We asked specialty food buyers for their favorite celebration-worthy appetizers that don’t require complicated prep. Here are their recommendations.
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
“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
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
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
Steve Haman, Babcock & Miles, Red Lodge, MT
- Bella Cucina Spinach Artichoke Bruschetta Spread
- D’Artagnan Mousse of Duck Foie Gras
- Le Bon Magot Tomato and White Sultana Chutney
- Ritrovo Rotti Ma Buoni Piemonte Style Grissini Breadsticks
- Uplands Cheese Rush Creek Reserve Cheese
“Use Pickled Pink Gourmet Jalapeño Pickles as an accompaniment on a charcuterie board to liven up the flavors. They can also be used to make Jalapeño Pickle Salmon Rounds by blending salmon with cream cheese, lemon, and dill and topping with a pickle.”
—Evelyn Ignatow, Hyde Park Gourmet Food & Wine, Cincinnati, OH
Evelyn Ignatow, Hyde Park Gourmet Food & Wine, Cincinnati, OH
- The Perfect Bite Co. Everything Dog in a Blanket
- Pickled Pink Gourmet Jalapeño Pickles
- Ritrovo Ligurian Vegetable Appetizer
- Runamok Maple Hibiscus Flower Infused Organic Maple Syrup
- Tragano Greek Organic Roasted Capia Peppers
Nicole Chabot, The Fresh Market, Greensboro, NC
- Artikaas Ginger Pumpkin Seed Gouda
- Ekone Oyster Company Lemon Pepper Smoked Oysters
- The Fresh Market Fig & Ginger Brie Rolls
- Matiz Espana Pulpo Wild Spanish Octopus in Olive Oil
- Olympia Provisions Italian Sausage
“Available only during the holidays, Uplands Cheese Rush Creek Reserve Cheese is soft and luxuriant. Warm, peel back the top rind, grab a spoon, veggies, or some crusty bread and pop a bottle of bubbly. This is cheese bliss!”
—Steve Haman, Babcock & Miles, Red Lodge, MT
Christine Whelan, Sahadi’s, Brooklyn, NY
- The Fillo Factory Organic Spinach and Feta Fillo Triangles
- Sahadi’s Hummus with Sun Lion Harissa Drizzle
- Stilton drizzled with Eon Pine Honey with Mastic
- Terroirs du Liban Stuffed Eggplants with walnuts on a toothpick
- Zejd Pomegranate Tapenade over fresh ricotta on crackers
Arielle Feger is content associate for Specialty Food Magazine.
Photo Credit: Olympia Provisions
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