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Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Favorite Products and Displays from Summer Fancy Food Show 2014: A Photographic Odyssey

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Summer Fancy Food Signage
All Photos By Gail

The Summer Fancy Food Show – which is sponsored by the Specialty Food Association – takes over NYC’s Jacob Javits Convention Center for three days each July, and it is the most fun thing imaginable for people who like food. This year’s event took place from Sunday June 29th through Tuesday July 1st, and while you really do need three days to “do” the show, I had to cram my visit into just one day (Sunday). My foodie friend and fellow writer Anne and I blazed a trail across three floors and two entire wings of Javits, coming away with very full tummies, even fuller bags of food swag and samples, and a ton of (mostly) hilarious photos, some of which I will share here. Enjoy! Continue reading Favorite Products and Displays from Summer Fancy Food Show 2014: A Photographic Odyssey →

Food and Drink, Lifestyle

Pasta Sauce Made By Jon Bon Jovi’s Dad

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BonGiovi Pasta Sauce
All Photos By Gail

Hey what’s up. I just got back from a long day spent grazing my way through the Summer Fancy Food Show, which is taking over Javits Convention Center here in Manhattan through Tuesday July 1st. What a fun show! You always arrive home with a full tummy and an even fuller bag of delicious food samples from vendors, literally, all over the globe. This year, I was very happy and surprised to meet John Bongiovi, whose son fronts a eponymous, rather well known rock band, but spells the family name a bit differently. Artistic license!

John Sr, was at Fancy Food to shill for the family Pasta Sauce business, and my pal Anne and I had the chance to not only taste their delicious sauce over a bit of perfectly cooked pasta, but we also got to chat a bit with Mr. Bongiovi, who is super nice and quite handsome. If I were ten years older and he was single, I would be all over it.

John BonGiovi Sr

The Bongiovi Pasta Sauce Booth was raffling off this awesome Les Paul guitar signed by John Jr. It looks like a nice guitar. Anne and I made him pose with it.

BonGiovi Pasta Sauce Ad

Visit Bongiovi Brand Dot Com to find out where you can buy this delicious sauce in your area!

Humor and Cuteness, Lifestyle

Meet Mr. Knobs, The Human Ginger Root

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Mr Knob
Photographed by Gail at the Summer Fancy Food Show, Javits Center

Mr. Knobs is a Human Ginger Root who is the Mascot/Chief Brand Ambassador for The Ginger People, a company that makes candy, beverages and other food products containing ginger. Visit them at This Link.