Eats and Sips Featured at SUMMER FANCY FOOD SHOW

Here are just a few of our favorite eats and sips from the Summer Fancy Food Show by the Specialty Food Association that recently wrapped up at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. Check these out and stay tuned in the coming weeks to Broadwayworld.com for some of our preferred snack choices, sweets, and meal prep items.

EXPLORE CUISINE: The trend of gluten-free pasta continues! You might have tried whole wheat pasta, but what about other fun varieties of pasta alternatives like Edamame Spaghetti? Or Green Lentil Penne? Explore Cuisine is a leader in innovative cooking using organic ingredients of the highest quality, integrating beans, peas, lentils, and rice to provide you with nourishing meals which are easy, quick, colorful, and simply delicious! All Explore Cuisine products are vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO and jam packed with nutrients. ($4.99 at www.explorecuisine.com and retailers nationwide).

THE LITTLE KERNEL is summer's newest, healthy popcorn snack with a unique, hulless, "miniature kernel". Perfect for children's small hands and popped in 100% pure olive oil, each kernel is gluten-free, non-GMO, dairy-free, kosher and certified whole grain. The Little Kernel is available in six delicious flavors, including: Truffle Sea Salt, Sweet & Salty, Pink Himalayan Salt, White Cheddar, Butter and Naked (No Salt Added); http://thelittlekernel.com/.

GAEA, the leading Greek food company specializing in authentic Mediterranean products such as Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Olives (Snack Packs, Pouches and Jars), is breaking into the cocktail mixer industry with Dirty Martini Juice - a natural fit considering olives are at the core of their business. With only two ingredients per flavor, Gaea Dirty Martini Juice is the perfect mixer to accompany vodka and gin. Gaea Dirty Martini Juice for Vodka contains red pepper stuffed green olives brine with hot red pepper, while Gaea Dirty Martini Juice for Gin contains green olives. Cheers to that! http://www.gaeaus.com/

BRUCE COST GINGER ALE is made from whole, 100% fresh ginger, unlike competitors who use artificial ingredients like "ginger oil". You can actually SEE the ginger pieces in each bottle, and it's recommended that drinkers "shake gingerly" before twisting off the cap and enjoying! Naturally sweetened with pure cane sugar and locally crafted in Brooklyn, Bruce Cost Ginger Ale is currently available in seven flavors - Original Ginger Ale (bottle and can); "66" (66 calories with monk fruit); Jasmine Tea; Ginger Beer; Pomegranate with Hibiscus; Passion Fruit with Turmeric; and Blood Orange with Meyer Lemon; http://www.brucecostgingerale.com/index.html.

BROOKLYN ORGANICS are perfect for those looking for a sugar free option as all the line of USDA Organic-certified sodas are gently sweetened with plant-based Stevia. All varietals are non-GMO, Kosher, Gluten Free, Caffeine Free and Vegan. Each contains a bold fizz in a svelte package, made with ingredients that are good for you and for the planet. Brooklyn Organics flavors include: Classic, Cola, Acai, Coconut & Guava; http://www.drinkbrooklynorganics.com/.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Explore Cuisine