Getting Fancy

Once a year, the Fancy Food Show fills New York’s Jacob Javits Center with about 2500 vendors. North America’s largest marketplace of specialty bites has long hosted a smattering of Vermont businesses. This month, from June 27 to 29, they will band together for a supersized display under the banner of the Vermont Specialty Food Association [1].

It will be Nitti Sachdeva’s first time at the show. The owner and sole employee of South Burlington’s Deva Naturals [2] will sell berry, peach and mangosteen chutneys, spice mixes, and dried fruit, all prepared in her kitchen. Fellow VSFA members such as Castleton Crackers [3] and Vermont Cookie Love [4] will join her in promoting Green Mountain food products.

More established Vermont companies will also be present, including Fat Toad Farm [5] and Vermont Smoke and Cure [6]. Vermont Butter & Cheese Creamery [7]will premiere its Double-Cream Cremont, a traditional French-style goat cheese made extra rich by the addition of cow’s milk and cream. Sounds like a treat...