Shooting Food
As mentioned elsewhere, I’m a photographer who likes to cook. And eat. Not a chef, not professionally trained, and I don’t even work in the industry. I mainly photograph houses and buildings and designer touches. A lot of kitchens. A lot of money goes into kitchens from the cabinets...
Cajun Spice Mix
A great spice mix for almost anything. I’ve used it in eggs and on shrimp, pork, and chicken. Ingredients 2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. garlic powder 2.5 tsp. smoked paprika 1 1 tsp. cayenne pepper 2 1 tsp. black pepper 1 tsp. granulated onion powder 1.25 tsp. dried oregano...
Substitution
So I’ve lost a lot of weight recently. Intentionally. I did a variety of things and will talk about some of them here, but one of the things I did a lot of was substituting one better food for another. Not gonna call any food good or bad —...
Butter Tarts
My wife is Canadian and this is evidently a Canadian thing. We take it to parties and no one here in the United States has ever seen these. They’re always popular. So this is probably my most-requested recipe. Note: We’ve tried every store-bought pie pastry we can find. While...
Chef Ben’s Dry Rub For Everything
Chef Ben Davis, former owner of the Passionate Palate Cooking School, taught me a lot. This was a rub that we made in large batches one time and given out to potential customers; I’ve adapted it to a smaller quantity. Excellent on almost every meat I’ve tried it on....