Food Porn: The New Food & Wine Cookbook is out.
The new Food and Wine “America’s Greatest New Cooks” book is out. And since I’m obsessed with the word ‘favorite’, I asked one of my ‘favorite’ photographers Christina Holmes, 5 questions concerning...
View ArticleSteamed Littleneck Clams with Chorizo
Turbulent Sea or Angry Ocean; the Nor’easter off of Martha’s Vineyard. Steamed Littleneck clams w/ Chorizo from Neptune Oyster in Boston, MA. From Chef Michael Serpa. The Historic Old Oak tree is one...
View ArticleThe City Grit Dinner of Hiyaw Gebreyohannes
Tim Tim Salad: Heirloom Tomatoes, Kale, Crispy Injera, Roasted Peppers, Jalapeño aioli with Avocado Compote Hiyaw Gebreyohannes who cooked his style of Ethiopian food at City Grit on March 27. Kitfo:...
View ArticleWhat to eat at Husk, Charleston, South Carolina
I’ve been traveling a bit these past few weeks and I’m now in South Carolina. No one goes to Charleston and doesn’t eat at Husk, in fact it would be wrong to visit this wonderful city and not visit...
View ArticleWhat to do with Ramps? Make Ramp Pesto!
Under a warm sun, somewhere in Kentucky… If you look closely, you can almost see the machine, ticking away inside of him. And what of it? He earned his solitude, this idyllic bucolic setting where...
View ArticleHow to Slaughter a Chicken (and make the dish Arroz Cabidela)
New York photographer Linda Pugliese, who has deep Italian roots, also has family in Guadeloupe. When her grandmother left Italy in the 1930′s for New York, her sister moved to the south of France and...
View ArticleHot Southern Buttermilk Biscuits
I got up this morning and made 2 dozen Buttermilk Biscuits. It had been weighing on my mind all night. They’re actually for a friends’ birthday party, a foodie-friend, actually the ex Creative...
View ArticleYellow Squash Soup with Cured Strawberries
This time last year, in early Spring, photographer Grant Cornett and myself, and his artist girlfriend Janine Iversen, were in Kentucky to work on Edward Lee‘s first cookbook, “Smoke & Pickles....
View ArticleRhubarb Margarita, Rhubarb Ice-cream.
Homemade Rhubarb Ice-cream with Rhubarb syrup. Photographer Christopher Testani wearing my winter hat, because it was pretty cold in my garden. Rhubarb Margarita and Pork Terrine. Below: Spring...
View ArticleCharred Ramps + Asparagus with Baked Eggs + Cream
What happens when I food stylist and a food photographer get together for breakfast? They decide to shoot what their cooking! Photographer Linda Pugliese and Food Stylist Chelsea Zimmer got together...
View ArticleMemorial Day Cookout: Pork Butt. (And then some.)
Everyone’s got to have a plan for the butt… We created a cocktail: A Cucumber and Cardamon Gin Fizz. An 8lb Pork Butt with Bone In, roasted at 300 degrees for 7 hours. Asparagus ready to roast....
View ArticleCooking Light Magazine: Citrus Shoot for the January 2014 Issue.
I’ve now been the Creative Director of Cooking Light Magazine for the last 6 months! I was on set last week shooting a Citrus story for the Jan/Feb Issue. Here are some behind-the-scenes Instagram...
View ArticleA trip to Vedge, a Vegan Restaurant in Philadelphia.
Why would you seek out a Vegan restaurant during Winter, when you know that most of the peak produce available would be more plentiful in Summer? Yet, here I was, on an speeding Acela train to Philly,...
View ArticleMini Pea Souffle. Hello Spring!
There is a tranquility and ease to the first light of dawn…. It’s Sunday, and I’m looking for a side dish to make for Lamb that embraces the best of the Spring… An easy and airy Green Pea Souffle,...
View ArticleJuly Issue, Cooking Light magazine.
Food Glorious Food! The July Issue for Cooking Light magazine is out and we’re really excited by it. The goal was to make our Feature Well vibrant, accessible and fun. Enjoy! Credits from top:...
View ArticleNovember Issue…. Here it is.
The November Double Issue is out and we couldn’t be more thrilled! Here are some highlights. Top: Quick and Easy. Fennel and Cumin Roasted Turkey Breast with Thyme Gravy. Sauteed Haricot Verts with...
View ArticleHappy New Year
My goal with the current Chicken feature on newsstands right now was to elevate the humble weeknight meal, with a combination of props, both still, and organic. The combination of wooden cutting...
View ArticleChicken and Dumplings
Snow day nourishment: Chicken and Dumplings. Photographed here for our January/February Issue Cooking Light. Photographed by Justin Walker. Food Styling: Chris Lanier Prop Styling: Carla...
View ArticleThe First Lady.
On a cold November morning, we crept down, almost like thieves in the night, to DC on a very secret mission to photograph the first lady, Michelle Obama. Who turned out to be everything I’d read...
View ArticleThe City Grit Dinner of Hiyaw Gebreyohannes
Tim Tim Salad: Heirloom Tomatoes, Kale, Crispy Injera, Roasted Peppers, Jalapeño aioli with Avocado Compote Hiyaw Gebreyohannes who cooked his style of Ethiopian food at City Grit on March 27. Kitfo:...
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