25 Under 25 V2: Book Launch/Signing

Today is the first of two events for
25 Under 25 V2. Hope you can make it. I know I'll be there.

Thursday, May 22, 6–8 p.m.
Book Launch and Signing
With a conversation between Sylvia Plachy and the 25 Under 25 Photographers
powerHouse Books
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
http://www.powerhousebooks.com/contact.php

NEXT WEEK:

Thursday, May 29, 6–8 p.m.
Exhibition Opening, Reception
Gulf and Western Gallery
Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
721 Broadway
New York, New York 10003
http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/page/gallery.html

GOURMET May 2008 p.122

My first photographs in GOURMET Magazine (on page 122 of the May 2008 issue), from an event at the Astor Center, hosted by Chef Michael Anthony of Gramercy Tavern.

The menu was too good not to share.

Celery Root and Mountain View Farms Bacon Custard with Sheldon Farms Adirondack Red Potatoes, Almonds and Paddlefish Roe

Mosaic of Mountain View Farms Chicken and Rutabaga, Chicken Liver Stuffed Prunes and Sheldon Farms Austrian Crescent Potato Salad

Mountain View Farms Cotechino with Pistachio, Sheldon Farms Adirondack Blue Potatoes and Cippolini Onions

Braised Manx Station Beef Shanks with Sheldon Farms La Ratte Potato Puree and Carrots

Consider Bardwell Farmstead Cheeses: Dorset Pawlet, Manchester, and Rupert

Smoked Milk Chocolate and Bacon Tarts, Creme Fraiche (by Pastry Chef Nancy Olson)

And a few extra photos from the night ...

EDIBLE BROOKLYN Spring 2008

EDIBLE BROOKLYN Spring 2008 has sprung.

A tasting with Mast Brothers Chocolate, touring Moore Street Market, a ginseng soju-tini cocktail at Moim, Andrew Sarno on his tractor, A "Back of the House" look at Tanoreen in Bay Ridge (the best Middle Eastern food I've ever encountered), and a day with knifemaker Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn.

Cover photo of Added Value Farm, Red Hook by Yue Qiu

The Art of Eating, no. 77 Spring 2008

The back cover and a few images from a wonderful article entitled "New York: Variations on a Theme Restaurant" by Mitchell Davis for Ed Behr's The Art of Eating, no. 77 Spring 2008, covering Keith McNally's Balthazar and Morandi, both located in New York, NY.

"25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers, Volume 2" Book Launch/Signing and Exhibition Opening/Reception

"25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers, Volume 2", the new volume of which I am honored to have been selected for, is coming out and there are events.



Thursday, May 22, 6–8 p.m.
Book Launch and Signing
With a conversation between Sylvia Plachy and the 25 Under 25 Photographers
powerHouse Books
37 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
http://www.powerhousebooks.com/contact.php

Thursday, May 29, 6–8 p.m.
Exhibition Opening, Reception
Gulf and Western Gallery
Tisch School of the Arts at NYU
721 Broadway
New York, New York 10003
http://photo.tisch.nyu.edu/page/gallery.html




The Photographers

Kathryn Parker Almanas
www.kathrynparkeralmanas.com

Kim Badawi
www.kimbadawi.com

Gina Brocker
www.ginabrockerphotography.com

Kitra Cahana
www.kitracahana.com

Rose Cromwell
www.rosecromwell.com

Cary Dolan
www.carydolan.com

Sean Donnelly
www.seandonnellyphotography.com

Nick Freeman
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~nmf227

Rick Gershon
www.rickgershon.com

Ami Howard
www.amihoward.com

Adam Kuehl
www.adamkuehl.com

Brian Lesteberg
www.brianlesteberg.com

Elizabeth Looke-Stewart
www.elizabethlookestewart.com

Futoshi Miyagi
www.fmiyagi.com

Greg Mrotek
www.gregmrotek.com

Eleanor G. Oakes
www.eleanoroakes.com

Ashley Poole
www.ashleypoole.net

Lissa Rivera
www.lissarivera.com

Elizabeth Claire Rose
www.eroseportfolio.com

Tamara Rosenblum
www.tamararosenblum.com

Irina Rozovsky
www.irinar.com

Will Steacy
www.willsteacy.com

Michael Harlan Turkell
www.harlanturk.com

Peter van Agtmael
www.petervanagtmael.com

Beatriz Wallace

ASTOR CENTER: Chef Chris Cosentino's "Head to Tail"

ASTOR CENTER: Chef Chris Cosentino's "Head to Tail"

The Astor Center in NYC hosted Chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto, for his first ever east-coast "Head to Tail" dinner (on March 4th, 2008).

BITS & BOBBLES

Beef heart tartare puttanesca
Fritto of honeycomb Tripe with picholine olives and marjoram
Crostino of salt cured pork heart, eight minute farm egg
Porchetta di testa with radish and pecorino

SUPPER

Beef tendon & sweetbreads, with chile and mint
Turf and Surf: trotters and lobster with tarragon
Crudo of venison liver, with beets and juniper balsamic
Whole roasted spring lamb neck, with sheep's milk polenta and gremolata
Blood orange candied cockscombs, with bay leaf rice pudding

BROOKLYN BASED: Mast Brothers Chocolate

A great discovery by Brooklyn Based, Mast Brothers Chocolate is bringing a "bean to bar" operation to Brooklyn. Their shop hopes to open this Summer in Williamsburg, and let me tell you, I tried their 81% fleur de sel, and I'll be there for some "chocolat glacé".

Michael Laiskonis: Notes from the Kitchen

Le Bernardin, the fountainhead four-star seafood restaurant in New York City, headed by Chef Eric Ripert, who gets much of the acclaim, but the dessert accolades can be directed to Michael Laiskonis. I was lucky enough to spend the day in the pastry kitchen, and hope to return in the near future. Here's the "Mixed Media" post, which marks the beginning of our collaboration.

SANTE Magazine "Finding the Cure: In-House Charcuterie Programs"

Two photographs from the March/April 2008 issue of for SANTE Magazine, about in-house charcuterie programs (Mario Batali's curing room at Otto, and Chef Chris Cosentino of Incanto, respectively).

BACK OF THE HOUSE at the French Culinary Institute

If you happen to find yourself on tour, or taking a class at the French Culinary Institute (FCI) in New York City, you might notice that a selection of twelve 20x30 "Back of the House" photographs are hanging on the walls of their gallery space. The show will be up until mid-May 2008, thenceforth looking to be hung in a new location.