Salad Spinner
Salad as finger food? Holy greengrocer! Grated Ouray cheese, sproutcreekfarm.org, is baked and molded into petite cups, then filled with arugula, cherry tomatoes, pomegranate seeds, icicle radishes and pickled beets. Hors d'oeuvres created by Great Performances, NYC.
Jelly Greens
Sugared and cubed, these jellied jewels (called "vellies") are a neat end-of-meal sweet made from vegetables, fruits and herbs. Janet Torelli, janettorelli.com. Hors d'oeuvres created by Great Performances, NYC.
Eggs Go Glam
Deviled eggs get decadent: Mayo is replaced with saffron crme fraiche, sustainably harvested trout roe subs for paprika, and the eggs? Organic, natch. Hors d'oeuvres created by Great Performances.
Juiced!
In this light version of a Bloody Mary, organic tomato water from Katchkie Farm, katchkiefarm.com, is the juice; 360 Vodka, vodka360, is made by a company known for its CO2-cutting tactics. Watson glass, Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com. A sweet cocktail: apple and beet juice with a shot of apple brandy. Bravura glass, Libbey, libbey.com; Milano tray, Impulse Enterprises, impulseenterprises.com. Cocktails created by Great Performances, NYC.
Beef Eaters
Not grandma's meat and potatoes: Thin slices of seared beef top crisp patties of Yukon gold hash browns; grainy mustard adds gusto. Wood charger, Z Gallerie, zgallerie.com. Hors d'oeuvres created by Great Performances, NYC.
