food truck
5 days in LA was not enough to eat and do everything I wanted but at least I was able to squeeze in a quick photo shoot with Bootleg Pizza. Kyle Lambert, the man behind Bootleg Pizza, started Bootleg Pizza early this year. When I caught up with him and his crew, he was making pizza in his brand new pizza truck. It was only their 2nd night out with the truck. If you’re in LA be sure to check them out!
Check out some of the photos below.
Last week I had the pleasure to finally go on Jeff Orlick's Midnight Street Food Crawl. I feel bad for rarely going to Queens, so when I saw that Jeff was going to do a crawl, I quickly jumped on it. He runs his tours like a group of friends just hanging out, walking around, and eating good food. He has his route that he does but there's also room for spontaneity. Some times things catch his eyes and we'll wander off and end up chatting with the cart owner. Spontaneity, it's a great thing to have on a food crawl. Yes, he's our tour guide...the leader but he's also exploring the neighborhood along with the rest of us.
Here's the list of food/vendors that we visited, thanks to Jeff Orlick. Tacos al pastor from Maravillas Restaurant Tamal Oaxaqueno verde with pork and a tamal de rajas from 90th Street Tamale Cart Arroz con huevo tacos and horchata from Tia Julia Truck Huitlacoche quesadillas from Coyote Dormilon cart Esquites outside La Flor deli Morcilla from Ecuadorian cart at Warren St/Roosevelt Ave Colada Morada from Pique y Pase Ecuadorian truck Torta Puebla (torta with a chicken cutlet) from Tortas Neza in Juan Bar Guava drink with chia seeds at Ecuadorian health food store Patacon from Chimi Express truck "Carne" with moro and plantains from Los Amigos Chimichurri
Be sure to check out Jeff Orlick's site for info about his food crawls. The next one y'all should pay attention is his annual Momo Crawl.
So did you pick up a copy of New York a la Cart yet? No? Then do it now! (Also you should be able to get a copy at a non-digital bookstore now.) We, Siobhan, Alex, Clay and I, had worked on the photos last summer and it was many trips around Midtown, East New York, Red Hook, STATEN ISLAND that included long drives around NYC with Siobhan and Alex singing really bad radio songs.
I absolutely had the best summer last year. Obviously it didn't feel like work, it was more like road tripping around NYC with good friends, eating and photographing. The best part about it was meeting all the different food vendors and hearing their stories.
I really hope you go and get a copy. We worked really hard to bring you, I think, what makes NYC unique from other cities. I have included below book signing and panel discussion dates that I'LL BE ATTENDING. Free hugs for all! Siobhan and Alex aka Blondie and Brownie will have more dates so be sure to check out their site and Twitter for updates. Now go visit a food truck/cart.
Tuesday, April 2nd 12:30p Posman Books at Grand Central Terminal
Wednesday, April 3rd 6-9p 61 Local in Cobble Hill An informal, unofficial book launch party. Come drink with us. Oh and there might just be a sprinkles cake.
Sunday, April 14th 1:30p Panel at Housing Works Cafe for the Downtown Literary Festival
Ok, this is a big one. Tuesday, April 16th 7-9p the powerHouse Arena in DUMBO Besides chatting about the book, The Treats Truck and Morris Grilled Cheese will be there with their trucks from 6 to 7p.
Wednesday, April 17 6:30-8:30p NYPL Mid-Manhattan Library A panel hosted by Siobhan and Alex about food and social media.
Saturday, April 27 (in the afternoon-ish) BookCourt in Cobble Hill
Midtown Lunch's Street Meat Palooza 5
Sometimes all you want is to stuff yourself crazy with street meat over rice with white and hot sauce.
Eating (and being obsessed with) street meat is a new thing to me. I have never heard of street meat till I started working in midtown. Even then it took me a while to really find it OKAY to go up to a cart and get a box of mysterious meats over rice. There are countless number of street meat options in NYC. There are carts that use only the white meat of a chicken while some use the dark meat. There are good ones, there are bad ones and there are average ones. There are ones that touches your soul and you're hooked for life.