Two months after opening, the Brooklyn Flea’s awesome food vendors finally caught the notice of the NY Times Dining Section. Last weekend, corn and agua fresca vendors from the Red Hook Ballfields, were in attendance, and there is rumor of other vendors coming soon. The author doesn’t mention the waffle stand, but I can attest to the deliciousness of their offerings (photo, left). The waffles are sweet, dense, and chewy. Though next time I would skip the Nutella, which as a rule I like, but here overwhelmed the great flavor of the waffle itself.
Grub Street has a brief item on an apparently famous person named Yung Berg, who is afraid of sandwiches. Sandwiches. I see a special edition of Maury Povich: Crazy Celebrity Phobias!
This post on pie from the Accidental Hedonist goes out to Michelle!
Over at Food & Wine magazine’s blog Mouthing Off, there is a great story on pairing wines with junk food. I assume that the 10 year St-Joseph Blanc that goes with Cracker Jack might also pair well with Fiddle Faddle?
More on the Florent closing. A wistful and honest little homage by Frank Bruni, and a longer piece in the NY Times Dining Section. I love that one person interviewed, was it Spike Lee?, talked about going to Florent in the late ’80s–early ’90s and seeing transvestite hookers on the corners, and now you go and it is just shocking, what with all the rich people, etc. I guess it is all about perspective. An interesting fact: Police Comish Ray Kelly is/was apparently a regular at Florent. Makes me like him a little more.
Lastly, Epicurious has a great new social-networking feature called “My epi profile” in which you can join a network of cooks with similar interests, post a description and picture of yourself, save recipes to a virtual recipe box (recipes from the site or from your own arsenal), and leave messages on other members’ “fridge doors” (precious!).
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