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On the floor at Fancy Food Show 2021

No, not really. In a normal year we’d be on our way to San Francisco for the Winter Fancy Food Show 2021 where we’d sample wares, talk to producers, and guess what food trends would be hot and not in … Continue reading

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Last thoughts on the Winter 2020 Fancy Food Show

It seems a lifetime since international vendors packed Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for the Winter Fancy Food Show, which ran January 19-21. Currently many borders are on lockdown because of the COVID-19 virus, with neither people nor goods … Continue reading

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Dreaming of Indi Chocolate

Serendipitous discoveries are our favorite aspect of the giant Fancy Food Show. We missed a session on pairing tea and chocolate so stopped by to meet the presenters, Indi Chocolate. It turns out the tea/chocolate pairing is a sideline to … Continue reading

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The Mediterranean Diet… bogus, or lifesaving?

Internet trolls say the Mediterranean diet research is bogus, based on false information. But proponents insist the science is real, with profound health benefits to those who follow its dietary precepts. Who’s right? To dig a little deeper, we spent … Continue reading

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Hot and Not at the 2020 Winter Fancy Food Show

We’re just back from the 2020 Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, where the focus as you might expect was on “plant-based” everything. Impossible and Beyond weren’t there, but there were plenty of meat alternatives as well as products … Continue reading

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The meal bars of summer at 2019 FFS

There were a LOT of bars on offer at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York… and most of them were sufficiently dense and nutrient-rich that they could be considered meal replacement bars, vs simply snack bars. Most are … Continue reading

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Hot and not at Summer 2019 Fancy Food Show

We recently returned from the Summer 2019 Fancy Food Show in NYC. Attendance was light on Sunday when we arrived, but really picked up on Monday indicating continuing strength in the two major marketplaces covered, gourmet tchotchkes and foodservice. Here … Continue reading

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Chocolate and lemongrass at Winter 2019 Fancy Food Show

Single origin chocolate? Zzzzz…. So 2018. At the recent Fancy Food Show I sampled Scorpion Pepper chocolate from North Carolina, Lavender milk chocolate from Hawaii (source of the only cocoa nibs grown in the U.S.) and Salted Egg Cereal chocolate … Continue reading

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Nibbling at the 2019 Winter Fancy Food Show

Once again the Winter Fancy Food Show was a garden of earthly delights. They’ve remodeled Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, taking out whatever separated the North and South Halls, so the venue seemed even more forbiddingly enormous than on … Continue reading

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Cleveland Kraut: best taste at Fancy Food Show

We’re just back from the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco and will have several reports over the coming days. But this is too good to wait. The (subjectively) best thing I had at the show can be found … Continue reading

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