10 ❘ SPECIALTY FOOD MAGAZINE specialtyfood.com
We asked specialty food buyers for their favorite
celebration-worthy appetizers that don't require
complicated prep. Here are their recommendations.
HORS D'OEUVRES AND APPETIZERS
COMPILED BY ARIELLE FEGER
buyers'picks
PHOTOS
(CLOCKWISE
FROM
TOP
RIGHT):
LARK
FINE
FOODS,
PORT
CITY
PRETZELS,
THE
GREAT
SAN
SABA
RIVER
PECAN
COMPANY
INC.,
SIDEHILL
FARM,
WILDLY
DELICIOUS
PRESERVE
CO
LTD,
MICHAEL
GAGE
COSTA
Sue Bicksler-Taub, Holbrook
Cottage, Briarcliff Manor, NY
• BobbySue's Nuts Nuts Over Olives
• Kent & Fraser Cracked Black Pepper
and Smoked Sea Salt Criscuits
• Lark Fine Foods Olive Scourtin
• Sidehill Farm Mango Habanero
Extra Fruit Jam
• Sutter Buttes Fig and Olive Tapenade
• Terrapin Ridge Farms Hot
Pepper Bacon Jam
Doug Shube, Shubie's,
Marblehead, MA
• Creminelli Fine Meats Pre-Sliced Meats
• The Great San Saba River Pecan Company
Jalapeño Peach & Pecan Preserves
• Milton Creamery Prairie Breeze Cheddar with
Jansal Valley Tangerine Infused Honey
• Port City Pretzels Tasty Ranch Dill
• Wildly Delicious Beet & Red Onion
Marmalade
"Wildly Delicious Beet & Red
Onion Marmalade is perfect
with cheddar, goat cheese, brie,
gouda, or even blue cheese."
—Doug Shube, Shubie's, Marblehead, MA
Hunter Fike, DiBruno
Bros., Philadelphia, PA
• Agour Ossau Iraty
• Forever Cheese Queso Leonora
• KL Keller Espelette Gelée
• Le Bon Magot Lemon-Sultana
Saffron Jam
• Smoking Goose Rabbit & Pork
Cheek Pate
Tori Sickles, Sickles Market,
Little Silver, NJ
• Effie's Homemade Biscuits
• Loisa Comida Real Brown
Rice and Black Beans
• The Rogers Collection Les Moulins Mahjoub
Natural Meski Olives with Lemon & Fennel
• Sickles' Own Tortilla Chips and Guacamole
• Stanley's Polish Pierogi
"The Agour Ossau-Iraty is
easy-to-love sheep milk cheese
from the French Basque. It has
bready, almondy notes that
are evocative of toast on an
easy Sunday morning. It's a
flavor profile that pairs nicely
with many condiments."
—Hunter Fike, DiBruno Bros.,
Philadelphia, PA