NYC Food Bloggers Potluck
Thanks to Danielle at Habeas Brulee for hosting this past Saturday’s first (to my knowledge) NYC Food Bloggers Potluck. She was kind enough to overlook my eager early arrival and made some wow-looking French Onion Soup Dumplings:
I was thrilled to meet other bloggers in person and it was a real treat to talk with people who spoke foodeese more fluently than I (chocolate nibs? Thai rice steamer?) The group greatly exceeded my expectation that people who appreciate food can never be all bad… they weren’t any bad. Not only were there excellent potluck dishes (my fav was the Squash and Roasted Banana Soup from Stephanie at Scrumptious Street - post the recipe soon, please!) there was great wine, chat, and bloggeriffic camaraderie.
I for one hope this turns into a regular event. I didn’t get to pry into everyone’s blogging lives as much as I would have liked - I’m curious! I also have high hopes of kicking San Francisco off her high horse and becoming, as NYC is almost everything else, the food blogging capital of the world.
In this corner, representing New York:
Danielle and Dave from Habeas Brulee
Jessica from Su Good Eats
Julie from A Finger in Every Pie
Lisa from Homesick Texan
Nicole, who blogs about food on livejournal as nex0s
Stephanie from Scrumptious Street
Stephanie from Adventures of Pie Queen
Tse Wei from Off the Bone
I think SF has met it’s match.
Thanks to all and hope to do this again soon!
October 24th, 2006 10:03
Wow, what great photos! I’d love to use some of them when I post about the potluck, actually, since I was too busy to take any photos of my own on Saturday. (I’d give full credit, of course.)
I liked the way you asked everyone questions about blogging and really got us talking about it. I thought about it afterwards, and I wanted to amend my answer to the question of what we get out of food blogging - community building is a huge part of it for me, too.
This feels like it was a great step towards doing more community building, and I love that.
It was so much fun to meet you, and I can’t wait to get together again!
October 24th, 2006 11:15
Hey Danielle - you’re more than welcome to use the photos. Thank you again for hosting - I know it can be stressful but you headed a
wonderful, fun and laid-back party! You’re a great hostess!
I totally agree about community-building and am glad you initiated this first step - long overdue. Let’s try to keep this up somehow.
I’m happy to help organize a monthly or bi-monthly meeting…I really do have more discussion to initiate!
October 26th, 2006 10:28
[…] Vanessa (from Vanesscipes) brought a vegetarian casserole made with black beans, chipotle, sweet potatoes, and spinach, with a masa harina crust. I’m not usually one to fill up on vegetarian fare, but this casserole was tasty and satisfying in every way. Vanessa was wonderful at getting us to actually discuss our blogging, with her great energy and enthusiasm and interesting questions for everyone. You can read her thoughts on how the potluck went here. […]