This is one of my absolute favorite soups! It’s fresh and full of glorious garden heirloom heaven. We are quite lucky here in southern California because the farmers’ markets are already chock full of gorgeous heirloom tomato varieties and I, for one, will always take advantage of that. This roasted tomato soup can easily be…
Spicy Mussels in Garlic Ginger White Wine
Fresh and light seafood dishes just feel like summer to me. Crisp fresh flavors and chilled white wine on a cool summer’s night can make any day special. This recipe is easily adaptable to any flavors you’d like to add and gives a great basic starting point for any shellfish dish. You can pile the…
Honey, Honey!
Okay, this will be the last honey post for a while. I know, I’m obsessed. This is, as of now, the last of a tiny series of sorts focused around honey, which I use for EVERYTHING! It’s delicious chewiness lends itself to everything from toast to stir fry (just a spoonful of honey makes a…
Chilled Avocado Soup with Crab for CINCO de MAYO
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!!! To celebrate today I’m posting early this week so enjoy this refreshing mexican dish to accompany those Coronas! Enjoy the delicious festivities! West coast living has got me wondering how I ever survived without avocados. Though you can buy them on the east coast, they aren’t as big a part…
Bzzzz Bzzzz Bzzzzz Honeycomb
More honey time in the studio. Shooting honey has been extra fun because honey really has a life of it’s own and, unlike many food subjects like lettuce which just wilts and deflates, honey drips and oozes and bubbles and catches light differently with each frame. This makes for fun shooting but, admittedly, not so…
Steak Fajitas!!!
Nothing celebrates the coming of warmer weather like a Corona with a freshly made steak fajita. Ahhhhhhh! Gosh it’s good to be a food photographer. Put on those flip flops and celebrate spring with this variation of the classic fajita. We’re lucky enough to have an abundance of mexican markets teeming with authentic ingredients to…
Lemon Braised Artichokes with Feta
Artichoke season is here! A stroll through the farmers’ market celebrates the delightfully bizarre prickly treat of the globe artichoke. As much as I love ordering just about anything from a restaurant that includes artichoke, I must admit to being slightly intimidated by them in my own kitchen. So, in an effort to demystify the…
Raw Octopus Food Art
I’ve been wanting to shoot an entire raw octopus for a while now. I had all of these shot visions meticulously thought out, but when I got the 10 pounds of octopus back to the studio it became clear that they looked nothing like I had envisioned. So after some “hmmmmmms” and one “that’s okay!”…
Raisin Walnut and sweet citrus whipped compound butters
I promised and I’ll deliver. Sweet compound butters are a game changer. I’m officially obsessed!! Don’t think about it, just make these and allow them to change your world. Ha! I know, I’m a bit food creepy but it’s fun (at least for me;) On with the show! Try these with toast, of course, but…
Guajes and Extra Special Guacamole
The other day I was perusing the magical shelves and piles of vibrant produce in one of the larger mexican markets in our neighborhood when I noticed the strange looking but beautiful beans sitting unassumingly on a produce shelf. What are these long long beans?! Magic beans?! Maybe….well, no but I simply couldn’t resist my…