Yesterday was undoubtedly a slow day in the financial sector, which created the perfect opportunity for one of Wall Street’s finest to go for the gold in the well-known “vending machine bet.” His challenge? Consume one of every item in the vending machine in an undisclosed amount of time and earn a cash reward of [...]
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Food Photography: Summer Street Fair Favorites
There’s only one thing that rivals my love for cooking … and that’s photographing food. Capturing food in a way that portrays it as both real and appetizing can be an art form. I could spend hours (and admittedly, I have) shooting frame after frame of different dishes. It’s relaxing, it allows me to be [...]
Major League Eating: Eric “Badlands” Booker
I had the opportunity to meet Eric “Badlands” Booker this past February when I interviewed him for a story I was working on. Booker is the world’s 13th ranked competitive eater, holding titles in everything from matzo balls (21 balls in 5 minutes, 25 seconds) to corned beef hash (4 pounds in 1 minute, 58 [...]
Behind the Scenes at Per Se
I had the opportunity to dine at Per Se this past week in celebration of completing my master’s degree at The Journalism School at Columbia. The restaurant is the New York flagship of famed executive chef Thomas Keller and for the past four years has been awarded a three-star rating by the Michelin Guide. Per [...]
Taste of Morningside Heights
Upper West Side restaurants joined forces today to raise money for local hunger charities at the first ever Taste of Morningside Heights. Hundreds of students and locals feasted on hors d’oeuvres and desserts at the event, which was held at Columbia University’s Low Plaza and produced by the University-based guidebook and website Inside New York. [...]
Eric “Badlands” Booker on How to Eat a Crawfish
Happy Mardi Gras everyone! In honor of this festive day, I’ve posted a series of photographs of Eric “Badlands” Booker demonstrating his crawfish eating technique. Badlands is the world’s 13th ranked competitive eater, and he let me tag along this past weekend as he prepared for today’s House of Blues Showboat Crawfish Eating Competition in [...]
Wolfgang Puck at Spago
Every Christmas Eve my family and I eat at Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant, Spago, in Beaver Creek, CO. We have great memories of family and food at the restaurant, and tonight’s dinner was made extra special by a visit with Wolfgang.
Prior to visiting with Wolfgang, we enjoyed an incredible meal that included pretzel rolls, handcut taglietelle [...]
