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Meaghin Kennedy is a writer and photographer who advocates for a sustainable food system. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
This cupcake review is painful to write. At the bottom, you’ll see a letter grade that reflects the lowest grade I’ve given a cupcake to date. Giving this grade is akin to a teacher giving the top student in the class a D on an easy test. Despite its slightly inconvenient location, I’ve managed to [...]
Two weeks ago today, we started our honeymoon in London, England. During our three days in London, luck was seemingly on our side–our sunny, warm days were filled with sightseeing and enjoying creative and memorable food. Per my college roommate’s suggestion and because each visit to their website immediately activated mouth watering and stomach growling, [...]
When I first heard about Butch Bakery, I had to laugh. Only in New York would a tongue-in-cheek bakery designed for ‘manly men’ not only be created, but thrive to the point of a cult following! Created by David Arrick, a former attorney, Butch Bakery aims for that fine line between unique and kitschy. As [...]
Butter Lane is a relatively new cupcakery in the East Village. Their tag line is ‘Local Organic Dairy’ and they tout fresh ingredients for the ‘better cupcake’. I’ve actually been to Butter Lane twice. Sadly, the first time I was too full to get a cupcake but I did thoroughly enjoy the shop’s aroma and [...]
In my quest to try (nearly) every cupcake in the city, my latest stop was ‘Baked by Melissa’. Baked by Melissa’s original outpost is in Soho, in a window of Café Bari. Several weeks ago, Melissa opened up a stand-alone shop in the Union Square neighborhood (an in addition to the two locations, you can [...]
