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 trend: rainbow. Whether it’s rave inspired or something straight out of the 60’s, 2 Brooklyn…
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 use Carls Jr. ads as an example of porn in advertising of food. …and the overboard…
Podcast Episode 0: Interview with John Wang from the Queens International Night Market
For our episode 0, Pedro and Janifer interview John Wang, creator and driver of the Queens International Night Market on what inspired him to create the event, the mad dash to fund the second half of their season, and the future of a night market in Queens. We also talk about his fascination with barbecue…
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 as a child and seeing all these characters eating rice balls. So when I spied…
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 problems including large lines, electrical issues, port-o-potty availability, among others. Since their soft launch on April…
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 you $2.75 a piece, however they do offer 4 for $10. Today we’re trying five of their…
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 in Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich Village, NYC. Their Paella Shack at UrbanSpace has a smaller menu than…
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 companies looking to gear up interest in their wares. One of those catering companies is…