I was recently at Union Square Green Market to pick up some maple candy from Deep Mountain (http://deepmountainmaple.com/green-market) for friends.
Check out these rainbow carrots from Paffenroth Gardens.
The texture! The colors!
Oh, and the pecan maple candy rocks, too.
In NYC, on my way to have French Onion Soup Dumplings at The Stanton Social, I happened across this amazing macaron shop: Biscous Ciao (http://www.bisousciao.com/). Bright, colorful and simple interior design, this was a shop you wanted to step into! And, the macarons were delightful. I shared a dulce de leche as an appetizer!
Barndiva's Salon des Sens exhibition was quite a success during the opening reception this weekend. A big thank you to Studio Barndiva and Curator Maggie Spicer who organized quite a 'palatable' exhibition revolving around the food we eat.
As I flowed through the crowds, it was quite evident how art can influence our relationship to food. A buzz of excitement and conversations about food were aroused as people moved about the exhibition of food photography, paintings and installations.
On the way to Studio Barndiva in beautiful wine country.
Images from "terra cibus" along side photographs of food dissections by Maren Caruso (marencaruso.com).
Quail egg BLT hors d'oeuvres.
A selection of images from "terra cibus" below painting diptych by Carol Beck (carolbeck.net).
There is still time to see the exhibition at Studio Barndiva until June 12, 2012. Studio Barndiva is located at 237 Center Street in Healdsburg, CA.
We're very excited to be included with Maggie Spicer and BarnDiva for Salon des Sens opening in less than one month! Mark your calendar to come celebrate a melting pot of creative and conceptual art centered around our food. And, if you like Jazz, it's the opening weekend of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival (http://www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org).
2012 is off to a busy start! I've been in London for the past couple weeks, with a quick stop at the end in New York, meeting with galleries and commercial clients on both sides of the pond.
While I was in London I heard about a liquid nitrogen ice cream parlor called the chin chin laboratorists. With my jam packed schedule I had to make a special trip to Camden Lock for a Sunday morning ice cream breakfast. Let's just say I was not dissappointed.
Owners Ahrash Akbari-Kalhur (pictured below) and Nyisha Weber were so nice, and their ice cream is INSANE. I had their delectable dark chocolate ice cream drizzled with salted caramel and topped with with candied pretzels. Definitely make the trip the next time you're there!
As promised, here is the link for my interview on The Food Seen with Michael Harlan Turkell on Heritage Radio Network discussing my terra cibus project. You can also download it via iTunes along with lots of other cool Food Seen episodes. Thank you, Michael, so much for having me on your show!
Alex Talbot, food writer and author, also being interviewed at Food Seen studios in Brooklyn.
"terra cibus no.20: sugar 1" will be a part of this show. In conjunction with the artist reception, OCCCA will be hosting the official TEDxSAArtistsVillage (post conference) After Party. I will be attending and hope to see you at the festivities.
