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December 2, 2002

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New Massachusetts Specialty Foods Guide: Resource for Holiday Cooking, Gift Giving

Looking for fresh milled spices for a holiday recipe or English toffee for a favorite relative? A new booklet published by the Massachusetts Specialty Foods Association is a great place to start your specialty foods quest. The 17 page Massachusetts Specialty Foods Guide lists the association's member companies, many of which are small family owned businesses...and all are local.

The guide includes makers of sparkling apple cider, organic jams, chutneys and fruit spreads, blue cheese, sweetened dried cranberries, chocolates, biscotti, mustards, specialty nuts, coffees, Asian cooking sauces, salsa, pita chips, and more. For a free copy of the Massachusetts Specialty Foods Guide, call toll-free 800-813-5862, or e-mail ccoutrier@aol.com.

"There is an amazing variety of interesting, new and unusual products in the guide," said Bruce Mills, MSFA Vice President, and Vice President of Operations and Marketing at My Grandma's of New England, a Boston company featuring mail order gourmet, kosher, coffee cakes. "Why not support a producer in your own back yard? It's good for the local economy."

"The commitment to quality by our members is evident in the taste and innovation of their products," said Carol Coutrier, MSFA president. "The products featured in our guide epitomize the diversity and uniqueness of Massachusetts specialty foods."

The Massachusetts Specialty Foods Association is a non-profit organization that serves as a resource to and an advocate for the Massachusetts value-added foods industry. The association supports the commitment to excel and entrepreneurial spirit that contributes to the uniqueness and quality of Massachusetts' specialty foods.

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