Posts in Village Voice
Bitten: A Food Conference Aimed At Disruption

Naz Riahi and Emily Schildt met cute on Instagram. Both worked in the digital marketing world, but were separated by coasts: Riahi was living in Los Angeles and Schildt was a New Yorker. When they finally had an opportunity to meet, Riahi told her over lunch, a bit presciently: “I know we’re going to work together one day.”

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Will The Growing Meal Kit Industry Satisfy Fickle New York Foodies?

We all know that for New Yorkers, the takeout industry is king. Even in winter, stalwart deliverymen are out there braving the elements on their bicycles. But here’s something you might not know: According to GrubHub Inc., the biggest food-delivery platform on the market, New York City customers are 98 percent more likely than the rest of the country to search for the category “grocery items.”

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Sustainable Startup CoffeeFlour Inspires NYC's Culinary Experts

Rebecca Isbell, the executive pastry chef at Betony, is used to baking challenges. This summer, for example, she experimented with making her pastries and bread without any butter. Now she's playing with an unproven ingredient no one has ever heard of — well, almost no one.

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