During the first couple of days of July, I nibbled my way through three floors of New York City's Javits Center while attending the Summer Fancy Food Show. Several other folks from AOL Food and Epicurious were also there, tasting chips, cheese, chocolates and dips. We discovered that there are quite a few people making artisanal chocolate, flavoring things with lavender and pear-ginger and doing amazing things with live foods among many other, tasty things. We've all sorted through our samples, press kits and memories, trying to bring you what we think was the very best of the show in one fun, appealing slideshow that you can find over at AOL Food. Head on over, take and look and then come back over here and let us know what you think. Did we pick anything you love? Or did we happen to hit on a product you've tried and not liked? We want to hear what you think!
[via: AOL Food]
OUR RUNNERS-UP
Marisa's Picks
Choward's Violet Scented Gum
tsp spices
Sweetriot Cacao Nibs
Glee Gum Make Your Own Chewing Gum Kit
Askinosie Chocolate
Naturally Nora Baking Mixes
Kat's Picks
Dave's Insanity Habanero Mustard
Sabra Peppadew Hummus
Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters
Go Appetit Cool Soup Rich Vegetable Gazpacho
Tait Farms Raspberry Shrub
Fentiman's Shandy
Cocoa Farm Wine Chocolates
Mojito Criollo Margo
Kristyn's Picks
Fentimans Curiosity Cola
Shark Teeth!
Petit Tea
Sonoma Syrup
The Simple Kitchen sodas
Siempre Rico Tamalitos
PB Loco peanut butter with Asian curry spice
Heather's Picks [via: Epicurious]
Lucini Dressings
Immaculate Baking Co. Cookies with a Cause
Second Helping of Slashfood - June 19
Competitive-Eating Contest to Pit Humans Against Elephants
The Backyard Boom - The Hungry Bride
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
7-13-2008 @ 2:14PM
Paula Zargaj-Reynolds said...
You poor dears, obviously, none of you has ever had Aunt Sally's Original Creole Pralines.
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7-13-2008 @ 2:56PM
Kat Kinsman said...
Paula - as a matter of fact I have not! How would I find such a thing?
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7-13-2008 @ 3:09PM
Siobhán said...
I think you may be interested in Bob & Neals. This is a sauce/marinate that is delicious on everything! And I do mean everything from steak to crackers. Here's the link http://www.bobandneals.com/index.html
Hope you Enjoy!
~Siobhán
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7-13-2008 @ 3:39PM
Kat Kinsman said...
Hi Gail - it's http://www.docksidemarket.com for the Key Lime Cake. I think their server is getting hit pretty hard with orders right now!
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7-13-2008 @ 4:13PM
Gail Rook said...
I would like to know where I can get the key lime cake, as that link didn't work on the list. The other ones, well most of them worked, but that one did not. It sounds so yummy!!!!!!!
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7-13-2008 @ 4:29PM
Phyllis said...
I've just discovered -yes, it is a relatively new product - Coconut Bliss Ice Cream. Made from coconut milk and sweetened with agave syrup (LOW GLicemix index) it is delicious and refreshing. The chocolate flavor does not have a coconut taste.
This is really good. They have many other flavors available and recently upgraded their facilities and are hoping to expand their product availability to more states. They are mostly available along the Western United states.
IT IS REALLY YUMMY!
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7-13-2008 @ 4:38PM
kateaallison said...
I work at a cheese shop, and sadly we don't love the Truffle Tremor. We love truffle cheese in general - Pecorino Tartufo is always a hit - but something about the combination of goat's milk cheese and truffles is off-putting. We love everything else from Cypress Grove; we just think this one is a miss.
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7-13-2008 @ 5:02PM
mimi said...
For real bbq lovers nothing beats Dinosaur barbeque sauces!!
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7-13-2008 @ 6:57PM
Irene said...
All the foods reviewed sound wonderful. Where do
I buy them in the Philadelphia area?
Thank you.
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7-13-2008 @ 8:05PM
Terry Brinson said...
Help--Re--Dockside Key Lime Cake--I am trying to get the number of the Dockside Market and am not having any luck. Heck--I'll take the recipe and make it myself(but then I'd eat the whole thing). Thanks for your help... Terry
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7-13-2008 @ 8:12PM
Kat Kinsman said...
Shoot! I think the web traffic crashed 'em. The # for Dockside is 1-800-813-2235. And yes - it IS that good.
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7-13-2008 @ 8:25PM
Julia Wyrick-Egan said...
This list of products was so great, I am so sick of fixing the same thing for dinner over and over, if I didn't love food so much I'd go on a hunger strike! Please Please continue to post these finds, even though I watch the food network around the clock they are too heavy on the items in the dish, all the prep, blah blah blah. I don't have 10 people prepping for me in my kitchen. Thanks again, these one step sauces, rubs etc. are just what I need.
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7-13-2008 @ 9:17PM
carrie said...
Did you not see Callie's Charleston Biscuits?? The Cheese Biscuits won the gold--you HAVE to try them!
www.calliesbiscuits.com
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7-13-2008 @ 9:29PM
Kat Kinsman said...
Carrie - it just kills me that we didn't make it over there! Those biscuits were on my list, and I just ran out of time. Next year, I hope.
Julia - we certainly will keep posting these. Shows like this are the highlight of my job, and my most favorite thing of all is finding products I love, made by small companies who could use the exposure, and spreading the word. Stay tuned for more!
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7-14-2008 @ 2:39AM
Oli said...
Two things stood out for me at the Fancy Food show:
1. Blackwell's Organic raspberry sorbet.
2. Golden Bon Bon's northern Italian bonbons.
Both scrumptious!
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7-15-2008 @ 12:43AM
lost4lyf said...
For those of you who could not contact dockside cakes go to www.docksidemarket.com or 1-800-813-2253. I've checked and the website is now up and running...try them out they are delicious!!!!!
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