This weekend was the inaugural Queens Swap here in Astoria, Queens. The festivities took place at Queens Kickshaw, a great new café/grilled cheese place in the hood (that just received a fantastic review from New York Magazine).
The turnout was fantastic. With some 22 swappers in attendance, the abundance of food was awesome, and slightly overwhelming. After much deliberation, I settled on bringing my black onion relish and strawberry rhubarb jam. Both were a big hit and I came home with tons of new goodies.
Some of my loot included rosemary simple syrup, preserved lemons (both from the lovely Autumn), maple vinegar, bacon chocolate chip cookies, grape raspberry wine (!!!) and homemade granola, along with a bunch of other scrumptious treats.
It was also really wonderful to meet some other cool food bloggers in Queens. Check out some of these fabulous ladies and their blogs:
Autumn Makes and Does
The Foodista
Harmonious Belly
Thanks again to all the organizers, and to Queens Kickshaw for hosting this wonderful event. I cannot wait for the next one in July!
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So happy that you were there AJ. I’ve used your black onion relish twice this week on sandwiches and it was fantabulous. Can’t wait to use it on pizza.
Thanks, Judith! So glad you like it 🙂 I gobbled up your cookies that night, really delish!