Tarantino It's not often your first job provides a history lesson, but that's what Institute of Food Technologists Executive Vice President Christie Tarantino got as a young girl working in her grandfather's shoe store in Montgomery, Ala. Grandfather Ed Lovan ran the store for 50 years until retiring in 1983, when Tarantino was 13. He was involved in his community and knew many leaders of the civil rights movement in Montgomery—including Martin Luther King Jr. In fact, King was a customer. "It was great to hear from my grandfather what happened during those times and to get to meet some of the folks who were involved in that movement who continued to shop with him,… Read More