Earlier this week, my mom, her co-worker Chef Cliff, and I met up at the NY Fancy Food Show. Our good friends from Ann Arbor, The Deschaines, represented Al Dente Pasta at the Food Show; a most vibrant and colorful booth full of pasta! 

The Al Dente booth w Monique Deschaine

Olive Station

 To paint a picture, this is North America’s largest specialty food and beverage event featuring over 180,000 samples including confections, cheese, coffee, snack, spices, ethnic, natural, organic and more.

Rick Bayless’ Frontera Booth

Loiza Dark Chocolate de Puerto Rico

If you get a chance to one day check out this food festival extravaganza, buckle your seatbelt, your belly is in for a wild ride!

Gelato!

Food Sampling

This was my first food show, so I was fortunate to bump into Food Show Veterans, Alma Schneider of Take Back the Kitchen and her lovely friend Julie Rosenberg. In this short interview, Alma and Julie gave me a few pointers about the art of food sampling. The take away? Don’t eat bread, alternate the sweet and savory, AND wear comfortable shoes.