Category: Products
CRFA Show 2012 Coverage
This week we attended the 2012 CRFA Show. An annual favorite of ours, we like to scope out the latest new food ideas and products. This years show did not disappoint.
Here’s just a few of the cool new food ideas we found:
The Staybowlizer
A simple invention to keep your bowl stable while you mix and whisk in the kitchen. It’s also great for tempering as it fits perfectly into a pot, creating a steam-proof seal. For more information visit www.staybowlizer.com (the site isn’t up yet, so check back soon!).
Molten Ice Glasses
Launched at the show, Molten Ice Glasses are an ingenious brought over from Europe by GBS Food Service Equipment. These ice glasses are great for cocktails (both alcoholic and shrimp) as well as anything else you’d like to keep cold. These unique cups do not dilute your drink as they melt from the outside in. Unfortunately, you’ll need to purchase the giant Molten Ice Glass maker if you want to make these at home. Look for Molten Ice Glasses at a bar near you soon.
Flat – Table Stablizer
Another ingenious idea. The Flat table stabilizer means we can finally say goodbye to wobbly tables forever.
Some other highlights of the show include:
Kellogg’s Special K Cracker Chips
Each cracker chip is light in texture, crispy and seasoned. Now you can get the crunch that you love in the cracker aisle. Look for these soon in a grocery store near you.
Dorgel Chili Dark Chocolate Gelato
Dorgel was handing out some tasty samples. Everyone was gushing over this chili chocolate flavor. Other favorites included Cherry Coke, Red Velvet and Cotton Candy.
Kangaroo Slider
The Gordon Food Service booth was giving out this slider to adventurous foodies looking to try something new. The kangaroo itself had an interesting taste, but it was the Zucchini relish that had people coming back for more. Register for the GFS Magic of the Menu show here.
We also ran into some of our CRFA favorites at the show including McClure’s Pickles, Pingue Prosciutti and Possmei Popping Boba.
Next year the show will be held March 3-5, 2013. For more information visit www.crfa.ca. See you next year!
Glam Media Launches Foodie.com, a New Social Network for Food
Glam Media has launched Foodie.com, integrating authentic food-related content and social networking to help people share and connect on the journey of food discovery. Foodie features a combination of established food critics, high-quality bloggers, chefs, restaurateurs and other food influentials.
“With time spent in magazines declining significantly, consumers are turning to online and mobile as their primary source for food content and ratings, but face the challenge of differentiating great food critics, premium bloggers, recipes and ratings online today. At the same time, traditional food guides such as Michelin only capture editorial and inspectors, missing the social energy surrounding food today,” said Samir Arora, Glam Media Chairman and CEO. “Glam Media built Foodie.com to be the single platform for all things food on the Web. Foodie is going to completely change consumer’s food experiences on digital, powered entirely through a social platform and driving the freshest, authentic content created by leading voices from top chefs, critics, bloggers and brands.”
Foodie is also hosting a panel of culinary experts, featuring acclaimed food critics and top chefs to provide a professional perspective on recipes, restaurants, ingredients and cooking techniques. This group will help nominate the world’s top restaurants and provide regional guides that will be produced regularly.
[Foodie.com / Reuters]
Lucky Peach Issue Three Coming Soon
Here’s the cover of the third issue of Lucky Peach, the the quarterly magazine edited by chef David Chang, Chris Ying and Peter Meehan. This issue will focus on ”The Cooks and Chefs Issue.” Expect features on: Recipes For Yo Mama!, Mario Batali, the Joe Beef guys, Celery and the End of Cooking?! Look for it to arrive March 13.
[Via @LuckyPeach]
Karate Chop Your Salad with the Gama-Go Karate Lettuce Chopper
A black belt lettuce knife. No leafy green vegetable is safe from the Karate Chopper. Give a “hi-ya.” to your house salad with this karate-hand blade. Serrated and dishwasher safe, this lettuce knife gives a punch to your produce.
[via core77.com]
