Blown away by the food at BlogHer Food thus far!!! The style and quality has been incredible!
And I got my meal at breakfast – I think I ate 3 breakfasts in one! They had tons of amazing fresh fruit (CHERRIES!), greek yogurt in little jars, pastries, bagels and interesting spreads, [organic] eggs, and more.
The presentation was gorgeous and creative! {It will be the day when these conferences add some studio lights so we bloggers can take good photos of the gorgeous displays!]
I think I tasted it all – even things that I don’t normally love for breakfast like bagels and eggs! SO hungry – and tasted so good!
[I didn’t quite finish all of this!]
After I filled my plate, I stumbled upon the Chobani booth with a full yogurt + toppings bar – IN JARS!!! So cute!
The morning session was from the White On Rice Couple, who inspired us with their gorgeous photography and amazing videos, like this one.
My speaking session was the first of the day, which was great because I was nervous to get it over with! Amelia and Janet and I spoke on nutrition trends, real food and credibility titled Food Literacy: Separate Food Fact from Food Fiction and Enhance Your Credibility. I believe the session was recorded and you can read the live blog post here. The flow went well, and our audience looked very engaged. Hope they enjoyed the information!
LUNCH was incredible as well!! Creative sandwiches, gazpacho, fruit cups, potato salad stacks
Salad on a toothpick!!
Cookies
Such creative ways to taste food!
Loved the potato salad stack
Squeeze on the mayo! [Remove the pearl onion]
Loved the spinach salad!
Also had a curried chicken salad roll, fruit, a tomato/moz/eggplant stack and a few cookies
Enjoyed eating with these ladies! Burnt Biscuits (blog to be!), Confident Cooking, Pepper Lynn, Food on the Table!
Afternoon begins!
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OMG! Everything looks so yummy. And sooo lovely!
Wow that food looks incredible! I would have made a fair dent in that breakfast plate! Yum!
The food DOES look incredible! I’m always nervous about conferences though, did you notice if they offer much gluten free stuff? Haha I’m afraid I’ll finally get to go to one of these someday but not be able to eat much! And I love those chobani jars, how cute!
Normally they do have all options covered and they are well labeled – Foodbuzz did that well last year. I’m not sure if they had more options this year (it might have been in a separate area)
I love all the creative presentations of the food. But I must ask, Salad on a Toothpick? How did that go…? I like the concept, but would probably add some more mix-ins into the salad!
You pushed it off the toothpick to eat!
The display of the food looks amazing! I love that little extra effort, it always goes such a long way. Especially when it’s backed up by good food.
Woah, swanky! Oh my god this all looks so amazing! I could live off this kind of small bite, fingerfood things.
That food looks INCREDIBLE. How do you go about attending one of those events?
You just sign up! It’s annual. And the regular BlogHer is in August in NYC
I am happy, because I bought some cherries today
Oh my goodness!!! … What a wonderful array/display of foods!!! Do the people in charge of BlogHer create the menus, or is it locally catered?
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Oh my gosh…I love the presentations! So many awesome ideas…potato salad stacks (was that a blue cheese ball with the pearl onion?), salad on a stick, gazpacheo in the glass, greek yogurt in a jar…loooooove it! You must be in heaven!!
So much delicious looking food!!!
It looks AMAZING! Was the potato salad on a stick difficult to eat? Or did you basically just break it down and eat it with a fork on your plate? Either way these are excellent party finger food ideas! I’m also loving everything in the jars! Makes it look so pretty.
I broke it down with a fork
Love it!! The style and types of food are all great and creative. They get 5 stars for these spreads.
Wow! What creative ways to display and serve food. I love all the attention to detail.
Those salads on toothpicks are such a neat idea! I would love to pull that out at a BBQ this summer.
I love the bagel display–how fun!! Is that a meringue on top of the fruit cup on your lunch plate?
I’m glad that I’m eating dinner soon because this made me hungry!!
so many tasty treats to choose from!!!
What an incredible feast!!!!! And creative!
WOW. that food display and presentation is absolutely AMAZING!!!!
Amazing display of foods.. bagels.. yogurt.. yum! I love seeing all the bloggers’ pictures.
Pretty nail polish shade – great June color.
I’m sure you did great with your talk!
All the food looks delicious and very well presented!
How clever!! Kind of disappointed that I never thought of any of this creativeness!
I love how creative the presentation of all the food is! As beautiful as all of your pictures are, I’m sure seeing the displays in person were even more impressive.
Awesome pictures and quick writing!!! Hope you are enjoying Seattle unfortunately it is a little cold right now. .
How did you even know where to start?! They were so creative with making the “salads” into a stack. I love it when food is made fun..everything looks fun and amazingly delicious!
As a chef, I love the presentations of those salads. I work for a premiere catering company and might have to mention it, as we do a ton of small plate/tasting items. I just have to ask, what is the little round green thing between the onion and egg on the potato salad, a caper?
Bleu cheese!! I had no idea either until I tasted it : )
Hi Kath,
Looks like a lot of fun! I just read your presentation – very cool. I’m a loyal reader of your blog, and just wanted to comment on one of your comments in the presentation. A few years ago, I would have totally agreed with your “vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free recipe…who cares” comment. But now, as a mom with a son with food allergies, I actually appreciate those recipes.
I never imagined I’d have to deal with multiple food allergies with my son, but we’re dealing with it, and helping him eat very healthy despite having to avoid so many things. So, just so you’re aware, there’s a HUGE food allergy community who REALLY appreciate those recipes as it helps them feed their families and children despite living with frustrating food allergies.
Oh I am not at all saying those recipes are great options!! My point was just that an overload of buzz words just for the sake of attracting traffic can backfire on people who are intimidated to cook in that way or dilute the more descriptive ingredient words. If you are actively looking for a certain type of recipe and scanning for those words, then it absolutely makes sense to use them and seek them out. I’m sorry if that’s not how it came across in the transcript!
Yes, I understand you were talking about those foods in a different context…no problem. thanks Kath!
Looks amazing! I’m surprised you don’t like public speaking (although I don’t know why, haha), it just seems like something you’d be a natural at…
It all looks beautiful and tasty. Really inspires to be more creative with presentation. Also, since I don’t like my food to touch (weird I know), i think stacks could be awesome!
That is such a unique way to have potato salad. All of the food looks delicious and it looks like there was so much of it. Being the indecisive person that I am I would have had absolutely no idea where to begin if I were in your shoes.
Food looks fabulous!
I love that salad on a toothpick idea!!
Amazing spread abd presentation- loved eating vicariously through you, Kath
So happy that the food is amazing. Often times at big events like that it can feel a little….”catered”. You know what I mean
And great that you’re in a phase of pregnancy that you’re loving it! Can you imagine if you were on this trip at like 8-10 weeks when nothing ever looks good to any pregnant woman! Glad it all worked out!
I think I’m going to ditch the traditional RD thing and become a blogger. There’s a better spread at this one conference than at every regional, state, or national RD convention I’ve ever been to combined. It’s also great that they actually have sponsors I can be get behind of instead of having to grit my teeth over. Looks like a great time!
Agreed! Or perhaps bloggers could be hired to plan the meals at RD conferences
Whoaaa that is so neat! I love the idea of salad on a toothpick. So simple but elegant
Dying to go to BlogHer Food!
Love that food presentation. It would be really fun to host a lunch at home with all the food served like that
I may have to go to this conference someday solely for the food! A Chobani BOOTH?? Sounds like heaven to me.
You are so right…that food looks and sounds incredible!
LOVE the pictures! . . . and am finally catching up. Here’s a totally random question for you: what nail polish are you wearing in the potato-salad-on-a-stick (ah, so cute and inventive) shot? It’s a fantastic shade for summer!
It’s an Essie one but I never know the names!
Thanks! Love Essie
I’ll be on the lookout.
Sounds like you did a great job, as I knew you would! I love that potato salad stack, what a creative presentation!!!