A vegetable syrup, pork-free sausages and cookies to be nibbled with wine may sound like foods that seem at odds with themselves, but all are being touted as new and innovative products at a major gourmet food fair this weekend.

Mobile food dispensing vehicles (aka food trucks) are a trendy commodity in major urban areas with people standing in line over an hour for a gourmet burger. Well, the trend trickled down to Collier County this season and Marco Island Farmers Market has its own meals on wheels – The Nosh Truck – and customers don’t have to stand on line for a Thai burger cooked by chef Scott Sopher, formerly ...

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Detroit — Dave Lewinski wanted to do something for Detroit's small businesses. So when the Royal Oak photographer saw a posting online about an Ann Arbor "cash mob" — similar to a flash mob where folks amass in one location for performance art — he said he "only needed a split second" to realize he found a way to help boost the local economy.