This past weekend mom and I ventured to Cleveland to check out the Fabulous Food Show. It was probably one of the largest food related events that I have been to. The I-X Center in Cleveland is enormous and has a ferris wheel in the middle, which was not operating so Booo!
The food show was pretty awesome. We spotted some celeb chefs and of course tasted a lot of great bites. A lot of the folks at the show were Ohio based food purveyors or establishments. I think we both were impressed by the number of people making great products in Ohio (not to knock on Ohio but you know, we are from Pennsylvania so there is a natural competitive element at play here). We had a really yummy syrup that is aged in Bourbon barrels so basically it was the best tasting syrup ever!
Some of my other takeaways…
–Ingrid Hoffmann is super cute and I loved watching her cook up a Catalan dish similar to Paella.
-I wish Michael Symon was from Pittsburgh because he is extremely entertaining and charismatic, he clearly has a love for Cleveland and Ohio so I am somewhat jealous.
–Vitamix is made in Ohio, did you know that? Also, IT IS AMAZING!! I totally got sucked in to the power of the Vitamix and it took every ounce of my being to just say no. The demonstrator made smoothies, sorbet, and soup in a matter of 15 minutes…come on!!!
-I like food events that have food trucks. Obviously I was going to go to the one serving tacos because I might always be craving tacos. Mom and I really enjoyed the tacos from Barrio they were really yummy and they knocked them out of the park with their crunchy slaws and corn chips.
–Tyler Florence taught me a bad word – Spatchcock. Also, I would like to be a the Great Food Truck Race, k thanks!
The moral of the story is that Food Shows are fun and you should go to them. Check out some of my shots from the show below.
Looks like fun!