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Portrait of a Gourmand-Shauna & Daniel (Gluten Free Girl & The Chef)

August 8, 2010
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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 and interviews share their amazing stories.

Shauna James Ahern’s journey from suffering celiac disease to re-discovering food is a remarkable one. For the past 5 years, she’s shared her path to healing through candid and intimate essays on her popular blog, GlutenFreeGirl.com…

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Citrus Tequila Shrimp Skewers – Good Bite Video

August 3, 2010
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There are few things which declare California summers like grilled shrimp and tequilla. Usually in separate moments, or side by side… Margarita anyone?!  However in an instant of lazy brilliance, we combined the two to form an intoxicating bit of deliciousness.

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Video Tour- Dog’s View of Our Summer Garden 2010

August 1, 2010
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To celebrate the dawn of August and glorious, but sizzling Summer in full swing, we’re taking you on a tour of our Summer Garden.

This tour is from the perspective of our white boxer, Sierra.

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Portrait of a Gourmand- Chef Hasty Torres & Madame Chocolat Video

July 7, 2010
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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 and interviews share their amazing stories.


Madame Chocolat lives in Beverly Hills, CA and is the symbol of sweet decadence that is both sexy, stylish and infectiously fun. Walk into the Madame Chocolatier chocolate boutique and wafts of chocolate perfumed…

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The Hungry Travelers Video- A California Avocado Story

June 6, 2010
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Can’t believe it’s been one year since we first talked about launching our online documentaries: The Hungry Travelers! Well it’s finally here and we’re proud to launch it with this one: A California Avocado Story.

The California avocado growers are a close, tight knit and hardworking group of growers who are dedicated to producing some of the best avocados in the world.

The California Avocado Commission recently had a guacamole contest and we were one of the lucky judges on their panel of 6 judges, which included 2 growers, 2 representatives…

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Video – Spring Garden 2010. Welcome.

April 24, 2010
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Happy belated Earth Day. Here’s an invitation to our garden in Spring. Welcome to our green sanctuary.


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Food Blogger Camp: Final Video, thoughts & sad farewell

January 19, 2010
food blogger camp

Food bloggers are a force to be reckoned with in more ways than we could have ever imagined. In just two years of writing, photographing and sharing our lives with all of you from around the world, the impact of all your friendship, support and community has been one of the things we hold closest to our hearts.

For many of us, the driving force behind our stamina and enthusiasm for blogging comes from the powerful community we are a part of.  The topic of community seemed to be one of the strongest themes that we…

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Good Bite- Internet Food Show featuring Food bloggers

June 22, 2009
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The “secret” is finally out! There’s been a mean tease of secrets and a string of underground comments over Twitter about a super secret project involving some food bloggers. For those of you who are on the edge of your seat, wait no longer. Believe us, it’s been hard for everyone involved in the show to try to keep our MOUTHS SHUT! But since we all signed a small, legal, binding contract called a Non-Disclosure Agreement, that was enough to seal the deal and put a big piece of duct tape over our mouths.…

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Edible Los Angeles, Chef Michael Cimarusti Sea to Plate

June 1, 2009
Chef Michael Cimarusti Providence LA

Eating locally means that we don’t have to look too far to feed ourselves and searching for our community based food news  is now easier with The Edible Communities publications.

The Edible Communities provides quarterly publications that highlight local food news and connects consumers with their nearby farmers, artisans and other community based food sources. Their mission statement is simple, clear and powerful: “…to transform the way consumers shop for, cook, eat and relate to local food. Through its printed publications, websites and events, ECI strives to connect consumers with local growers, retailers,…

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Video #15 – Club Med Food & Wine Blogger Bash & many pics!

April 5, 2009
Club Med Columbus Isle Bahamas

Clearly, Todd and I don’t have tons of free time on hand, but the thrill of my week at Club Med and the gazillions of pictures and video clips forced us to free up some time. Making a video isn’t exactly a quickie project that we can do in front of the TV. A video will take us hours (tens) to complete because adding pictures, sound effects, transitions and movement suck up so much time. Honestly, learning how to use Final Cut Studio Pro is like learning to walk again, with plenty of frustrations, stumbles…

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Video #14- Winner of the “Art of Food Photography” Class!

January 8, 2009

Thank you to everyone for participating in this  “Art of Food Photography Class” giveaway! All of your enthusiasm and excitement for learning more about food photography was amazing. Although we received 176 enthusiastic entries, the hardest part is always having to draw the name of only one winner. But the best part of it all is letting everyone know that this amazing resource is still available online and we want to thank The Perfect Picture School of Photography, Ron Goldman and Kathleen Clemons for their generosity!

For all of you who aspire to learn more about…

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Video #13 – Yosemite Nat’l Park and Backcountry Couscous w/ginger, shallots, zucchini

August 2, 2008
Backcountry Cooking

Couscous Recipe w/ginger, shallots and zucchini Recipe

Ingredients:

1 cup couscous
2 cups water
2 tablespoons olive/grapeseed oil
1 cup diced zucchini (about 2 small or 1 medium zucchini)
2 Tablespoons minced/grated ginger (about 2″ bulb)
1 Tablespoon minced shallots (about 1 large shallot)
1 teaspoon salt

optional topping we added in video:
soy sauce & parmesan cheese

1. Add oil to pan and add zucchini, ginger and shallots.

2. Cook till soft and fragrant.

3. Add water, salt, couscous…

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It WAS my birthday! Drinks are on me! – american flyer and champagne cooler

July 28, 2008
Champagne Cocktail

American Flyer Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 oz light Rum
1/2 oz fresh Lime Juice
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
3-5 oz chilled Champagne

1. Chill champagne flute. Shake all ingredients except for the champagne in a cocktail shaker with ice.

2. Strain into chilled flute, then slowly add champagne. Enjoy. Repeat. Enjoy.

The Champagne Cooler Cocktail Recipe

Ingredients

1 oz Triple Sec
1/2 oz Cognac
Couple dashes Angostura Bitters
3-5 oz chilled Champagne
orange zest

1. Chill champagne flute. Pour all ingredients except for the champagne into the flute. Slowly add champagne. Garnish with an orange zest.

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