I spent the better part of a recent weekend styling test shoots with Cleveland photographer Ricky Rhodes. We worked in the urban comfort of Kalman & Pabst Photo Group. The shoot was natural ingredient and whole-foods focused, and we kicked the session off by by getting up close and personal with affable bunches of varicolored [...]
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Chicken Croquettes: The Real McCoy
March 12, 2012 – 5:05 pm
By this time, I believe everyone is familiar with the McDonald’s “pink slime” Chicken McNugget video. What appears to be a heaving mound of Pepto-Bismol pink soft serve ice cream, barely contained in a cardboard box, we discover, is the fast food giants’ processed chicken matter waiting to be fried into McNuggets.
A Taste of Chacala
March 5, 2012 – 10:57 am
Back in late October, I plugged into the Google search window, “Iyengar workshop February”. What turned up was great fortune in terms of discovering a phenomenal Iyengar yoga instructor in NYC’s dynamic Lara Brunn, a truly special lodging in Mar de Jade, (tucked into the base of that lush volcanic jungle yonder), and the tiny [...]
Recipe Test Wrap
December 16, 2011 – 11:18 am
Wiping down the last straggling crumbs from a six-week long Kitchen Boss season two, recipe test. I’ve been stuffed to the gills with tasty eats since the end of October – oof. Take a gander at that beautiful pie – look Ma, no wood burning or high-end oven at Pizzeria Heidi. One doesn’t need pricey [...]
Future Perfect
September 18, 2011 – 10:48 am
All I want is a yurt somewhere. Perched up high in the cold night air. With one enormous chair, oh! Wouldn’t it be loverly?
Layered Summer Vegetable Soup
August 18, 2011 – 2:57 pm
The August vegetable explosion is on! Tomatoes are ripe and richly flavored, squash is thin-skinned and tender. All are available in peak abundance at local farmer’s markets. This “soup” of vegetables simply stewed in their own juices cooks, as if by magic, with a simple layering of the ingredients in a pot. I culled this [...]
Hot Buttered Ginger Peaches
August 9, 2011 – 11:04 am
Summer is fleeting and peaches are ripe for the picking and eating. Out of hand, over the sink with sweet juices running down my chin and arm, sliced and steeped in a quenching peachy lemonade, or pureed and churned into cold ice cream. These are a few of the ways I’ve been indulging in the [...]
What’s Old is New
December 5, 2010 – 9:26 am
Inspired by Florence Fabricant’s November piece on Armenian preserved walnuts, this little bit o’ sweet and a little bit o’ nutty in my bourbon was the kindliest conclusion to a long week of recipe testing and development.
