Fancy Food Show 2010

To say the Fancy Food show has a lot of food is like saying there is a lot of water in the ocean.

Yesterday I visited the show and, as always, came away overwhelmed. There were 2,400 vendors and samples of everything.

I am happy to report that Gluten-Free was proudly on display this year! Last year I meet the folks from Udi's. This year? I met several new gluten-free vendors, including Jill from Glow.

Below are just a handful of photos from the show. I can't wait until the 2011 show!





While there is a lot of *every* kind of food at the Fancy Food Show, this year I came away thinking, "Oh my goodness! I saw a lot of cheese!" This is only one display!




More cheese...





Close up of more cheese...



Not cheese! Meat! Isn't that Mortadella just lovely?  (The Mortadella is the large round on the far left. It comes from the Bologna region of Italy and is wonderful. )



Chocolate! I didn't snap many chocolate pictures but, trust me, there was as much chocolate as there was cheese. Mmmm....chocolate....




Gluten-free was one of the buzz words at the show! Here are the folks from Conte's. I really like their ravioli.




This display is all fresh fruits and veggies. On the floor ground, it was a wonderful reminder of summer. (Also a reminder of summer? The heat! By the end of the show, I melted! The Javits center was oddly stuffy and warm.)




I meet these guys last year. I wonder how that whole gluten-free-bread-thing is working out for them? :)



Here is THE pre-made loaf that gluten-free eaters love!




Disclaimer: This loaf is NOT gluten-free. But it is HUGE. Also the poster of the woman in the back made me chuckle. Of course women dress up and dangle panatone boxes from their fingers!  Of course they do!  What? You don't?




The Italian pavilion was enormous.  I guess this isn't shocking. There is a lot of great food in Italy.




Have you tried Against the Grain? For the first time, I sampled their goodies. I think their new nut-free Pesto pizza might have been the best pre-made gluten-free pizza I've ever tried. YUM!




GLOW! I met Jill--who brought my book to the show(!)--and sampled her wonderful cookies! They are all AMAZING! The packaging is adorable and the cookies are fabulous!




Garden Lites was a great surprise! They have a line of low-fat, pre-made gluten-free dinners. The zucchini portabella dinner was divine!




Look! It's Lucy's! And I wasn't even at a Starbucks! :)




Stonewall Kitchen will always have a piece of my heart. One of my favorite things to do n Maine (besides reading on the beach and eating lobster) is visiting their flagship store. I am not a jam lover; yet, I love every jam they offer. Their "display" at the show was more like a store. Incredible!




These aren't gluten-free but isn't it pretty? Almost puts me in the holiday mood. Almost.




These photos are for my mom who LOVES Ina Garten. One thing she often says to me is, "You know what I saw on Ina..."



Look, ma! It's Ina! (On a poster...)




One of aspects of the Fancy Food show that always amazes me is the "booths" that companies set up. They are more like little shops. This is the booth for the Republic of Tea. Don't you just want to sit down with a book and have a cup of tea? Well you can't! Why? Look below!




Hammond's set up a candy shop! Several of their samples said, "Gluten-Free" right on the package. Thank you Hammond's!







Kinnikinnick has been serving the gluten-free community FOREVER. And I still can't spell their name correctly. I finally sampled their doughnuts. You guys are right! They are good!



I am not a fan of their S'Moreables but, I have to admit, the package is cute.




My one true love: he guys from Bob's Red Mill. (The standing next to the photo of Bob is clearly thinking, "Really Lady? A bright pink camera? Jeez..."




Did you know that 123 Gluten-Free and I go WAY back? I was at the first (or second) celiac event they ever attended! I still remember trying Kim's delicious biscuits. Her product line has expanded and I couldn't be happier for her. (I did take a picture of Kim and her mom. However, it is super fuzzy. I like Kim too much to post a bad picture of her.)




Cheese, meat AND pastries. Oh my!




I LOVE olives. This tray was HUGE. I bet it was at least two-feet across.




Did I mention that the show had cheese?




Or meat? Did I tell you about the meat?





Look at that cheese! I lub cheese.



Just some cheese waiting to be eaten.




Another lovely booth that looked like a mini-shop. I was in heaven.




You know what every show needs? A Mona Lisa---made of Jelly Belly jellybeans. I am not kidding. How fun is this thing? I love it when people play with their food!



I wonder what flavors made up the Mona Lisa?