Monthly Archives: February 2012

Bison, Cranberry, Persimmon, Juniper Branch Aroma

I’m sure I’ve admitted somewhere on here before (probably several times; I have a terrible memory ha HA!) that the original appeal of starting this project was “AWESOME WHITE POWDERS!”. I came at this sort of the same way someone who doesn’t know much about photography asks “What kind of camera do you use?” and [...]

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Lamb, Mastic, Date, Rosemary Fragrance

Not wanting to let forward progress in the cookbook fall aside, I worked on this dish at the same time I was making bubblegum soup, melting skittles, and baking hay. It was relatively straightforward to cook, but the presentation is especially awesomesauce. At Alinea, several courses before this dish is presented, a waitstaff member places [...]

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Hay, Coffee, Cardamom, Oak

Sarah shot this video of my time at home with my family in Kentucky over the Christmas holidays. I can’t watch it and not feel acutely homesick and a little teary; I lucked into a pretty great home and family. The cooking we’re doing is the Black Truffle Explosion, my siblings’ favorite dish when we [...]

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Skittles, Repurposed

So, this one was Sarah’s idea. On tasting the Bubblegum Tube,  she noted how pretty the electric-pink tapioca pearls were in the tube. “Oh man, can you do this with Skittles? YOU SHOULD DO THIS WITH SKITTLES!” Skittles are to Sarah what Gym, Tanning, and Laundry are to the Jersey Shore posse, which is to [...]

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I just noticed…

…what my folder structure looks like in my photography software. So far, I’ve taken over 6500 photos during the course of this project. Maybe I should make some sort of…mosaic out of the images? Like…like some sort of  ”Alinea Mosaic“? #terribleAlineaGeekJokes #itsTooEarly #needCoffee

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