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Sandy Relief Opportunity…
My friends, Julio & Beatrice, owners of East Village restaurants Il Baggato & Il Posto Accanto are organizing a relief effort for those still struggling to recover from Hurricane Sandy. Just as...
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FFT Retirement…
I think it has come time to retire the Food For Thought “Gratuitous Food Porn” Series. It has come to my attention that these would be much more helpful if I included more information about the origin...
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Gluten Free Muffins on RFH…
This week we shot a series of Gluten Free muffins both sweet and savory for Martha’s Recipes for Health column. These are a cheddar cheese and Dijon mustard muffin in and antique Ecko muffin pan.
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First We Feast Interview…
The lovely Elyse Inamine over at First We Feast graciously asked me to be part of their “Show us you Food Porn” series and I was happy to oblige. Go check it out.
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Pear Sorbet RFH…
This image represents exactly the things that I try to do with that “painterly style” that has been attributed to my work. As soon as I shot my first frame I was so excited to have this published. It...
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Turnip Slaw Still Life…
I was going to run this for my new Outtakes column on Diner’s Journal but I was a little late. Glad to be able to share it here. With a subject as simple and somewhat monochromatic as this Turnip Slaw...
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The Burger Ideal…
Creating a memorable burger shot is one of the more challenging in food photography simply because it’s like trying to improve upon what has already been perfected. The burger shot is the iconic food...
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Variety is…
Here is a selection of some of the fun things I have been working on lately. The first shot is from Eating Well, a feature on Thai food that appears in this month’s issue. The next is a shot of maple...
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What is Dukkah?
Maybe I missed something over the past ten years but I had to ask myself that question when I got this assignment. It turns out that since the publication of the Jerusalem Cookbook these spice...
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Shakshuka…Familiar Dish, Exotic name
This dish looks really familiar but if you have never heard of shakshuka (like me) you might have been expecting something more alien. Eggs poached in tomato sauce is a Mediterranean staple in many...
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TV Beckons…Well sort of.
Over the past year in addition to my other assignments, I shot a cookbook for the ABC TV show The Chew. Some of the other things I have been doing outside of my studio, as many of you know, is teaching...
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Television, Acts of God & Photography…
So, I made my television debut today on The Chew. I settled in at 1pm at my studio to watch the show and was enjoying Catherine McCord’s segment on Green Mac & Cheese when all of a...
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Picnic Pleasures…
Haricots verts, corn and carrot salad with mustard vinaigrette was the simple pleasure of the picnic story that ran in the Good Appetite column this week. See the recipe here.
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creativeLIVE in Seattle…
I am happy to announce that I will be in Seattle July 19-21 to lead a 3-day workshop for the outstanding workshop website creativeLIVE. It will be a FREE online 3-day class available...
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Countdown to creativeLIVE…9
We have 9 days until my FREE creativeLIVE workshop. You must enroll to watch, so do that soon. I will post a new photo here every day until we go live. Hope you can make it.
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creativeLIVE Countdown…8
Only 8 days until my FREE @creativeLIVE workshop. You can enroll to watch through Facebook, so that’s kind of easy. I will post a new photo here every day until we go live. This one is of Melissa...
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1 Week to Go…creativeLIVE
So, a week from today my FREE creativeLIVE workshop will begin. Still time to enroll. One of the things I’ll discuss is the use of the diptych, like this one for this apple, fennel and endive salad by...
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