HAUTE LIFE PRESS: Scarpetta and Eleven Madison Park Magazines, Summer 2009

Photographed two new magazines for Haute Life Press. Scott Conant's Scarpetta and Danny Meyer's Eleven Madison Park (the cocktail issue).

CULTURE Cheese Magazine, "Work the Curd"

A photo-story on hand-pulled mozzarella makers in NYC for the Summer 2009 issue of CULTURE Cheese Magazine.

A list of such producers so you can see for yourself:

Caputo's Fine Foods
460 Court St (3rd/4th Place)
Brooklyn, NY
718.855.8852

Di Palo's
200 Grand (Mott/Mulberry)
New York, NY
212.226.1033
dipaloselects.com

Alleva Dairy
188 Grand (Baxter/Centre)
New York, NY
212.226.7990
allevadairy.com

Joe's Dairy
156 Sullivan (Houston/Prince)
New York, NY
212.677.8780

Casa Della Mozzarella Italian Deli
604 E 187 St
Bronx, NY
718.364.3867

Also try the smoked mozzarella at Joe's, the bocconcini at Casa Della, the homemade ricotta and cured meats at Alleva, the direct import Italian cheeses and housemade pastas at Di Palo's, and the olive bar at Caputo's olive bar, with a loaf of rosemary bread.

... and here's a few outtakes ...


Curd delivery


Frank of Caputo's


Orazio of Casa Della


The men of Joe's

Robert Alleva


Lou Di Palo


Cheesy signage

EDIBLE BROOKLYN Issue 13, Spring 2009

A welcome Spring edition has sprung forth!

Photographed the cover, which was an outake from the BACK OF THE HOUSE: Egg. Took a trip around the Tortilla Triangle, and went to a tasting at the Red Hook Winery.

There's also ...

Long's Wine in Bay Ridge, (photographed by Miana Grafals)
Clay Pot Cooking, (photographed by Miriam Fogelson)
Made´casse Chocolate and Vanilla from Madegascar

... and that's just the beginning of the bounty, Find a copy here!

meatpaper 7, The Pig Issue: Chefs' Pig Tattoos

The pork-centric tattoo of Billy Barlow, chef at Bonita in Brooklyn, NY, for meatpaper 7, The Pig Issue (bottom photo).

EDIBLE BROOKLYN Issue 12, Winter 2009

The newest installment of Edible Brooklyn features the BACK OF THE HOUSE of Rosewater and a smoking hot piece written by Megan Krigbaum on The Woodman, New York area's best supplier of premium kiln-dried firewood and cooking woods, charcoal and other wood products. And that's just from the hearth ...

EDIBLE MANHATTAN Issue 3, Jan/Feb 2009

The third issue of Edible Manhattan is fresh of the presses. (Cover photo by Erin Gleeson)

There's family history in The Brother Zabars (Eli and Saul).

Chef King Phojanakong of Kuma Inn guides us through Chinatown, on where to shop and eat (map included).

The BACK OF THE HOUSE of David and Karen Waltuck's restaurant Chanterelle.

A tour underneath Chelsea Market, exploring Chelsea Wine Vault's storage catacombs.

And much much more ... (Little Senegal, Vere Chocolates, Casellula Cheese & Wine Cafe, Mr. Recipe: Spice Dealer, Maple Tapping)

EDIBLE BROOKLYN Fall 2008

Edible Brooklyn 11 is here with the autumnal weather in tow.

A series on food-related tattoos, an Egyptian falafel master, D. Maldari & Sons, Inc., Pasta Extrusion Dies, Fette Sau BBQ( (the delicious Mason's Black Wheat from Sixpoint Craft Ales is on tap, which is named after my cat), Bees, Gingkos, and much much more ...

EDIBLE MANHATTAN premier issue

Edible Manhattan is here. I'm working as the photo editor, and very honored to be on staff for the launch.

I photographed articles on the best breakfast sandwich, Kitchen Arts and Letters (cookbook shop), a look into Isaac Mizrahi's fridge, the BACK OF THE HOUSE of Little Giant restaurant, foraging Gingko berries with Inside Park's Chef Matthew Weingarten, rooftop honey bee hives, and a morning at The Doughnut Plant.

Enjoy! I know I did.

HAUTE LIFE PRESS: Eleven Madison Park Magazine

Shot the cover, and a few stories for Eleven Madison Park's new in-house magazine, published by Haute Life Press.

HAUTE LIFE PRESS: Myriad Restaurant Group Magazine

Shot the cover and some inserts for the Myriad Restaurant Group's new magazine, published by Haute Life Press. It features such restaurants as Centrico, Mai House, Nobu, Nobu Next Door, Nobu Fifty Seven, and Tribeca Grill.

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SANTE Magazine "Working the Room" (Chef Gavin Kaysen)

Chef Gavin Kaysen of Cafe Boulud (A 2007 Food & Wine Best New Chef, and 2008 James Beard Foundation Rising Chef of the Year) for SANTE Magazine's June 2008 issue.

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 ...