Milk & Glitter: Prospect Park with a 5 & 9 year old.
Well folks, I’m fresh back from a visit to New York. And once again after a visit to one of my favorite cities in the world, I’m surprised that I feel refreshed. I always thought beach vacations, long afternoons spent reading at French cafes, and camping were the things that were supposed to refresh, and that New York, with its crazy hours, constant foot traffic, and millions of things to do all at once, would always exhaust. Yet I feel revived. Of course it may have to do with the fact that I was visiting rather than actually living in the city.
Fetas from around the world at Brighton Bazaar Eastern European market, Coney Island
Anyhow, I had a hell of a time. Seeing my wonderful friends, experiencing the cheese culture and industry, walking around admiring the blossoms around Central Park (this was the first time I was in New York at spring- oh la la!), and eating and drinking at some of my favorite places replenished my soul as stealthily as it diminished my wallet. It was all worth it. I miss it already.
Brooklyn Dogwood
Here’s a little photo diary of my time in Manhattan and Brooklyn. First time using my IPhone camera on a trip!
Our "sad puppy" face.
Hanging out with Hannah, 5, and Claire, 9. My favorite girls in Brooklyn (Claire’s glittery shoes above).
I was super happy to go to the Edible Manhattan Good Dairy event while visiting (thanks, Lucy’s Whey!). The event was delicious, sold out, and in true Manhattan fashion, had door men.
The hot ticket- Good Dairy.
The fabulous Lucy's Whey girls at Good Dairy, Grace and Amy
Momofuku Cereal Milk, Good Dairy
Andy Marcelli of Marcelli Family Abruzzo Cheese & Eataly
Milk Punch with local whiskey, Good Dairy
Across the Pond with cornichon, Lucy's Whey, Good Dairy
The New York Diary Princess with the Murray's folk, Good Dairy
I was also in town for a cheesemonger meet-up. I got to see all the NYC dairy folk I know, like the lovely Murray’s Chef Fromager Tia Keenan, more of Grace and Amy, more of Andy, and … many, many others. We gathered in the Beecher’s basement and feasted on fried cheese curds and cheeses that are hard-to-come-by on the west coast.
Beecher's Selections: Ascutney Mountain, Cato Corner Brigit's, Jasper Hill Moses Sleeper
Then I hit up some other events that weren’t related to cheese, like a normal person (it wasn’t difficult, there was always gelato, great coffee with cream, or something deliciously distracting like bone marrow nearby).
At the Cindy Sherman show, SO not being used as a decoy so my friend could take a pic of Chuck Close behind me.
Prune- I've been wanting to go to this place since my NYC culinary externship in 1999. The bone marrow, not the salad, was mine.
St John the Divine visit
- Ricotta almond gelato at Eataly
Meeting my awesome editor for the first time at Café Henri in the west village
Hannah (age 5) has better boots than I do. This is her second pair.
Maybe I’ll come up with a list of dairy things to do while in the city one of these days. In the meantime, have fun creating your own!
What do you like to do while in New York?
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Oh my, what a wonderful image-parade of NYC! Thanks for sharing!
That bone-marrow picture gave me the weirdest boner.
Wow, Jason. It’ll be a little while before I’ll let you take me out to get bone marrow again.
Come back and visit soon!!! It’s always so fun to go out and eat with you! PS. LOVE that you highlighted the “creepy” picture of Mr. Close
So glad you included a photo of the New York State Dairy Princess, Emma Andrews. When we farmers heard about the Good Dairy event, we asked if our good will ambassador, the State Dairy Princess, could travel to NYC for this event. Emma travelled from her farm in western NY all the way to Manhattan to meet and greet dairy lovers. We hope to have more real dairy farmers make it into NYC to meet our dairy loving people. Thanks, again!
drooling! love this, and must hunt down ricotta gelato immediately.
Ilona- will try!
Lorraine- Emma was awesome. Beautiful of course, but also very generous with information and very kind. A perfect representative.
how DO you stay so skinny? Please blog to us about how one writes a cheese cookbook and STILL has a jaw line?
favorite eating in NYC: Momofuku Ko. shaved foie gras over lychee? mmm
Amy – I make sure to figure in plenty of walking time when visiting a city. Helps make space for more cheese