Creating Gourmet Gift Baskets
Gift baskets are a thoughtful gift for family and friends for any occasion, especially when it includes food and drinks! Creating a gourmet gift basket on your own is often times not only more affordable than purchasing a pre-made one, but provides a unique opportunity to truly personalize the basket with the tastes and interests of your recipient.
A Small Bite of Desserts
A “dessert” is a meal course that usually comes after dinner. While most dessert foods are sweet, some can also be more savory such as a cheese plate, avocado cream or ube ice cream. The word dessert comes from the Old French word, deservir, which means ‘to serve well.” Often times in the English language, the culinary word dessert is confused with…
A Quick Guide to Importing Food and Drink from the United Kingdom
While the United Kingdom is not widely known for its cuisine, data from the 2017 UK food export has shown that the food export industry has risen to £22 billion. One of the many reasons for the drastic rise in UK food and drink export is the renewed interest in one of the UK’s best products, Gin. Another world favorite driving up these numbers is …
A Quick Guide to Importing French Food and Drink
Removing the importing middleman can not only broaden your shopping opportunities but can save you money in the long run. And if you are entrepreneurial-minded, you could even start your own food retail business! Keep in mind, importing food from France may require more effort and ….
A Quick Guide to Importing Italian Food and Drink
Learn the fundamentals of importing and open doors to new worlds of flavors and experiences that bypass high priced local retailers all while not even needing to renew your passport.
A Delicate Delivery: How To Ship Chocolate
Making arrangements to import any item can be very difficult, but even more so when importing chocolate. With chocolate being a perishable and temperature-sensitive food, you must take extra care when shipping chocolate in addition to the usual measures taken for international food and beverage importing.
A Quick Guide to Importing Spanish Food and Beverage
Some of Spain’s more significant exports are products from its agribusinesses which account for at least 15% of the country’s exported products. It is no wonder as Spain is gifted with arable land that allows the country to produce some of the world’s most robust and flavorful wines in addition to olive oils, fresh fruit, vegetables and meat products. In fact, Spanish exports have continuously …