Meatopia 2012

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Meatopia 2012 has come and gone and while it was a crazy weather day, it was full of fantastic food, delicious cocktails and rain! Rain?! New Yorkers love their meat (and booze) and it wont stop them from getting the full experience that is Meatopia. Tornado warnings notwithstanding, we partied on.

And we ate well. Mmm hmm.

See how we managed to go through it all! Meatopia 2012 Survivor Tips

He sees a lot of bacon.

Armed Forces Foundation grillmasters

All this, wrapped in bacon from the Armed Forces Foundation!
Grilled Venison Steaks and Marinated Tenderloin

Crown Royal Black Op Cocktail

Grilling some duck!

Gabriele Corcos and Debi Mazar
Pizza al Carpaccio with Certified Piedmontese Eye Round beef

Gabriele Corcos

Portable woodburning pizza oven!!!

Gabriele shooting a segment

Harold Moore of Commerce

Harold Moore
Duo of Squab Rillete and Roasted Breast Ancienne

Jeni Britton Bauer

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Rainbow Frozen Yogurt

Jonathon Sawyer

Jonathon Sawyer
Brains and Bread

Bill Dorrier of Osteria Morini
(Any man who looks like this, can cook like he does and holding
pork cheeks? So Hawt! Yes, quote me on that.)

Michael White
Grilled Hampshire Pork Cheeks with Late Summer Mostarda

Shane McBride and Josh Ozersky

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Shane McBride
Smoked Duck Neck Gumbo with Wild Rice

Long lines to one spot!

Aaron Franklin

Aaron Franklin
Texas Beef Brisket

Adam Perry Lang
Charred and Scruffed Beef Short Ribs

Adam Sappington

Adam Sappington
Friday Morning Turkey Trio
Confited Wings, Pope's Nose and Turkey Scrapple

Alex Guarnaschelli
and her Meatopia Team

Alex Guarnaschelli
Carnard A la Presse with Sauce Chasseur

Noah Bermanoff
Sizzling Smoked Veal Brisket with Hot Pickled Tomatoes

Follow the boney bone road.

Paul Denamiel

Paul Denamiel
Beef Shank Bourguignon

Beef Shanks a-stewing!

Butcher Competition

Craig Koketsu
Peking Chicken Sausage

Eduard Frauneder
Grilled Veal Breast Roulade with Arugula,
Peach and Rye Bread Mustard Vinaigrette

Mike Toscano
Grilled Quail Alla Diavola
with Charred Schallions and Buttermilk Crema

Fatback Collective

The Fatback Collective's Freebie

Franklin Decker
Danish Meatballs with Creamy Dill Sauce

George Dickel Handmade Bar

Hemant Mathur
Tandoori Chicken

Honeydrop Teas!
I love their Blueberry.

Siggi Hall for Icelandic Lamb
Icelandic Free Range Gras Fed Boneless Butterflied Leg of Lamb

Philippe Massoud
Lebanese Smores!

Philippe Massoud
Pulled Aleppo and Sumac Rubbed Lamb Sandwich

Jon Adams
Grilled Vegas Strip with Carrot Salad

Creekstone Farms Booth / Jon Adams

Kahlua Iced Coffee: Delicioso To-Go!
(this is breakfast at my desk legal, right? ;)

Marc Forgione

Marc Forgione
Grilled Rib Steak with Bone Marrow Maitre' D Butter,
Pierre Poivre and Smoked Onion Chimichurri

Mmm. Yes, Marc Forgione lets you have the bone.

Pat Lafreida
Whole Thousand-Pound Marinated Creekhouse Steer

That's what a thousand-pound steer looks like on a grill.

April Bloomfield had this head of hog as her table centerpiece.
It's so beautiful!

Plainville Farms

Grilling corn on the cob

San Benedetto Water was all over the place for you to grab one.
Genius!

Scotty Smith
Skin-On Barbecued Jamaican Jerk Pork Belly
with Allspice Pickles

Tim Bynes

Tim Bynes
Best Butcher's Steak with Pickled Celery,
Mustard Caviar and Buttermilk

This? It didnt stop us from partying.

Whole Foods
The World's Largest Sausage Toppings Bar

They have redefined "sliced mushrooms" and I love it!!!

Taken when it just started...

And this is how it all ended.

Meatopia 2012 is always something i look forward to each year. Of course - a girl could only eat so much (hah! but that is good!). I look forward to doing it all over again. There are some booths that I didn't get to visit, and my friend @Roxwriting was happy to chomp on the others I didn't get a chance to do so. Find her at Spam is Better Fried.

Well done, Josh and the entire team of Meatopia! And no, I'm not ordering steak. ;) 

I look forward to MEATing you, next year. *aaaaw*