Foto Friday: touring Gustiamo’s with Radishes and Rubbish 19 June 2009 5:07 pm
Posted by Tracy in : consumerism,eating,food snobbery,local food,nyc,pictures,school , 3 commentsSo last weekend I went back to Eugene to visit Peter during his department’s graduation festivities. It was… surreal, and I’m very impressed that he’s managing to get any work done in a setting that made me constantly worry that Bush was still president. Eek. I did manage to revisit several of my favorite things to eat in Eugene while I was there, which leads me to the subject of food tours, which is as good an excuse as any to finish writing about one I took back during spring break (I know, awkward transition, but today I am beating my little hater of writer’s block perfectionism).
On Friday, March 13, Gallatin senior Annie Myers led a small band of intrepid explorers (gastronauts?) from NYU’s Radishes and Rubbish club to a warehouse in the Bronx, which despite the date, was not as ominous as it sounds:
See? The warehouse in question is home to Gustiamo, a small import company whose specialty is nothing less than the finest foods Italy has to offer. (more…)
