I have been wanting to go to the Southern Foodways Alliance Symposium for well over 10 years. This annual event celebrates southern food and attendees include culinary professionals, historians and food writers. This year it is happening in Raleigh, North Carolina. Speakers include Dr. Blair LM Kelley, Kat Kinsman and Hanna Raskin. Tickets are $500. I am asking friends and strangers to help me go. If I am able to go, I will be writing about it on my Substack, Nichelle Newsletter.
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Hey Friends,
I started Nichelle Newsletter over three years ago. I use Substack to publish this newsletter. I have been writing about food and culture on a weekly basis bringing readers news, recipes, tidbits that they can only find in my content.
This week I am launching a premium (paid) version of my newsletter. If you are like me, you have probably paused or even cancel subscriptions to some of the streaming services, because they are not giving what you want. Well, I may not be Netflix or Hulu Plus, but I am offering information about food trends, how to reduce food waste, recipes, and photos of delicious food that will make your mouth water. Here’s the link to subscribe to Nichelle Newsletter. It is only $5/month or $50/year.
October 18th Nichelle Newsletter
This week’s newsletter includes tips on preserving your porch pumpkins, Halloween charcuterie and more. Nichelle Newsletter is a free weekly newsletter.
Nichelle Newsletterish
I like to take photos of my breakfast. I have a newsletter on Substack, and here’s the text below.
“Good Food Costs Money“
Johno Morisano, the co-owner of The Grey and The Grey Market, said that during a Zoom call. The future of the restaurant industry is in limbo but you can be sure that it will be more expensive to eat out than before the pandemic. Read his essay Garden and Gun. https://gardenandgun.com/articles/the-view-from-an-empty-restaurant
First Aid: How To Not Go To The ER While Cooking
Keep yourself out of the ER by following these first aid tips.
The Prison Food is Texas Is Even More Gross Due To Covid19
My friend’s father is quoted is the article from The Marshall Project.
I Have A Podcast
I just started a podcast, y’all. Check out Nichelle Newsletter on Spotify or other podcast platforms. This episode is less than 15 minutes, so give it a listen.
Hot Grease With Nicole Taylor
Today I had the pleasure of being on Nicole Taylor’s show on Heritage Radio Network, “Hot Grease“. We talked and laughed about the latest news in food and hot food topics. The radio studio is in a recycled shipping container in the back of Roberta’s Pizza in Bushwick. There’s a garden and I took a picture of the peppers growing in the backyard.
After the show I ordered the Speckenwolf pizza. I love Speck. It is the bacon of fancypants.
BTW, Nicole and I will be down in Atlanta in December for Lavish. I will be moderating a panel on food trends.
Edible Institute at the New School
Yesterday, I attended Edible Manhattan’s Edible Institute at the New School. It was a very informative afternoon of panel discussions about food and drink here in New York City. This week is Eat Drink Local Week and this event was a part of the celebration.
Did you know that there’s a Food Studies Program at the New School? The program is a part of the Continuing Education college. BTW, there is a class on how to write a food business plan at the New School on October 23rd. The class is $170.
Here are some of the choice quotes by panelists:
“Make cooking into a more of a social activity” –Cathy Erway
“Know your food in a intimate way.”-Cathy Erway
“Brooklyn Kitchen is a kind of a clubhouse for the DIY food movement”-Tom Mylan
“To me it is taste.” -Ariane Daguin explaining the rise of the Brooklyn DIY food movement.
“When you’re frustrated, you make the political personal.”-Tom Mylan
“Food is a medium for creativity.”-Cathy Erway
“I don’t sell anything cheap. I sell things that are reasonable.”-Lou DiPalo
“There is most delicious per square inch in New York than ever before”.-Ed Levine
“We are more obsessed with food than before” Robert Siestama
“Artisan does not always mean that it is delicious”-Ed Levine
“Being in wine business means being in a distribution business.-Trent Preszler
Red Jacket Orchards: Fruit CSA To Keep The Doctor Away
A few days ago, I got an email asking me to pass on news of a fruit CSA that will be delivering to soon this summer/fall. As I am sitting here eating lunch at ‘wichcraft, I notice that Red Jacket Orchards’ juices are being sold here. What a crazy coincidence! Anyway, to stave off any colds during the fall and keep away scurvy, you may want to join Red Jacket Orchards CSA. Deadline for entry is August 5th. You can purchase a full share for $264 ($22 per week) or a half share for $156 ($13 per week). Pickup will be at either Jimmy’s No. 43 or Brooklyn Farmacy.
Sears Chef Challenge: Video Builds The Cooking Star
Hot off the heels of TECHmunch (very hot temps!), I worked with the Cake Group to do an event for the Sears Chef Challenge. It was a video clinic/cocktail party/potluck held at Shooting Kitchen which is located in Tribeca. I invited a small group of food bloggers and foodies to come with prepared dish. Then the videography crew shot video of each person explaining their dish and talking about why they love to cook. After each video, the attendees swarmed over the delicious food which included deviled eggs, tuna steak on brioche, quesadilla, quiche, watermelon panna cotta, spicy shrimp salad and my thai cole slaw hot dogs.
It was fun to see Cathy Erway, Mary Connolly, Hagan Blount, Emily Cavalier, Catherine Oddenino, Siobhan Wallace, Mark Tofoya, Sarah McSimmons and Yvo Sin. It was nice to meet Pierre Lion who is a friend of Sabrina Bailly who I met at Internet Week. It was also a pleasure to meet Crystal Ingorvaia who is the new member of Nonsociety.
Thanks to everyone who came. It was a lovely evening!
French Toast, Unfancy And Fancy Food and Video
I love french toast, waffles and pancakes, but I also crave a salty side like bacon or ham to compliment the sweet. Instead of frying up some bacon, I dabbed a little bacon marmalade on my french toast and it was delicious! Problem solved.
BTW, I will be attending UnFancy Food on Sunday at the Bell House and Fancy Food Show on Monday at Javits. Monday, I will also be hosting “Video Builds The Cooking Star” at Shooting Kitchen. This event is a video clinic for anyone-not just food bloggers- who always wanted to have a professional video of them doing a cooking demo. The event is sponsored by the Sears Chef Challenge.
TechMUNCH NYC Was A Big Success
I have attended many conferences, organized many events but this is the first time I have co-produced a conference. Babette and I have been overwhelmed with the positive feedback from TechMUNCH attendees.
It was nice to meet so many smart creative people. I was starstruck to see Jacques Torres as an attendee. All of the panels were informative. The panelists were generous with their expertise. Read Josh Unseth’s SEO presentation and Sarah Evans’ FTC Guidelines.
Thanks to sponsors which included KitchenAid, Robicellis, Tupperware and Valrhona.
Read blog posts from TechMUNCH attendees: