Picture this: a small, snow-covered island with a few dozen inhabitants off the coast of Maine in the middle of February. A frozen photographer with a cart full of props on a mailboat. An editor with a vision for a unique and luscious cookbook. An industrious couple who have discovered the secret to sustaining themselves [...]
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Isle au Chocolat
Posted in Down East, food, tagged Black Dinah Chocolatiers, chocolate recipes, Desserted, Down East Books, Isle au Haut, Kate Shaffer on December 20, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Falling Far from the Tree
Posted in food, The New York Times, tagged Black Oxford, Cox Orange Pippin, Erwin Bauer, Golden Russet, GoldRush, Groveton, Lost Nation Orchard, Michael Phillips, N.H., organic apple growing, Rhode Island Greening on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, shortly after that late October storm pummeled parts of the Northeast, I headed northwest across the state and into the mountains of New Hampshire to take photos for this piece on organic apple growing that recently ran in The New York Times. I always love seeing parts of the state that [...]
Taking Stock
Posted in food, tagged Chase's Daily, Green Spark Farm, root vegetables, Schoohouse Farm, stock food photography on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I usually wait until I’m sure the last of the warmish days are gone to really embrace fall produce. It’s not that I don’t love apples, squash, parsnips, beets and other rooty things that store well, but I know I’ll burn out on them come February! I’ve done a good job of putting them off [...]
Treasure Hunting
Posted in food, tagged black trumpets, blackberries, Evan Strusinski, Faviken, food photography, foraging, horn of plenty, momofuku, Noma, red chanterelles, rose hips, wild mushrooms on September 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve written about foraging before, and my interest in it has heightened this year. It’s hard to describe the satisfaction of stumbling upon a bevy of beautiful blackberries, a carpet of brilliant orangey-red chanterelles popping out of brown leaf litter or a miniature forest of almost-camouflaged, apricot-scented black trumpets. While finding edible treasures is easily [...]
Summer’s Swan Song
Posted in food, tagged blueberries, fava beans, food photography, French breakfast radishes, melon, peaches, slow roasted tomatoes, StockFood, summer food, tomatoes on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the first day in several months when I’ve woken up to temperatures in the mid 40s. I slept covered with a fleece blanket and donned several layers for my morning bike ride. Fall is undeniably on our doorstep. It’s my favorite season so I can’t complain, but I do want to pay tribute [...]
Champions of Cheese
Posted in Culture magazine, food, tagged Bucheron, Capriano, Culture magazine, Echo Ridge, feta, goat cheese, Kennebec Cheesery, Maine creameries, Reblochon, York Hill Farm on September 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
In the just-published fall issue of the cheese magazine Culture there is an article on Maine creameries. I was the lucky photographer who got to spend two days shooting interesting people, endearing goats and amazing handcrafted cheese in the lovely Belgrade Lakes region of the state for this story. I’ll add a link to this [...]
Make the Basics, Part III: Ice Cream
Posted in Down East, food, Make the Basics, tagged Black Dinah Chocolatiers, cookbook, Desserted, Down East Books, ice cream on August 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Before summer really is over, I thought it’d be a good time to post about my latest culinary passion: making ice cream. When I had envisioned people making their own ice cream in the past, I always pictured someone laboriously turning a crank on a wooden barrel filled with ice and rock salt and thought [...]
Comfort Food
Posted in food on August 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Summer is rolling along, too fast as always. Mid-August almost always brings cool temperatures and cloudy skies, as if to remind us that the precious, glorious moments of sun and warmth are not here to stay, as much as we try to delude ourselves that they are. We take comfort in what our garden is [...]
It’s here, it’s here!
Posted in food, tagged calendar, Down East, food photography, Great Maine Food, Maine recipes on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The 2012 Great Maine Food calendar is available as of this week. Published by Down East, it features 12 seasonal food photos of mine with accompanying recipes from various Down East cookbooks. Like the Savoring Maine calendar I published in 2009, there are also fun factoids about each food. Unlike the Savoring Maine calendar, [...]
Make the Basics, Part II: Spring Pesto
Posted in food, Make the Basics, tagged fiddleheads, Maine shrimp, mint, recipe, spinach, spring pesto on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well, things are greening up around these parts given a solid week of wetness, with more of the same in the forecast. The lack of sun is doing little for growth in our garden. I was trying to figure out something to make out of pretty much the only two things we have in abundance [...]
