Category: Food Porn

Taste All the Colors of the Rainbow in Brooklyn

These days Brooklyn seems to be the place for artisanal everything.  It’s becoming the Etsy of the food world from beer to ice cream, so why not rainbow baked goods? During this Easter weekend, however, our focus centers on the new…

Ep.10 – Food Porn

Pedro and Janifer dig in as they talk about food porn: the hypersexualization of food and the origin of the term. And they also dig into a cronut, a creme puff, and some macaroons, and later, a very delicious paella. We…

SmallBites: Onigiri by Tampopo

I love onigiri so much, you can say I’m an onigiri superfan.  Japanese style sticky rice balls, wrapped in seaweed, stuffed with your choice of filling has always seemed like a perfect lunch snack.  It also doesn’t help watching anime…

SmallBites: Queens International Night Market, Part Deux

Queens International Night Market has launched their kickstarter campaign. To donate, head here.   Several weeks ago I reported on the launching of the Queens International Night Market in Corona, Queens. In their initial launch, there were quite a few…

SmallBites: Macaron Parlour Patisserie

Macaron Parlour Patisserie specializes in one thing: macaroons.  They’ve opened a pop-up location at UrbanSpaceNYC’s Garment District, however, they have two brick and mortar locations in New York: East Village and the Upper West Side. Generally a macaroon would cost…

SmallBites: Paella Shack by Barraca

We continue our tasting session at UrbanSpace: NYC‘s Garment District location to try out one of their vendors “Paella Shack by Barraca”.  This is an annex location for the brick and mortar restaurant Barraca a tapas, paella, sangria restaurant, located…

Small Bites: Urban Spaces NYC – Firebelly Korean Barbecue

One of the best things about New York City in Spring/Summer are the street fairs and food festivals.  UrbanSpaceNYC offers a seasonal semi-permanent brick and mortar location to restaurants looking to open up an off site annex and for catering…

Beyond Toast

Even if you’re not a hipster in New York or part of the social elite, you tend to be part of the 30% of the US population to know of a trend before the rest of the country, and by…