Category: food
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We were living in Korea and I was going to an American school. I can’t remember my teacher’s name. But I can remember the day when my teacher, whose name might have started with a G, was writing on the blackboard and explaining that a desert only has one “s.” But a dessert has two,…
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These two women, Anne and Kris, needed a kitchen to bake their baked goods for the Bi-Rite Market. Eventually they found a kitchen that also had a store in the front, so they needed something to sell. They couldn’t just sell their baked goods because the store front is right next to another very delicious…
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When I pick up a book or a magazine with lots of photos, I usually open it up at the end and flip the pages backwards until I end up at the beginning of the book. While not conducive for reading novels, this dyslexic behavior is a handy tool to have because that is how…
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(This post contains a photo of a butchered pig and may not be enjoyable for everyone.) I would be editing photos from the pig butchering I went to a couple of weeks ago, but instead I have to do my taxes… this is one time I would rather be editing. Part of this pig, who…
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Regardless how or why Valentine’s Day started, I think it’s nice that we have a day dedicated to showing people that we love them. And after a month of endless gray and rainy days, we could all use a little more creative love.
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I am excited for my friend Rebecca, because this week she got pigs at the garden she runs in Sonoma. Thinking about her pigs stirs up all my pig memories, and gives me an excuse to post an assortment of random photos in an attempt to stay true to my Rolleiflex Advent Calender. It makes…
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In my interview for a book proposal with the guys responsible for Town Hall, a restaurant in San Francisco, one of them asked me, “So, are you a food photographer, is that what you do?’ I said, “No, I photograph people.” Maybe that isn’t the best response when you are interviewing to take photos for…
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On June 16th, I was in San Francisco hanging out in the kitchen of the restaurant Town Hall, so I could have a better understanding of the food and space for our upcoming photo shoot for their book proposal. When, Mitch, one of the owners and chefs, suggested that I come down and take a…