Do you remember about my recent experience in New York City to participate in Kelly Ripa’s Cake Off For A Cause? As much fun as I had with that experience, one of the highlights of my trip to New York City was meeting the lovely Christine from Fresh Local and Best.
Mario Batali and a friend on the streets of NYC!
What’s great about Christine and I is that we are both local foodie advocates. She hails from San Francisco and is in touch with where her food comes from. She uses real food and let me tell you, she is not afraid of using and eating REAL FAT!! My kind of woman! In SF she was a gardener and she taught me the coolest thing while in NYC… she has a FIG TREE in her apartment!! A fig tree that she started in SF, brought with her to NYC and it produced 8 figs last year. She inspires me!
We had a blast! She started our evening by taking us to Chelsea Market. A market filled with vendors selling real local food.
Mardi @eatlivetravelwrite says
How fun! I am meeting Christine next month and cannot wait!
Kristen says
What a brilliant blog meetup! I am impressed with Christine's blog and it's no surprise to hear that she's great company!!
5 Star Foodie says
What fun time with Christine! Thanks for sharing your experience and great pictures!
Fresh Local and Best says
Thank you so much for the kind words! It was awesome to meet you guys and that Momofuku pork bun recipe is totally doable at home!
I can't wait to hear about your experiences in Spain. One of these days I'll have to make a trip there too. Sevilla will definitely be on the itinerary! Besus mi amiga!
Belinda @zomppa says
Oh fun!!! I love the two of you! =) If y'all ever find yourselves in NC…lemme know!
Gabe says
PORK BUNS RULE!
Andrea@WellnessNotes says
Sounds like you guys had a lovely time! The pork buns look amazing!
Sustainable Eats says
I can't wait until you make those! My kids would love them so I'll snag your recipe. 🙂
Tiny Urban Kitchen says
Sounds like you had a fabulous time! And yes, I totally agree, Christine is such an amazing host. She took me to Chelsea Market too the first time I met her. 🙂 I just recently took my husband there and he thought it was a cool place too.
Raine Saunders says
Diana – all the food looks great, and I am so excited for you that you got to meet a blogging friend (or many, as it was)! I so long to be able to travel again…but it may be some years before we can go on trips again as our business is just getting going and we live day by day…
But I so hope someday to be able to meet people like you that I've met on the Internet through blogging and social networking. It's so great to be able to come together like this and provide neat recipes, stories, advice, and inspiration to each other!
Blessings to you and your family, and I hope all is going well for you! x0x00x0x
Cristie says
Being with fellow food bloggers is the best! I've had some experiences with that and it is just a natural high.
Chen(picnicideas) says
Hi Diana 🙂
You have wonderful blog.
Happy to be here.
I sent you a little mail ,hope it is ok .
pity says
ww! what a delicious aray of yummy foods, i bet you had a lovely time, i am soooo jealous, una fotos excelentes tambien, besitos desde londres
mara says
Thanks for the post! I found it looking for Spanish recipes… I'm brushing up on my Spanish cooking, studying Spanish too on Babbel.com (http://www.babbel.com). I find it rewarding to learn the cuisine and language in tandem…
Lori Lynn says
Looks like you had a wonderful time. Great photos too!
LL
Divina Pe says
It's really nice to meet other food bloggers and you really took great pictures of wonderful foods. I hope to meet some food bloggers/friends one day.
Fuji Mama says
Oh my goodness, I am so jealous! We lived 10 minutes away from an Ippudo in Tokyo and it was one of my favorite places for ramen! YUM! What a fun outing!