, and even an interesting collection of commercial exhibitors. All of these “makers” come together at a Maker Faire event to show-off their wares, whatever they may be and to possibly help you learn more by sharing what they have learned.
Maker Faire launched in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006 as a tiny display of DIY enthusiasts demonstrating their ideas, inventions and creative projects. The interest and excitement of this genre, if you can even label it a “genre”, has done nothing but spiral into an incredible adventure where one can see and most importantly, experience, the entire Maker community first hand in all its glory. Last year at the San Mateo (San Francisco Bay Area) Maker Faire the crowds were spectacular and truly as gigantic as some of the displays at the Faire itself – over 120,000 attendees showed up over the weekend to take in this grand event – and most of those we spoke with said they would be returning without a doubt as long as the Maker Faire existed!
Wow! Can one believe the incredible growth of an event that offers such a wide array of experiences with a general ticket price ranging from $17.50 to $60.00? The popularity of the Maker Faire expanded greatly over a short time and soon took over the entire San Mateo Events Center within a few years. Now almost a decade into the sprawling event its legions of aspiring makers, educators, moms, dads, sons and daughters and many others come to participate in hands-on activities and learn new skills at the event. A record 195,000 people attended the two flagship Maker Faires in the Bay Area and New York in 2013, with 44% of attendees first timers at the Bay Area event, and 61% in New York. If you plan on going to the Faire here is some information to help you get there and around the San Mateo area. The Maker Faire is certainly family friendly – 50% attend the event with their children and many come from all parts of Northern California. Just last year alone there were 98 independently-produced Mini and Featured Maker Faires taking place around the world, including Tokyo, Rome, Santiago, and Oslo.
This years Maker Faire is expected to be the largest Maker Faire to date! Could it reach 150,000? Why is it so popular? Could it be that the event is primarily designed to be forward-looking showcase for Makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies. But the Faire is not just for those involved in technical fields; Maker Faire features innovation and experimentation across the spectrum of science, engineering, art, performance and craft.
The Maker Faire is an exciting and extremely entertaining event filled with an extremely diverse audience, and a fascinating, fun, curious mix of people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. It’s a venue for makers to show examples of their work and interact with an audience that can be just as eclectic as the makers themselves. All of this could be the result of the popularity explosion of this event, and as it continues to grow it will continue to present a tremendous opportunity for everyone who visits the Maker Faire; opportunities to learn, to grow, to walk away feeling real good about yourself, about your abilities to go out there and to do “something” regardless of what it might be. Some say it is an event that can easily become one’s obsession, as far fetched as that might be, it is an event that really does allow you to feel real good about yourself. Once you attend a Maker Faire one thing is certain, whether you become addicted to the eclectic fun and creative and inspirational atmosphere or not, you will come to appreciate the 950+ Makers displaying their projects and not only walk away learning something new, but truly, you will feel much better about yourself and that alone will urge you to return the following year for a whole different, but certainly just as positive, experience!
Maker Faire is brought to you by Maker Media. Maker Media publishes MAKE magazine, produces Maker Faire, and offers DIY electronics, tools, kits, and books through its online and pop-up Maker Shed stores.
The Maker Faire Official App is available for iPhone and Android devices. You can download it here.
Event City is the new online Community for the Events & Creative Industries supporting the talent and projects within the Special Events, Hospitality, Music, Entertainment, Film and all Inventors and the full spectrum of the Arts. The Event City Creative Magazine is the online publication supporting Event City and the Event City Network. Event City launches in Q4 2014.
The Game of Drones is announcing the launch of our their official drone sports competition at the San Francisco Bay Area Maker Faire, on May 17 and 18 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. Check it out, this is pure, unadulaterated, MAKER FUN!!
Game of Drones is excited to announce the launch of our official drone sports competition at Maker Faire Bay Area, taking place on May 17 and 18 at the San Mateo Fairgrounds. The Aerial Action Sports League (AASL) aims to be the premiere drone sports competition, showcasing pilot skills, engineering prowess, and technology innovation through aerial combat, flying obstacle courses, and other fun drone games.
By Nolan Apostle Producer, Contributing Editor and Photographer Event City Premier Magazine
Let’s Play™ is a featured channel to debut in Q1 2014 on the Event City Network™ during the company’s Live Launch. It will allow Bands, Musicians and Performers to showcase their talents on Event City™ and other areas within the Event City family of websites. It will give all members of Event City the opportunity to see the great talent available through our Events & Creative Community Portal.
Here’s a sample of what Let’s Play is all about – a video and song written by San Francisco Songwriter, Jimi Shawndi, for MILES, the BATKID who stole the hearts of the world when Make-A-Wish Foundation asked him what he wished for, Miles replied, “I want to be Batman for a day”. So BatKid was born and transposed San Francisco into Gotham City! Take a listen to “IF I COULD FLY” Song for Miles and let us know what you think of this local musician’s work. Maybe it will be your song featured by Event City on Let’s Play!
To have your music and videos showcased in our pre-launch and to be included in this future project please send your request to our Music Channel Beta.
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