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A breakfast of baked eggs and chanterelles

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I am currently in the Basque Country where we hosted a food and lifestyle photography workshop. I will have to tell you all about it when I return home. It was so intense and beautiful. It felt surreal to share so much of my essence with people from all over the world. We ate non-stop, ...




Fig, lobster mushroom, and taleggio – late summer tarts

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I have been on a true wild mushroom kick as of late. Late summer will do that to anyone I suppose. Seattle reminds me to the Basque Country in many ways and the variety of mushrooms is one - the late summer heat and rain are necessary. I remember walking the forests with my dad as ...




Cherry tomato, prosciutto and ricotta fritatta

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I am back from my summer travels to Europe and an amazing workshop in New York. More about those later. For now, I wanted to share a simple frittata dish with you. I cooked this cherry tomato, prosciutto and ricotta frittata for my friend Jocelyn Casey's site The Little Room of Style - a little collaboration ...




A quinoa salad full of spring

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I returned from Tuscany last Saturday night where I had spent ten amazing days teaching a food and lifestyle photography workshop. My head jet-lagged and full of beautiful scenery. The rolling hills, the wildflowers everywhere, the faces, the food. I miss it. I miss our students who enthusiastically joined us in every trip and every exercise. I returned ...