The Amateur Gourmet asks, “Do you have a camera? Do you have a friend? How would you like to spend your weekend running all over the city with your friend taking pictures of you in front of all of the foodie landmarks, eating cookies from Levain Bakery and smoked fish from Russ & Daughters?” It seems that he is even offering a prize: two tickets to Tom Colicchio’s “Toast to the Children” event at The Mandarin Oriental.
Visit The Amateur Gourmet for complete details about The Great New York Foodie Photo Scavenger Hunt. but the basics are: if you want to compete, you have from now until Sunday night to complete the scavenger hunt he outlines on his site. You gain points by taking and posting photographs of yourself with various NY food landmarks and favorites on Flickr. The contest rules note, “You (the same person) must be in every picture submitted. If, for example, it says “a piece of lox at Russ & Daughters,” you have to submit a picture of you holding a piece of lox in Russ & Daughters. Obviously, if you’re not in the picture, how do I know you didn’t find the picture on Flickr?”
Some notable stops on the scavenger hunt’s list:
- Eating sturgeon at Russ & Daughters (10 points) dressed as a surgeon (an extra 15 points)
- With a copy of “Gourmet” & “Bon Appétit’” outside the Condé Nast Building (5 points) with Ruth Reichl (an extra 25 points) AND/OR Barbara Fairchild (an extra 25 points) AND/OR Anna Wintour (an extra 50 points)
- With a milk mustache at Momofuku Milk Bar (10 points) with David Chang (an extra 25 points) with David Chang wearing a milk mustache too (an extra 10 points)
- With prunes outside of Prune (10 points)
- Jen Snow
