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    Spring, Shoots, and Leaves: Seasonal Styling With Photographer Clarissa Westmeyer

    Another delightful Sunday of test shoots at Kalman & Pabst Photo Group. I’ve been looking forward to working with Clarissa and her elegant touch with lighting for a long time. Spring sprung in the studio, and it tasted every bit as vibrant as it looks. #allnatural #realfood

    Test shoot: Carrots

    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 [...]

    Layered Summer Vegetable Soup

    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

    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 [...]

    A funny thing happened on the way to the allergist

      A honeybee sting nearly killed me when I was eight. It happened as I was running barefoot across a clover-scattered lawn to a neighbor’s house for a swim. I don’t recall much else – apparently I soon went into anaphylactic shock, passed out in the pool and woke up the next day at the [...]

    Veggie U: It’s almost time for the 9th Annual Food & Wine Celebration

    This year, if work does not interfere with my fun, I aspire to make it to one of the best events of the year – Veggie U’s Food & Wine Celebration. Veggie U supports The Chef’s Garden’s educational program dedicated to teaching elementary students where their food comes from and improving their eating habits.

    Yes, Soup For (Just) You, When You “Serve Yourself”

      Sweet Potato Soup with Chickpeas, Chorizo and Kale (here I used the vegan chorizo by Field Roast),  from, Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One, Joe Yonan If I were permitted only one word to describe Washington Post Food Editor Joe Yonan’s first book, Serve Yourself: Nightly Adventures in Cooking for One, what [...]

    Sprouted Grain and Coconut Flour Pancakes

    My last media project was a monumental two month-long recipe test/development for TLC’s Kitchen Boss series. What exactly did that mean? It meant that on extremely short notice, I said yes to a new and wonderful gig, packed up my belongings in New York and scurried back to Cleveland. It also meant taking a little [...]

    New: SPICE TRADE Post

    Come warm your winter bones with a spicy sambar recipe at Ohio Authority, Ohio’s premier online magazine. New SPICE TRADE here.

    Savory Wild Mushroom and Green Garlic Custards a la din din

    Wednesday evening, April 21. IACP 2010 Opening Reception: The ballroom of the very zexxxy The Nines was alive and buzzing with energy emitting from many of the 900 attendees of the 32nd annual IACP Conference held in the fantastic host city of Portland, Oregon. The large main room was jumping with guests exalted practically to [...]