When I showed up to the Fancy Food Show, I went first to the Organic Pavilion mostly out of occupational obligation. After all, despite our frequent discussion of bacon, we do try to take the health angle as often as possible on Elastic Waist while still never missing out on any of our favorite foods, drinks, and the social events where all this yumminess is present. But sometimes, let's be honest, organic, all-natural, "health" foods can be a little depressing. But the big surprise for me was that there, cordoned off in the basement, were the most exciting products of the entire show. Cool, modern packaging, and knock-it-out-of-the-park taste reigned supreme among the organic products. Here's a short and totally unofficial list of the best of the best:

Organic Nectars Non-Dairy, Raw, Organic Vegan Gelato
I know what you're thinking. "Why in God's name?" right?  You are not a vegan, you do not eat raw, et cetera, but what I'm telling you is that it does not matter. This is some of the coolest, creamiest, most delicious frozen goodness you will have pass your lips. 

Phoenicia Patisserie
When you want sugar and richness, you probably don't think, "I must have baklava!" You might change your mind when you taste the pistachio nut rolls from Phoenicia. These would be such a show-stopper pulled out after a dinner party.

Highland Harvest Organic Whiskey
As if you needed another reason to booze it up, this whiskey goes down smooth as mother's milk for those days when you really just don't care to feel the burn.

Izze Esque
If you love Izze sodas but don't like to drink all your calories away, you'll be heartened to know that they've heard your pleas and they've listened. Izze Esque are the new low-calorie sodas in limon, black raspberry, and mandarin.

Ecco Bella health by chocolate
You're going to eat chocolate whether or not it makes your bones strong and skin beautiful, but Ecco Bella has just made things easier for you by adding superfood essences of seaweed, blueberries and all kinds of other powerful antioxidants, herbs, vitamins and minerals to their chocolate bars.

Seafare Foods
A Maryland native was just telling me to avoid canned crab at any cost, but I'm still seduced by the fact that I won't have to wrangle with spindly crustacean legs to extract some meat if I can just pop open a can. This wild caught crab is as close to fresh as you can get.

Back up above sea level among the non-organics, the world seemed less wholesome and grass-roots, with lots of unneccissarily large signs in neon colors (I'm talking about you, Jelly Belly), and intimidating French people with shiny shoes and perfect hair forcing more pâté upon me than I could handle (D'Artagnan, you had me at "wild boar sausage"). Some noteworthys I would be remiss to not mention include: 

Twist
If you have to choke down your daily 64 ounces of aqua, Twist makes it easier by adding a squeeze of juice. Not sweet, just simple, 100% natural, and perfect.

Sence
Leave it to Europeans to make everything pretty. Sence is "a rare European rose nectar" that tastes like drinking a bouquet of flowers in a good way. Would be so good with champers.

Vosges Haut-Chocolat
The ladies at this booth stole my little heart for making the dark little chocolate morsels so very, very sexy. Oh, and for bringing into the world a chocolate bacon bar.  I shit you not. Paging Weetabix, can you hear me? --Sarah McColl