Winter Fancy Food Show Donates Goodies To Needy
By: Victoria Colliver | The San Francisco Chronicle
Wild herring and smoked mackerel fillet. Arrabiata pasta sauce and apricot-maple marinade. Prosciutto, filet mignon and something called chou-frisé in a can.
Although those aren’t the staples found at most food handouts, they were among the gourmet products handed out to the needy Saturday in Hayward.
The high-end edibles were the leftovers of the Winter Fancy Food Show in San Francisco, which ended Tuesday. Vendors at the show donated thousands of pounds of unused food, which volunteers scooped up as the Moscone Center show was being dismantled.
The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade, the show’s organizer, worked with a global hunger relief organization, Feed the Hungry, which in turn partnered with Bay Area anti-hunger programs that distribute food to local families.
