With an intriguing smoky flavor and fragrance, these tantalizingly salty boneless sardine fillets are packed in buttery sunflower oil to impart a smooth texture and deliciously intense flavor. Firm and tender, they are caught off the coast of Brittany in prime season and carefully selected one by one for this can in the world’s oldest cannery by seasoned experts who are heirs to over a century of traditional methods. An excellent source of protein and packed with vitamins and omega 3s, sardines are a very nutritional snack you can feel good about, because they are low in contaminants and high in health benefits. But all these factors aside, they are simply exquisite and tasty.

Mash sardines and spread on a bagel and cream cheese or toss into pasta with capers and garlic. Eat them plain on toast with a squeeze of lemon and a sliver of onions, or try them with hard-boiled eggs. Try them in an avocado sandwich or on tortilla chips with salsa for a twist on a party snack.

Fairway Marketplace is brought to you by Fairway Market, a specialty food chain that started back in 1933 with a small fruit and vegetable stand on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Today, Fairway Market is legendary for its experts and expertise in all things food, and a relentless obsession with quality throughout all of the different departments in its stores. In December of 2011, Fairway launched this online shop, so that we could bring the best of the best of what Fairway offers, at the same great values, to those who don’t live near one of our stores. Why keep all of this foodie goodness to ourselves? That simply would not be fair.