Thoughts On the Table

The Gastro Gnomes

Annie Myers – Forager – The Spotted Pig & The Breslin

Interview by Taylor Cocalis

Few food lovers have accomplished so much so early in their career (check out her feature in NY Magazine), and even fewer can flaunt the coveted title of forager.  Originally coined by Chez Panisse in Berkeley back in the 1970’s…

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New York Magazine

Hunter Gatheress: The Spotted Pig’s Annie Myers might be the city’s only official restaurant forager.

by Robin Raisfeld and Rob Patronite

Since June, Annie Myers, 23, has been the official forager for the Spotted Pig and, since its opening, the Breslin Bar & Dining Room. If you’re thinking of “Wildman” Steve Brill traversing the Central Park Ramble, or bearded mycologists scavenging the Pacific Northwest, think again. Myers’s role centers around the Union Square Greenmarket, where she spends four mornings a week stocking her custom-built tricycle….

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LX New York

Meet the Food Forager.

Local restaurants like West Village hotspot, The Spotted Pig, are turning to one woman, Annie Myers, to get the fresh produce they need for gourmet, locally-sourced recipes. Ben learns the eco-conscious trade of food foraging at the well-stocked…

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Tasting Table

Source-Fed: Annie Myers is a forager for hire.

For many of us, a visit to The Spotted Pig–one of the city’s best late-night food haunts–warrants sleeping in late the next day. But in the same early morning hours that sees the Pig’s patrons passed out in bed, Annie Myers is already circling the stalls of the Union Square Greenmarket…

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NYU Gallatin

Annie Myers, Alumni Profile

Immediately after graduating from Gallatin last May, Annie Myers (BA ’09) landed a plum job: food forager for one of New York’s hippest restaurants, The Spotted Pig.  Her job title might bring to mind someone rooting around in the woods in search of provisions…