Jan 19, 2012

Fancy Food Show – Like No Other Trade EventBy Renate ValenciaPacifica.Patch.com

San Francisco, CA – I ate my way through the 37th Winter Fancy Food Show. Not a delicate way to put it, but accurate.

San Francisco’s Moscone Center was once again home to this significant trade-only event that ran January 15-17. More than 18,000 buyers, chefs, brokers, importers, journalists and others connected to the specialty food trade checked out over 80,000 products from around the globe.

Specialty foods and beverages involve “quality and innovation,” according to event sponsor and owner National Association for the Specialty Food Trade. We’re talking infused butters, Jamón Serrano, varietal chocolate, single estate teas and the world’s great cheeses — to name a few.

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