Forget meat and potatoes. Americans today increasingly want pomegranate-based drinks, spices such as smoked paprika, and other once exotic items, and the media have responded by increasing the amount of specialty items covered in food sections.
"There are so many more journalists actually covering the food space now, and that includes specialty items," notes Jane Mazur, SVP of media relations at Ogilvy PR. "The weekly food sections in newspapers are now more robust than ever, and they're all looking for interesting ...