We love that through Foodzie we’re able to support small producers from all over the country. The hard part is as much as we’d love to be traveling and discovering the best food, we usually have to keep ourselves hunkered down here at the Foodzie HQ in San Francisco to make sure we handle the big and small details that keep this business running. Thankfully there are passionate food people scattered across the US who want to help us get the word out about their local area. So we’re formalizing that just a bit with our first Foodzie Scout!

Our first scout, Julia Levy, is in NYC, as we have a growing group of food producers (brownies, pickles, rugelach, tea..) in the city as well as many Foodzie customers that call the big apple home. We’re excited to have Julia in NYC in the food trenches helping to bring awesome NYC producers to the Foodzie community. Here’s photo of Julia at the recent pickle fest where she hung with the awesomest Ricks Picks and Katchkie Farms. You’ll be seeing more of Julia here on the blog.

Here’s a quick intro from Julia!

A frequent visitor to farmer’s markets, festivals, and unique specialty stores around the NYC area, I am in search of the most delicious tastes to share with the foodzie community.

Initially, I contemplated partnering with my Grandma to sell the famous family rugelach on Foodzie, but the long distance kitchen relationship proved a bit too tricky to manage.

Originally from Atlanta, I love discovering the flavors of NYC. My favorite foods are Persian and pizza (I’m is in the middle of a roving pizza tour to the greatest pizzerias in the NYC area with friends).

Previously, I was a contributor for gothamist.com. I also work in fundraising for a non-profit in New York City and aspire to write a cookbook someday.

You can send me tips about your favorite NYC producers or events to julia@foodzie.com!