Buyers’ Picks: Hors d’Oeuvres and Appetizers

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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