Spread the news! If the annual National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show is any indication, consumers literally have a taste for travel—or at least they certainly want to try flavorful new dishes with ethnic appeal.
Of the 36 NRA Food and Beverage Awards (FABI) issued this year, eight winners were new sauces, spreads and dressings and nearly all those of featured an ethnic twist—particularly with Indian, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern influences. Interestingly enough, four of six FABI award-winning ethnic sauces hailed from just two companies: Brooklyn Delhi, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Sud’n’Sol, based in Estillac, France.