A Brooklyn Dinner Party with Erin Dickman
We love peeking into Erin Dickman’s world, where her flash-forward, DIY approach to photography captures food, events and people at their most candid. When our pots made an appearance in Erin’s recent, scroll-stopping photos of a Brooklyn dinner party, we reached out to learn more about her East Fork collection and life in a new city. Read on to meet Erin in this #EastForkDoesMyDishes feature!
Introducing Erin Dickman
“I spent the past four years in Atlanta taking on scrappy marketing gigs before moving to Brooklyn, and East Fork already had a huge presence amongst my community. East Fork blended into my purview the same way you don’t exactly remember the first time you heard a Dua Lipa song come on the radio. However, I love to see how everyone collects and uses East Fork pottery in their own way. It makes plating dinner parties and staring at open concept shelves feel like a playful glimpse into how someone approaches tasteful functionality.”
- Erin Dickman
The food in your photos looks amazing! What was on the menu?
We got take out from an Indian spot in Crown Heights called Dhania. The line up was butter chicken, chana saag, garlic naan, samosas, raita + chutneys and kheer for dessert.
What are the ingredients for a great dinner party?
The obvious ingredients for a great dinner are having good food, great ambiance and enough seating for everyone to comfortably enjoy themselves. However, arguably, the most important ingredient, (and it's not a secret ingredient by any means because I need anyone walking through my door to know that they should have this with them) is gossip. A good story. Some external drama that you can retell like it's your one act play.
Tell us about some of your favorite spots in Brooklyn.
Restaurant chat in New York causes some of the most passionate discourse I've ever witnessed. There's classics, there's attempts at classics and then there's tried and true great places.
Here's my shortlist of where I'm a regular or (since I'm new here) where I'd like to be more of a regular:
FOB | A Filipino spot in Carroll Gardens that a friend took myself and boyfriend to recently... I can't stop thinking about it. Order the Filipino BBQ.
Little Zelda | A cute and quaint Crown Heights coffee shop that has so deeply earned my loyalty with their customer punch cards and wholesome atmosphere.
Super Power | Tiki cocktails in Crown Heights with a great patio for when the weather's nice and you want to feel like you're somewhere like New Orleans.
Frog | A Bed Stuy wine bar with a nonchalant atmosphere, pool table and patio.
If you could give Brooklyn one thing that it's missing, what would it be?
I need to preface this by saying, I'm new to Brooklyn. I moved here from Atlanta in the Fall, so I'm still uncovering what restaurants and experiences are here. I cannot risk getting flamed online by claiming Brooklyn doesn't have something when it turns out I just haven't looked in the right places yet. re: the most passionate discourse I've ever witnessed.
However, Brooklyn does have a sore spot. In fact, all of the northeast does. It is simply too cold for too long here. No matter how much I will hate on this fact, I will continue to bear the consequences for my decision to move up here. All in all, Brooklyn is missing a mild winter and warm spring, and I'm missing plane tickets to tropical climates while I wait for the mercury to rise to 75 degrees.
Do you have an all-time favorite pot form? What’s your favorite color?
While I do enjoy a statement piece like The Coupe or Weeknight Serving Bowl, the Bitty Bowl remains my most versatile piece around the house, my subtle yet strong workhorse out of the EF collection. I have Bitty Bowls scattered on the countertops, the dining table, my bedside table and my bathroom counter. Truly anywhere I need to pick up something small (salt, etc.) or put something small down (earrings, bobby pins, etc.), there's a bitty bowl in sight.
My favorite glaze out of the core collection is Black Mountain, but the overall winner is the seasonal glaze Night Swim.
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