About

Flavor Junkie is the fun, food and exploits of two friends from New York City.

What does Flavor Junkie mean?  It means getting the most—the most flavor, the most fun–out of anything you’re doing.  Why settle for merely good, when with a little effort, great is right around the corner? *smile*

Josie Proulx…is a cook, singer, writer and comedienne.  I grew up in a big family (6 kids) in a small town (1 DQ) in Connecticut.  I figured out early on that the best way to actually get my fair share—I have three much older brothers, keep in mind *smile*–was to cook it and keep my portion aside before serving it up to the masses!  That, combined with the cooking talents of my  mother and my grandmothers, started me on a love-affair—some would say obsession—with food and cooking.  I’m the one doing the cooking, writing, making wise, making fun, shooting some of the pictures.  So basically, if you want to  complain to someone about something on here, I’m your girl!

Carolyn Leung…is one of those business-types.  A definite rarity in my circle of friends….but she is the perfect foil to my craziness.  We met during one of those ‘Josie-takes-a-temp-day-job-to-make-ends-meet-while-performing-for-no-money-at-night’ times in my life.  The story of how we met is a *bit* of a mystery….I have no recollection of our actual meeting…just that we were suddenly friends.  *Her* version is much less, um, flattering, to me (though I’ll save that story for another day*smile*)…but either way we ended up friends and she’s long been my number one taste tester (Just ask her how many batches of Arancini we went through before I declared it perfect.  Just ask. She’d *love* to tell you!) She leaves the writing and editing to me….but she shoots the videos and if I didn’t take the photo, she did. (Hers are easy to spot–they are *much* better than mine!)

We love to eat, entertain, travel, go to theatre, find those out-of-the-way spots, both here in NYC and wherever we go.  We’ve traveled everywhere (well, almost everywhere) from the Lower East Side to Alaska to Istanbul collecting stories and mementos and recipes and great meals and memories all along the way.  Over the years  we’ve been asked countless times for advice, suggestions, restaurant picks…and we’re always happy to share….and so now we’re sharing it with all of you to, here on Flavor Junkie.

Here you will get recipes and tips and suggestions—and you can follow all of our adventures…along with a revolving cast of characters made up of our boyfriends, family and friends.  Once the names have been cleared through Interpol (some changed for obvious reasons), I will list them here so you can keep them all straight.

Our feeling is that by getting to know us, the things we write will mean more to you.  You know, a recommendation is much more valuable when you know the tastes of the person giving it.  We hope, as you read along with us, you’ll get to know us, our likes and dislikes and quirks…and will be able to put that to use when reading a recipe description or restaurant or theatre review.  Knowing where your tastes align and diverge from ours should make this all the more valuable a resource for you.

And even if you never “use” our information…we hope you find Flavor Junkie fun place to stop by and check in on what we’re doing! *smile*

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