Article: A moveable feast. (mail-order food)(includes a related article on sending mail-order meals as gifts)(Spending: Shopping Smart)

Whether they're springing for a rich Vermont cheddar they can't match at the local supermarket or choosing an easy way to check relatives off their gift list, the number of people ordering food by mall is growing fast. Mail-order food companies logged nearly eight million orders in 1993, the last year for which statistics are available. That's an increase of more than 40% over the previous year.

Does the product justify the postage? To find out, we invited Michael Payne, executive chef of America restaurant at Washington, D.C.'s historic Union Station, to Kiplinger's table. Payne has studied the finer points of food at Johnson & Wales University's College of ...

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