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What is Mezcal? Tasting Notes from Mexico

April 8, 2011

Mezcal. Beyond the worm…

Until recently I’ve never had much inclination to try mezcal. In the youthful and stupid years, we were more of a Jack Daniels crowd. Then as appreciation and a slightly more sophisticated palate developed, the worm-laden fire water Mezcal didn’t have much attraction. Or so I thought.

Fortunately, I’ve gotten a little less stupid over the years and have began to challenge my preconceptions. Many culinary nemesis are now favorites. “Why bothers” are “How did we ever live with-outs?”

In the past couple years I’ve been exposed to amazing tequilas and even incredible raicillas (a wild »

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What we’ve been up to…. in Mexico

April 1, 2011

With a few thousand images to filter through still, we’ll eventually get to our mega posts about our Mexico trip we just returned from. We’re excited to share with you what crazy eating adventures we’ve been up to at the Food and Wine Festival in Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Mexico.»

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Shooting the Chefs

March 19, 2011

Good people. A couple of our recent photo gigs have reminded me of why I diverged off of the University path to follow a life in food. I really like the type of people which gravitate to this industry. They are good people.

One of these recent jobs was for the Terranea resort, shooting the chefs, interiors, and food of their signature restaurant mar’sel. In general, chefs don’t like have their photos taken. They are blue collar, 16 hour day working dudes. Or chicks. The day of the shoot, about half of mar’sel’s kitchen staff were chicks. Not ladies, women, »

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My post after the browser crash, appropriately for Japan.

March 11, 2011

I was almost finished with writing this garden blog post last night. Then the swirling, Mac beach-ball-of-death aka “eternity ball”, appeared. I immediately knew this post was doomed.»

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Happy Lunar New Year 2011!

February 4, 2011

It’s the year of the Rabbit/Cat 2011 ! Happy Lunar New Year to you all from San Francisco.»

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Portrait of a Gourmand: Story of Allison & Son

January 30, 2011

Portrait of a Gourmand - A gourmand is simply, someone who takes pleasure in food and eating. This is a continuing photographic series of gourmands, from all walks of life. There are many gourmands that inspire us in profound ways that make us experience and think about food differently. These portraits essays share their amazing stories.

You’re looking at two lovely and multi-talented people. Allison Day, founder of Sushiday.com, is a dancer and a web developer. Her boyfriend Phu Son Nguyen is also web developer, artist and photographer. Their artistry and love for one another is nothing but obvious, and »

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Citrus Craze

January 23, 2011

Farmers markets are brimming with citrus of almost every variety and color. It’s hard to not be mesmerized by the gorgeous baskets and stalls filled to the brim with vibrant citrus. We have a pretty good inventory of citrus in our backyard already, but it doesn’t mean that we get tired of looking at them.

And of course, we never tire of photographing. You can never have too many meyer lemons!»

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Sweet Potato Molasses Cookie- Rum Inebriated

November 16, 2010

Fall Fest is here and it’s a continuation of Summer Fest, a cross-blog recipe (and tip) swap. These events were started by Margaret Roach of Away to Garden and Deb Puchalla of Food Network. Previous themes were Spinach, Apples, Fall Salads, Pumpkin/Squash, Mad Stash, Root Veggies, Pears & brassicas. For this week, it’s all about sweet potatoes.

Join and share yourblog write ups. Just post your link or recipe or idea in the comments below this post, and also share on the blogs of the other participants who are co-hosting as well.

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