Earth-Friendly Cupcones; Food Party Picked up by IFC

by Monika Bartyzel, Posted May 15th 2009 @ 11:00AM

If you're the sort of green-thinking cook who inwardly kvetches every time you toss out a paper cupcake wrapper or piece of plastic wrap, this is the video for you. In it, former StyleList blogger turned culinary vlogger Brigitte Dale dons a flowery apron to create "cupcones" -- cupcakes in cones, minus the "trash" of the wrapper -- with a sort of wide-eyed, pixielike zen: "If you know me, you know that I love cupcakes, and I love the Earth."

One part full-color, one part black-and-white film, this is notable both for its star's posturing and the sharp, cinematic edits. Randomly, it reminded us to click on over to check on a far more nutty food video star -- Thu Tran, whose "Food Party," we learned, has just been picked up by IFC. Congrats to Tran and her team of crazy bandits on the Willy Wonkian, Peewee's Playhousian show. The madness starts June 9.

[Via Youtube]
[Via Food Party]

Filed Under: Foodie Flicks
Tags: Brigitte Dale, BrigitteDale, cupcakes, cupcakes in ice cream cones, CupcakesInIceCreamCones, cupcones, Food Party, foodie-flicks, FoodParty, ice cream cones, IceCreamCones, Thu Tran, ThuTran

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5-15-2009 @2:02PM Jme said... I sent in a picture of my own Cupcones (having never seen this video before) about a week ago to the tips page. Oh well... here's the link for those who want to see my yummy cupcones.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3519176787_737de65066.jpg?v=0
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5-15-2009 @3:40PM Tracy said... But didn't the cones come in a box and a plastic wrapper that ended up being more trash than a cupcake wrapper?
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5-15-2009 @7:37PM Spence said... I like a cupcone as much as the next guy, but this is greenwashing plain and simple. Forget the half-baked politics. (Who doesn't love a nice pun?)
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5-15-2009 @11:26PM Derek said... I can only watch cooking shows like Rachel Ray.
I watched this with the sound off and all I could think of were "dirty" things and food...
Rachel Ray on the other hand deosn't appeal to me what-so-ever so I can safely watch her show and only think about the food.
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5-15-2009 @11:36PM GL said... I wish I had watched with the sound off. Ugh.
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5-17-2009 @11:02AM R-Bro said... Oh, you made my day. I used to looooove Ms. Dale when she vlogged for TV Squad. Glad to see she's as cute and funny as ever. Standing marriage proposal, Brigitte!
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