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A good article that takes you to a bunch of gourmet food shops in NYC, including Dean & DeLuca and the Chelsea Market.

FOR as long as most people can remember, food has been getting cheaper and farming has been in decline. In 1974-2005 food prices on world markets fell by three-quarters in real terms. Food today is so cheap that the West is battling gluttony even as it scrapes piles of half-eaten leftovers into the bin.

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BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- Marketing budgets get cut in a recession, right? Not according to several of today's package-goods leaders. In a testament to how important advertising has become to their businesses, Procter & Gamble Co., Colgate-Palmolive Co., Kraft Foods and Kellogg Co. all have boosted or at least maintained their marketing budgets,

As food prices soar, more nations are falling back on an old -- and potentially hazardous -- response: price controls.The price rises partly reflect increased demand from emerging markets and higher oil prices, which drive up the cost of growing and transporting food.