Six Great Food Finds

Black Bean and Corn Salsa
This salsa is served along with four others at FoCo. It is designed to go on South American dishes, tortillas or corn cakes. I would eat this in a bowl all by itself— okay, maybe a few sprigs of fresh cilantro, some chopped onions and a dab of sour cream. The lily is thus properly gilded.

Gluten-Free Chicken Kimchi Rice
Stacked alongside plastic containers of orange California roll sushi and ziti marinara at Collis, it not only tastes good but is a cultural reminder that 20 years ago the only identifiable words in its name would have been “chicken” and “rice.”

Juice Bar Smoothies
At Collis you can choose up to four ingredients to blend into a smoothie. All are fine, but I adored a concoction of organic carrots, apples, parsley and ginger, which was astonishingly bright and intensely flavorful. Even an old sugar-and-junk-food reprobate like me surrendered to its charms.

FOCO Cookies
These are signature chocolate-chunk cookies served daily. I usually like my cookies crisp, but there was something wonderful about these beauties languishing under their heat lamp. They reminded me of what first-class passengers on airlines were once served after dinner.

Honey Curry Bread
This mysterious treat at Collis looks like a slice of beige whole-wheat bread and is found near the corn muffins. It is identified as “honey curry bread,” and I have never seen its ilk before. It is neither Indian nor American but a weird hybrid. It is deliciously unique.

Individual Package of Yarden Matzos
This is found at the kosher food area at FoCo. I have always bought a full box of matzos when I needed just one or two, and the rest go stale. This is the first time I have seen a single-serving, cellophanewrapped matzo ready to go. It is what a pocket pack of Kleenex is to a giant box of tissues. Genius.