Rose Water?
Jan. 4th, 2011 10:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wwcitizenLast year, Matt and I went to the Fancy Food Show in Manhattan for the third year in a row. We met Mike Colameco and Lidia Bastianich there, which was really cool:
We ran into and shook the hands of the husband (Chris) and a son (Albie) of two of the Real Housewives of NJ because, after all, they run catering businesses in NJ (below):
My digestive system continuously fascinates Matthew because of how I am able to eat the most divergent things back to back. The Fancy Food Show is a strange set up for a conference. The conference organizers don't plan out the distributors and exhibitors very well except in the area where the exhibitors are separated by country. There are pickles on display next to trail mix. There's a cheese section next to olive oils or peanut butter. There are some distributors of Korean tea bubbles with green tea ice cream next to a spicy Indian curry display. Of course you (or I) have to taste it all, no matter that the eating process is in a kerfuffle.
There are always booths with new products. The new products never cease to amaze or intrigue. Last year, there were new chocolatiers who had unique colored appliques made out of powdered sugar, but they were made to order. There were new pickle distributors from 2009 that had returned with more products including chow chow, Texan Kim Chee, and pickled watermelon rind. Jelly Belly has a REALLY cool display with
One lady had these beautiful bottles called "Elixir" and I was intrigued. They resembled potion bottles you'd find at Giles' witchcraft store in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Tonight, I'm drinking rose water made with the Elixir. I mixed a trial bottle with a bottle of Vintage Seltzer and two packets of Splenda. It's pretty good, but I'm glad we had only one bottle of the rose elixir. The next bottle (tomorrow) is lavender.
We ran into and shook the hands of the husband (Chris) and a son (Albie) of two of the Real Housewives of NJ because, after all, they run catering businesses in NJ (below):
My digestive system continuously fascinates Matthew because of how I am able to eat the most divergent things back to back. The Fancy Food Show is a strange set up for a conference. The conference organizers don't plan out the distributors and exhibitors very well except in the area where the exhibitors are separated by country. There are pickles on display next to trail mix. There's a cheese section next to olive oils or peanut butter. There are some distributors of Korean tea bubbles with green tea ice cream next to a spicy Indian curry display. Of course you (or I) have to taste it all, no matter that the eating process is in a kerfuffle.
There are always booths with new products. The new products never cease to amaze or intrigue. Last year, there were new chocolatiers who had unique colored appliques made out of powdered sugar, but they were made to order. There were new pickle distributors from 2009 that had returned with more products including chow chow, Texan Kim Chee, and pickled watermelon rind. Jelly Belly has a REALLY cool display with
One lady had these beautiful bottles called "Elixir" and I was intrigued. They resembled potion bottles you'd find at Giles' witchcraft store in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Tonight, I'm drinking rose water made with the Elixir. I mixed a trial bottle with a bottle of Vintage Seltzer and two packets of Splenda. It's pretty good, but I'm glad we had only one bottle of the rose elixir. The next bottle (tomorrow) is lavender.
