If chocolate is your weakness, go for gourmet dark chocolate, which offers beneficial antioxidants along with great flavor.

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She cited examples of resorts such as Whitstable where people go for gourmet ice cream and "posh fish and chips" instead of amusement arcades.

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If there is an Italian product you would go to a gourmet store to buy, there is a high likelihood it comes from Emilia-Romagna.

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The irony is that as gourmet foods go, Parmigiano-Reggiano is not especially expensive, and a little goes along way.

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The group, born between 1980 and 2000, eats out more than the rest of the population and will pay more to go to restaurants that offer gourmet-style food, high-quality beers and liquor, and that cater to socializing.

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Some Midwestern movie fans will soon be able to go online and order both a gourmet pizza and their favorite flick, then get them both delivered by a single driver, thanks to a creative new initiative from Midwestern chain Family Video.

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