Herb & Lou's Hires Owen Rothstein as VP of Operations & Strategy - BevNET.com

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BLUE BELL, Pa.– Herb & Lou’s, LLC. – makers of Infused Cubes non-alcoholic cocktail mixers and innovators in the world of mixology – is proud to announce the appointment of Owen Rothstein into the newly formed position of Vice President of Operations & Strategy. Rothstein has been involved with Herb & Lou’s since their early days, consulting on product formulation and brand creation and now formalizes his role as a lead executive with the team. He comes to Herb & Lou’s with 20+ years of consumer product sales, marketing and product development experience. Rothstein’s key responsibilities as Vice President of Operations & Strategy at Herb & Lou’s will be to expand infrastructure, develop new product offerings and drive brand expansion through strategic partnerships.

Launching his career in consumer products with Plume Ridge Import/Export, Rothstein joined Drew Estate Cigars in 1997 and helped develop the brands that put them on the map during the cigar boom in the late 1990’s. His development of the company’s identity, as well as creation of their breakthrough product Acid Cigars helped propel the company to international success and recognition as trendsetters within the industry. Rothstein later developed his technical skills leading four departments at Multi-Flow Industries, including R&D and Marketing. Rothstein, a trained sommelier, learned beverage formulation while at Multi-Flow, utilizing his experienced palate to greatly increase Multi-Flow’s offerings and help them expand into the C-Store market. Most recently, Rothstein lead the formation of consumer health brand swiig for Simple Again. The creation of swiig unified the many disparate product lines previously offered through the company’s B2B division into a cohesive brand housing 100+ SKUs, driving growth in the CPG space.

Reid Rosenthal, Co-Founder and Herb’s grandson said “It’s exciting to watch our company grow. We’ve been searching for additional talent and I believe at this stage of our development, Owen will be invaluable. It’s great to have him on board full time.”  John Wolgamot, Sales Director with Herb & Lou’s and a beverage industry veteran that joined Herb & Lou’s at the beginning of this year, added “as the unprecedented growth in spirits and premium mixers continues, Herb & Lou’s continues to expand its reach into additional channels of trade. Additionally, Herb & Lou’s premium non-alcoholic products are expanding into DSD partnerships as distributors have recognized Herb & Lou’s as a new-found source of volume and revenue that does not conflict with any current portfolio pairings. It’ll be great to have Owen to help build the business.”

About Herb & Lou’s

Founded by Herb & Lou’s grandsons to bring their passion for cocktails to a new generation, Herb & Lou’s Mixology is at an exciting point in their evolution – since revolutionizing the at-home cocktails experience in 2015. They’ve enjoyed recognition as winners of Nightclub & Bar “Entrepreneurs of the Year” and have been lauded by In-Style and Oprah Magazines, along with many others.

Herb & Lou’s now offers five selections of Infused Cubes – non-alcoholic cocktail mixers that, once frozen, flavor a single serving of one’s favorite liquor for a perfect cocktail. The product line includes The Cooper (for bourbon/rye), The Clyde (for vodka), The Cecile (for tequila), The Oliver (for gin) and The Seymour (for rum). Herb & Lou’s Infused Cubes have been crafted to pair with your favorite spirit, but can also be combined with seltzers, teas, and other beverages to create easily configured premium mocktails. (see more details at herbandlous.com).

All five Herb & Lou’s Infused Cubes flavors are made here in the U.S. and are now available in both 12 packs and 6 packs, both online at herbandlous.com and nationwide at retailers like Crate & Barrel, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom. The in-store retail footprint continues to expand in the grocery and liquor stores channels.

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Your Guide to Herb Substitutes for Flavorful Dishes - AZFamily

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Even though herbs have their own distinctive flavor, there's no culinary rule that says you can't substitute one herb in place of another. Try something new to spice up your cooking or find our parsley substitute suggestions if you're in need of a sw

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HERB BENHAM: Moved out and loving it - The Bakersfield Californian

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Friends moved.

Not far but a move is a move. Near, far, it doesn’t matter because even near is farther than you want.

They’ve moved before so they knew what to expect, but no matter how many times somebody moves, how familiar they are with it, people are surprised.

Surprised by how much stuff they have. Surprised by how many boxes. Surprised by how long, how hard and how many trips.

It’s almost easier to move the house and leave the stuff. Here, you take it. We’ll start over.

People only have so many moves in them. Eventually, you’re moved out and the thought of moving again seems preposterous. The only move you have left is when somebody moves you, preferably in a pine box.

I remember former Sheriff Charlie Dodge telling me that when he and his wife, Mary, moved from their house in the neighborhood to the nice rest home they had chosen for their final abode. Sad? He was relieved because he had moved in and he was moved out.

Give these friends credit. This time, they hired somebody. Two somebodies. The only thing better than two somebodies is if each somebody brings a friend and those friends bring two friends. Then you have an assembly line, like a row of ants where one ant hands the crumb to the next ant and so on.

Hiring help is wonderful but “wonderful” doesn't get anyone out of moving. Moving is like having a nanny. They can do most of the work, but when your child is running a fever at 2 a.m., it’s you.

Even with movers, the friends packed up the car and made four trips a day for a month. You’d think four trips a day would make a dent but no matter how big a dent you think you’re making, come moving day, it seems like the mountain you moved, moved back home.

“Moved home” because stuff is divided into two categories: The stuff you see and the stuff you don’t see because if you saw it all, your brain would explode and your will would crumble. Better to pretend that you don’t have 10 25-gallon pots on the patio filled with dirt and a variety of dwarf citrus trees. Just because they’re dwarfs, doesn’t mean they don’t weigh a ton.

“One of the movers asked if we could empty the pots,” she said.

Not a bad idea except that you might send the trees into moving shock and one move becomes three: dwarf lime trees, soil and pots.

Division is out the window with a move. Everything is multiplication or squaring, the volume is usually double or triple one’s inventory expectation.

Moving day is like the apocalypse. It starts early, goes way longer than you expect and you don’t smell your best by the end of it. By 7, you need a shower and you just took a shower, by 9 a Jacuzzi and by 11 a beer except you can’t have one because one would lead to two and two to dropping the microwave on your foot.

At the end of the day when you think you’re done, you’re not done because you suddenly remember the last few boxes in the garage, the junk drawer in the kitchen you forgot to empty and goodness knows you can’t leave a dirty house for the next person because then you will go to moving hell after you’re done shuffling from one house to the other.

We had dinner with our friends that night. They were exhausted. They were moving-stunned. I wouldn’t have bet on them the next day. They could be sore for weeks.

As it was, they drove by the following day and they were smiling. Why are you smiling? Did you not move yesterday?

They had but hadn’t moved a washer and dryer because they’d left those behind.

“We just went to Cruz's Appliances and bought a washer and a dryer. The whole thing took 90 seconds. They’re going to deliver and hook them up,” she said.

That’s a move, a good move and the kind of move we’re looking for.

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FDA finds interesting results in herb sampling assignment - New Food

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The FDA has provided an update for its microbiological surveillance sampling: FY18-19 fresh herbs (cilantro, basil and parsley) assignment.

The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has been collecting and testing samples of fresh herbs, avocadoes and guacamole following outbreaks of Cyclospora cayetanensis, Salmonella, Shigella sonnei and E. coli between the years of 1996 to 2015.

The agency has been publishing its findings over the last two years. At the close of its fiscal year 2019, the FDA concluded its collection of processed avocadoes and guacamole samples. It has begun its analysis and will be publishing results in due course within its final report.

As for fresh herbs, from 31 March 2020, the agency has collected and tested 1,272 samples (759 domestic and 513 imported) and intends to collect 1,600 (761 domestic and 839 of international origin) under this assignment.

Of the fresh herb samples, 15 tested positive for Salmonella (six domestic, nine import), and 10 tested positive for Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) (five domestic, five import).

Further investigation revealed that only one of the domestic STEC positive samples was pathogenic. The others did not demonstrate the potential to cause severe illness.

The FDA did not detect E. coli O157:H7 in any of the fresh herb samples.

The agency started testing its fresh herb samples for Cyclospora cayetanensis in July 2018 as Cyclospora-related illnesses typically occur during the summer. It detected Cyclospora in 17 of the 691 fresh herbs samples tested (five domestic and 12 import).

Due to the pandemic, the herb sampling project has been paused, but the agency says it will resume once it is safe. 

More background information on the microbiological surveillance sampling project can be found here.

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This Popular Herb Is Being Recalled in All 50 States - Yahoo Lifestyle

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There have been quite a few outbreaks, alerts, and official recalls the last few months, and there's another product to add to the list. If you recently purchased parsley or Herbes de Provence from World Market, Walmart, or other grocery stores in any state across the country, it could be part of a Salmonella herb recall.

A customer tested a sample of High Quality Organics' parsley and Salmonella was potentially discovered. Part of the recalled lot was supplied to Red Monkey Foods, according to the FDA. The company repackages the parsley and uses it in Herbes de Provence mixtures. The contaminated parsley and the other herb blend were sold in all 50 states as well as Puerto Rico. (Check your fridge for these herbs, but keep other products in mind, too, because here are the 8 Grocery Items That May Soon Be in Short Supply.)

The recalled product names have specific item numbers and UPC codes. They include:

• Cost Plus World Market Herbes De Provence in a 0.6-ounce package with the item number of 533310-06 and the UPC 2533 3107.

• Cost Plus World Market Organic Parsley in a 0.3-ounce package with the item number of 533325-06 and the UPC 2533 3251.

• Great Value Herbes De Provence Organic in a 0.6-ounce package with the item number of GV5451-24 and the UPC 0 78742 15451 0.

• Great Value Organic Parsley Flakes in a 0.3-ounce package with the item number of GV5460-24 and the UPC 0 78742 15460 2.

• O Organics Herbes De Provence Organic in a 0.65-ounce package with the item number of 14200102-24 and the UPC 0 79893 41131 6.

• O Organics Parsley Organic in a 0.3-ounce package with the item number of 14200099-05 and the UPC 0 79893 41109 5.

• Full Circle Parsley Organic in a 0.3-ounce package with the item number of 32831-06 and the UPC 0 36800 32813 0.

No customer complaints or reports of illnesses have been linked to the herb recall. But if the product is in your household you should throw it away. You can also return it to the grocery store of purchase for a full refund.

Eating a contaminated product can cause fever, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and stomach pain. If Salmonella gets into the blood via a more serious infection, it can cause arterial infections, endocarditis, and arthritis. In children, the elderly, and those with weakened immune systems it can be dangerous and sometimes fatal, the FDA warns.

Just a few days before the herb recall was issued, the FDA announced 18 brands of pet food could contain aflatoxin from corn and grains in the ingredients. to check if your pet's food is one of the brands listed, head to the FDA's website.

For more outbreaks and recalls to look out for, this spice brand just recalled its products in 31 states, and fruit at Meijer was just recalled due to Salmonella contamination.

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Sturgis woman receives Herb Blakely Award at history conference - Rapid City Journal

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Sturgis native Peg Kaubisch Aplan is the 2020 recipient of the Herb Blakely Award, which was presented at the 28th West River History Conference in Deadwood.

Named for the conference’s founder, the award honors “outstanding contributions to local and regional history, a sense of American patriotism and efforts to further the concepts of good citizenship.”

“Making history available to the future,” is Aplan’s professional mission, she said. “It’s something I enjoy preserving.”

When she was elected president of the West River History Conference board of directors in 2019, Aplan was no stranger to leadership.

She served as president of the Old Fort Meade Museum and was a board member for more than 20 years, during which time she collected artifacts and shared a treasure trove of stories with the visiting public.

“Perhaps most notable in Peg Aplan’s leadership of Old Fort Meade was the night the Black Hills wagon train visited. The expected crowd estimate was 300 to 400. Before it was over, they had personally greeted and welcomed — and fed — a crowd exceeding 1,200,” colleague Rhonda Sedgewick Stearns said.

Aplan oversaw the reconstruction of the museum building, an upgrade to house the many displays relevant to what was the longest surviving active Upper Missouri military post. The building had converted to a veterans hospital in 1944. 

Aplan and her late husband of 26 years, James O. “Jim” Aplan, helped launch the High Plains Western Heritage Center in 1989. The regional museum in Spearfish honors the Black Hills' American Indian legacy and the Old West pioneers of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Montana.

Aplan has established a reputation for a collaborative style, typically praising fellow board members, staff, volunteers and donors alike for their participation in project success.

The Aplans shared the “Individual Award” at the 2013 Governor’s Awards for History in recognition of their antiquities business. Now, decades after Jim hired her as the secretary for their Tilford-based Antiques & Art trade business, she is the sole proprietor.

Aplan's certification as a member of Antique Appraisal Association of the Americas is rooted in her penchant for finding and evaluating rare books. Over the years she has acquired and marketed more than 60,000 editions, enriching the archives of many private and public libraries.

Aplan continues to cover the road shows and eventually hopes to transition exclusively to internet marketing.

Being a member of a generation that has seen momentous historical change, she surveys the future with a cautious eye. “How much longer are people going to want books? I don’t know,” she said.

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Ohio Herb Center's Ghosts of Gahanna features spooky lore - ThisWeek Community News

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The sound of children playing in a vacant attic, a cold brush against the back of the neck or the eerie feeling you’re being watched. 

These occurrences and more are part of the Ohio Herb Center’s Ghosts of Gahanna tour.

Amanda Ferguson, Ohio Herb Center coordinator and instructor, takes participants on a tour of Olde Gahanna, spinning tales about some colorful characters who had spent time in the city, as well as some secrets about the not-so-well-known spooky history.

On the night of Oct. 2, with the moon just one day past its Harvest Full Moon phase, Ferguson set the scene for a story about one of the city’s most infamous residents, Dr. Sam Sheppard, who was indicted for his wife’s murder Aug. 17, 1954.

What’s currently known as the Re/Max building at 130 Mill St. formerly was an apartment complex called the Executive, where Sheppard had resided on the second floor in the mid-1960s.

Murder mystery

On July 4, 1954, Ferguson said, Marilyn Sheppard was found bludgeoned in her bed. 

“And the story that Dr. Sam Sheppard gave was that he had been entertaining in their home and they had had workmen doing some repairs in their home,” she said. “While he was entertaining his guests, his wife had gone to bed. When he went upstairs, he found her dead.”

On July 30, 1954, Sam Sheppard was taken into custody for the murder of his wife. 

The 1970 movie "The Lawyer" is based on the case, according to IMDb.

In July 1961, Sheppard’s original defense attorney died, she said. 

“And another famous person gets pulled into the case – F. Lee Bailey, who, if you don’t know, was the defense attorney in the O.J. Simpson case,” Ferguson said. “One of the people on his legal team was Benjamin Clark, who just so happened to be an attorney from Gahanna.

"On July 16, 1964, Sam Sheppard was released from the Ohio (Penitentiary), which was in downtown Columbus. He was released on the bias of this media circus surrounding his case.”

Sheppard didn't want to return home to the Cleveland area, so Clark told him about the Executive apartments in Gahanna, Ferguson said.

“He starts practicing medicine, and when he starts taking appointments, 30 women were waiting in line to see him,” Ferguson said. “He lived here until 1966. He ended up moving to Whitehall. He stopped practicing medicine. He moved to Whitehall and became a professional wrestler and ends up marrying his wrestling partner’s daughter.”

Ferguson said people on her tours often give her a history lesson, as well. 

She said a fire station once stood on a site off Mill Street.

“A gentleman, who was a firefighter in the city of Gahanna, would see (Dr. Sheppard) driving down Mill Street in his Cadillac with two German shepherds in the back," she said. "He was a pretty frequent sight in Gahanna around that time.”

Paranormal energy

Ferguson describes a more permanent residency that seems to have taken up at what’s the current Gahanna Area Arts Council house, 116 Mill St.

The home was built in 1904, and when Barb Drobnick moved her Honey Grove Botanicals shop into the home in 2010, Ferguson said, she saw a child’s face looking at her from the banister railing.

“Before she could say anything, all she heard was a soft, high-pitch ‘hello,'" she said. “She reported hearing children playing in the upstairs attic.”

Drobnick’s granddaughter visited and, while she was in the back room, let out a blood-curling scream, Ferguson said.

“She said she saw the face of an angry man in the staircase,” she said.

On another occasion, when an internet installer was servicing the house, Ferguson said, he asked about accessing under the stairway.

The man, who was also a member of the Central Ohio Paranormal Society, said he was drawn to the enormous amount of energy he felt there.

Someone’s watching

Employees of the Ohio Herb Center have experienced so much unusual activity at the house at 110 Mill St., Ferguson said, that they have been keeping a journal.

“Activity stirred during a major renovation when a new slate roof was added in 2017,” she said. “The staff office was moved into the upstairs room above the parlor.”

While working on a laptop, an employee felt a cold brush against the back of her neck, Ferguson said. 

“She stopped working and had to leave the room,” she said. 

When you walk up the stairway of the house, Ferguson said, employees always feel as if someone is waiting and watching as they make their way up, she said.

Ghost hunters

Erin Staugh of Westerville said she thought the ghost tour was spooky.

“I could feel something, although it might have been the power of suggestion,” she said.

Sunbury resident Kelly Wampler said she thought it was interesting. 

As with Staugh, she said, she could feel things.

New Albany resident Jim Rousseau said he enjoyed the local lore. 

“It was a blast from the past, learning about Sam Sheppard,” he said.  “I thought it would be fun to hear about the Ghosts of Gahanna.”

Shelasia Miller of Gahanna said she felt something pull her arm in the upstairs of the Ohio Herb Center. 

“I think it definitely got more scary upstairs,” she said. “Outside, I thought this may be boring, but when I got inside, I said, ‘Oh, sh**!’”

Those who dare have one more opportunity to take a Ghost of Gahanna tour this season.

The fright starts at 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Herb Center.

To register, go to ohioherbcenter.org/learn-classes-1.

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