For Silvia

Sylvia Weinstock © Melanie Dunea I was nervous to meet the Queen, even more so to photograph her. The assignment came in nearly two decades ago, when Town & Country magazine asked me to create a portfolio of the iconic players the New York City elite party circuit relies on. Among them was Sylvia Weinstock, the notable Queen of cakes. Sylvia lived, conveniently, just a few blocks from my apartment…