"gourmet food" news and stories

Forget White Castle, Harold and Kumar. It's time for a munchie makeover.

Buddy's Cannabis Patient Collective in Mountain View, California, appears to have taken the concept of the munchies to a whole different level.

Here are some of the goodies off the menu board, as reported by a (no doubt stoked) reporter for the San Jose Mercury News: macaroni and cheese with truffles, roasted sun-dried tomato soup and cheddar jalapeño muffins. They've even elevated the notion of the pot brownie beyond our wildest imagination: three different types of Ghiradelli chocolate with a hint of lavender.

The gourmet edibles are all created by an award-winning Bay Area chef who prefers to remain anonymous, and most contain "cannabutter," which, according to the Mercury News, is made by cooking butter, water and ground marijuana then letting it cool. Buddy's provides their secret chef with the high-grade hemp, and in return, he (or she) sends back things like pissaliere topped with sun-dried tomatoes, basil and braised onions.

Mo's Bacon Chocolate Chip Pancake Mix. Photo: Vosges

Day three of the Fancy Food Show was just as big and bold as Sunday and Monday, with some extra swag to take home. Even after spending three days there, we still feel like we missed a bunch of things.

As Slashfood staffers strolled the aisles on Tueday afternoon, we discovered Key Lime Graham Cracker Gelato, stuffed our faces full of Lobster Mac and Cheese and topped our day off with cultured butter with sea salt crystals.

After the jump, learn about some of our favorites from Tuesday's walk through the show.

Why yes that flower does taste like a battery. Photo: Sara Bonisteel

Day Two of the Fancy Food Show didn't disappoint. With hundreds of thousands of products on display, you're bound to miss a few items on your first walk through of the show at the Javits Center on Manhattan's West Side.

As Slashfood strolled the aisles on Monday afternoon, we discovered a better bacon candy bar, pondered the correct way to grow a shallot and finally tried a pepquiño (and another edible oddity, the above pictured Sechuan button).

After the jump, learn about some of our favorites from Monday's walk through the show. Sundays's favorites can be found here.

As a matter of fact, yes. That is pizza in a cone. Thanks for asking. Photo: Kat Kinsman

"Pleasant and acceptable taste and smell"

If that's the best your copywriters can cook up for a brochure blurb, take that as a sign that your microwavable pizza cones might not be a standout at the Fancy Food Show. At least not in the way you'd hoped.

Luckily for our increasingly overtaxed palates, there were more than a few swoon-inducing nibbles amongst the 250,000 edible products available for sampling at the Javits Center from June 28-30.

After the jump, learn about some of our favorites from Sunday's stroll through the aisles. Mondays's favorites can be found here.