This is a red velvet cupcake topped with apple chips from Cupcake Stop at The Vendy Awards last weekend at the Queens Museum of Art. The annual Vendy Awards is an intense cook-off between the best sidewalks chefs in New York City, where food truck vendors all vie for the prized Vendy Award trophy. You […]
Author Archives: Erin Gleeson
September 23, 2009
Culinography: Free Wedding Cake!
Last weekend I went to my cousin’s wedding in Santa Barbara and the day after, when the couple was off on their honeymoon, we somehow inherited all the left over wedding cake. And there was a LOT of it! When we’d all had our fill and were considering throwing the rest out, I suggested we […]
September 8, 2009
Culinography: Cocktails at the Norwood Club (NYC)
The Norwood Club is a pretentious yet stunning private social club for hip young New Yorkers who have so much money they don’t know what to do with themselves. It can be found behind an unmarked door at the top of a stoop in a beautifully restored prewar townhouse on 14th Street. They also have […]
August 31, 2009
Culinography: First Foie Gras Ever
Since I recently gave up my nearly lifelong commitment to vegetarianism, I have been trying all kinds of wonderful things, and foie gras was at the top of my list of things to try. I’d heard about its exquisitely unique flavor for years and was anxious to have a taste. I’d come to terms with […]
August 25, 2009
Culinography: Ball Park Eats
Who doesn’t love a hot dog at a ball game in the summer? The new Mets Stadium, Citifield, has some seriously good eats. Even better when you can sit at Modell’s Clubhouse right on the field like I did recently. If you want something fancier, try Acela Club, a resto by the owners of Tribeca […]
August 19, 2009
Culinography: Lemon Tart & Cleo
If you’ve never seen Agnes Varda’s Cleo from 5-7, please do! It’s a lovely french film from 1962 that takes places in Paris and inspired this still life photo I took. I used a film still from my favorite cafe scene as the backdrop and for fun I added a lemon tart from the french […]
August 4, 2009
Culinography: Bacon & Eggs
“Bacon & Eggs” at elements – a resto in Princeton, NJ, that specializes in “Interpretive American Cuisine”. I ate this…it was delicious. They have a special tool that perfectly cuts the top off the egg shell so they can then fill it. It’s very hard to not crack the shell as you eat it. There’s […]
July 28, 2009
Culinography: Charcuterie
Charcuterie plate from elements… stunning to shoot and delicious to eat!
July 20, 2009
Culinography: Mangoes & Miner’s Lettuce
Two mangoes that my brother placed on a rock in a patch of wild Miner’s lettuce during a picnic in Sonoma County.
July 16, 2009
Beer Garden Party at Inside Park at St. Bart’s
Matthew Weinegarten is the very talented chef at Inside Park at St. Bart’s Cathedral who specializes in local and sustainable fare. He cures his own meats and last night I tried MANY of them! As a new meat eater (I was raised vegetarian and recently started eating meat), I was in heaven- his hot dogs […]