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As Seen in...Chicago

The National Restaurant Association show in May was a dizzying four days of trend tracking, food tasting, and elbow rubbing. Here are a few standouts that Catersource experienced at the show, but also at a few industry gatherings and parties as well. —Kathleen Stoehr

Libbey, at its evening event, built Chicago landmarks from their products as centerpieces.

Visually captivating and delicious cookies for tasting on the tradeshow floor

Tim Metzger and his wonderful Tillen Farms products

American Indian Foods offered products labeled with the respective Tribal affiliation. Here, Everett Anderson offered samples of salmon jerky.

Bill Shea and samples of the terrific Australis Aquaculture Barramundi

Behold some of the most beautiful new barware ever, courtesy of American Metalcraft

Tropical Sun Punch was one of many libations served at the Monday night IFEC Meet & Greet, featuring mango purée.

The cannabis trend is gaining momentum, as witnessed in the BAR16 area of NRA. Yes, this is cannabis-infused vodka with such strong herbal notes, it was more reminiscent of gin.

With sushi culture on the rise in the US, we think these cool little sushi rollers and maki makers from AUTEC will increase productivity—and consistency in amount of product.

The grilled cheese sandwich production line at Tillamook had attendees clamoring.

Chef Thomas Keller made an appearance in the Hestan Commercial booth on Sunday.

Deeming this important research in order to gear up for our own show in New Orleans, March 2017, we visited the Lousiana Seafood Booth for nibbles of crawfish, oysters, shrimp, and more.

Serve ice cold draft beer without electricity in the field. Roll it on out, serve it up!

SkewDat cocktail skewers was seen at the BAR16 show

Kathleen Stoehr

Kathleen Stoehr is the Director of Community & Content Strategy for Informa Connect | Catersource and Special Events magazines, including all digital content for both websites and e-newsletter products. She also vets, hires, guides and coordinates all live education at Catersource Conference & Tradeshow, Art of Catering Food, Leading Caterers of America Executive Summit, and bridge content at The Special Event.