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A Perfumer’s Fragrant Flower Salad - The New York Times
Tuesday, July 09, 2019The Los Angeles-based perfumer Ezra Woods grew up in the 1990s surrounded by food and flowers. The florist business his parents ran — the Woods, which catered to celebrities and the Four Seasons Hotel — was across the street from Mezzaluna, the Brentwood trattoria that vaulted to notoriety during the O. J. Simpson trial. The family had an account at the restaurant, so it became the place where young Ezra developed his palate. Now 35 and the co-founder of the boutique fragrance brand Régime des Fleurs, Woods has found two new ways to combine his obsessions: He makes edible scents and he cooks with edible flowers. “I love nothing more than flowers,” he says. “There’s something magical about being able to eat something so beautiful.”[Coming soon: the T List newsletter, a weekly roundup of what T Magazine editors are noticing and coveting. Sign up here.]ImageFlowers inspire everything about Régime des Fleurs, from its name to its scents, and Woods isn’t picky about which ones he puts in his salad. While the flavor is generally mild, the visual impact is anything but.CreditJulia StotzTo be clear, most of his fragrances — ones that conjure up palo santo and musk — are not meant to be dige... https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/t-magazine/ezra-woods-flower-salad.html
Cut Flowers Caucus blooms on Capitol Hill - Washington Examiner
Tuesday, July 09, 2019American flower farms like the ones in Alaska.” In Young's 46 years in the House, he's received no contributions from PACs linked to florists or nursery services and only small individual donations in 1994, 2006, and 2011 from people working in the sector, according to OpenSecrets data. The Cut Flowers Caucus is just one example of Capitol Hill's more niche collection of lawmakers. Other instances in the 116th Congress focus on areas ranging from political, ideological, regional, ethnic, and economic, including the Candy Caucus, the Civility and Respect Caucus, the Rock Caucus, the Small Brewers Caucus, the Term Limits Caucus, the Wrestling Caucus, and the Zoo and Aquarium Caucus. "I'd never heard of the Cut Flowers Caucus," Georgetown University government professor Michele Swers told the Washington Examiner with a laugh. The organizations serve different purposes, depending on the topic, she explained. "Caucuses allow members to take various public positions and advertise that an issue is important to them, but their profile obviously depends on what group you're talking about," Swers said. "We've seen how the House Freedom Caucus has attracted enough members to shift policy to the right, whereas being a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus makes them look bipartisan and provides them with the opportunity to tell their constituents they are interested in ensuring Washington works." The organizations additionally reflect broader trends, the professor added, citing the new Servicewomen and Women Veterans Caucus created this year following the election of a host of female lawmakers. George Mason University political science associate professor Jennifer Victor predicted more groups would form in the future. "Caucuses are growing; there are more of them every year. The growth is driven in part by outside industries, like flower growers," Victor said. "Often caucuses don't take up particular bills and opt not to push for legislation because they value bipartisan relationships and the informational benefits of the group over controversial policy."... https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cut-flowers-caucus-blooms-on-capitol-hill
Local florists urge consumers to beware of online flower resellers - WNYT
Tuesday, July 09, 2019Longhitano says it works like this: You search florists on-line and order from one you think is local, but your order is going to a place out of the area to someone who doesn't know flowers, then they take their cut before forwarding the order to another middle man, who finally sends it on to a local florist for fulfilling."They're literally just there to take your order and after that they have nothing to do with it," said Longhitano. Monica Jacobs of Queensbury knows it all too well."I learned a big lesson. I definitely learned a big lesson. I will never do that again."Jacobs ordered flowers through an order gatherer for an out of town funeral, but they never arrived."And I was like, 'Oh no!' I couldn't believe that I spent over $100 thinking they were going to get this beautiful arrangement and they didn't even receive it," said Jacobs. "So, I was mortified."Longhitano says consumers with an issue have to talk to order gatherers and have no contact with the local florist who is fulfilling the order.Becau... https://wnyt.com/news/queensbury-florist-urges-consumers-to-be-aware-of-on-line-flower-resellers-who-serve-as-order-takers/5331850/
After Nearly 40 Years in the Subway, a Flower Man Stops Peddling - Bedford + Bowery
Tuesday, July 09, 2019My energy is no good no more,” he said with his heavy Greek accent. “I can’t do it no more, I’m tired.”Tsoumas remembered that when he first started his business, flower concessions such as Gus Florist, Flowers for all Occasions populated the train stations in the city. Regular folk bought flowers everyday; they “needed” the flowers, he said. Fridays was a particularly good sales day, as were the long dreary days of winter. But now, the money was to be found doing flower arrangements for weddings, funerals or parties, “nothing else.” Tsoumas bemoaned that young people don’t “believe” in flowers anymore and the big retail companies are snuffing out small tradesmen with their wholesale prices.As we spoke, an elderly woman with big eyes approached the stand and rested her cane against one of the station’s columns as she gazed at the bouquets. Tsoumas came out from behind the flowers and told her he wouldn’t be there next week. “I have bad news, I’m leaving. I’m retiring,” he said, leaning briefly into her.“Oh, congratulations!” the woman replied and patted him gently on the chest. “Thank you so much, I appreciate it,” he said.The gray-haired woman said that she had known Tsoumas for at least 20 years and that whenever she visited the neighborhood she would get flowers from him. She wished him good luck and reminded him to keep doing “something” after retirement... https://bedfordandbowery.com/2019/06/after-nearly-40-years-in-the-subway-a-flower-man-stops-peddling/
Field to vase - Home and Garden - Place - July 4, 2019 - Sacramento News & Review
Tuesday, July 09, 2019Local flowers smell so much better. They’re not flown in from somewhere. They’re not chemically treated to last for weeks.”Slow Flowers also are catching on with traditional florists.“Support the American grower; that’s the biggest reason,” said Jim Relles of Relles Florist in Sacramento. “You also can get different varieties of flowers. Certain flowers don’t travel well at all.”Among those fragile flowers are such favorites as iris, gerbera daisies, larkspur, delphiniums, stock, tulips and some lilies.“We work with California growers from Arcata to Carlsbad,” Relles said. “We’re pretty lucky. California growers can generally grow these products year round.” ... https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/content?oid=28354887
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