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- Add Boxed Wine to Your Holiday List The new generation offers premium wine at value prices.
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new videos
- VIDEO: Art, Music and Ice Cream Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams takes ice cream seriously. Hear her explain the creative ways her company has incorporated their art into their ice cream making below.
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sofi awards
Food trends to come?
The number of entries in each category varies year to year. In 2012, six categories saw a spike in submissions. We can only hope that means big innovation from these contenders.
| 2012 Category | Increase in entries over 2011 |
| Condiment | 76.8% |
| Pasta, Rice or Grain | 71.4% |
| Meat, Pâté or Seafood | 68.6% |
| Jam, Preserve, Honey or Nut Butter | 60.9% |
| Salad Dressing | 53.9% |
| Cookie | 52.7% |
