Lately I have been working on a new project of deconstructed organic debris. I have always found beauty in piles of compost, the fecund and fetid forest floor, negleted peonies and poppies left to fa...
I have always loved a coffee cake. It reminds me of my grandmother who used to make a particular one for me which she sent via the mail! This one is inspired by my love of ...
Nothing signals the beginning of summer for me like strawberry shortcake. I love the smell of strawberries and sun! This is an adapted twist on the classic. The cream biscuits have just h...
I am a bit of a Rhubarb fool. I tend to go crazy for this plant when it first appears in the late days of spring. I mark many of my internal calendars by the first sightings of plants, a by-product o...
I have been swamped with work since getting back from Burma. I have had no time to write or shoot other than work! it is good to be busy but I look forward to making a good long post soon, hopefully ...
I made this cake for our shoot last Sunday. I dont often bring breakfast to shoots but since it was a Sunday and we were all working, it felt like a nice treat was in order. I was talking with a frie...
After having a miserable fail with Knotweed pickles, as I mentioned before, they tasted like swamp water, I decided to try my hand at Knotweed Vodka. If you remember, last Summer I posted an Elderflo...
One of the most awesome things about shooting at home is that you get to eat what you shoot and eat what you want! There is nothing wrong with catering, BUT it can get a bit old and repetative eating...
I have been on a bit of a pickling binge lately. I have had some successes and some failures. I was "knot" so psyched about the Japanese Knotweed pickles... Knotweed is an invasive wild plant...
What a gorgeous day it was here in New York! Spring has finally arrived and ramp season is in full swing both in the city and the forest. We celebrated by making poached eggs over rosti with sauteed ...
I have declared it nettle week in our house. So, while shooting a job at our place yesterday, I decided some nettle snacks were in order. We roasted some ramps with olive oil and sea salt and slather...
NETTLES According to one of my very favorite books, The Dictionary of Gastronomy 1969 which offers concise little blurbs of information of all things gastronomic; “Nettles are a t...
Tonight we end our weeklong stint Upstate. In preparation, it is time to clean out the fridge of all the greens I have been harboring, wild and otherwise. I made this giant spring salad to share with...
There is nothing quite like the first signs of spring. It is still relatively cold up here in the Catskills but the first signs of spring are all around. The woods are colored with vibrant green patc...
Copyright © 2012 Andrea Gentl all rights reserved Sometimes, it is necessary to dig into those old fashioned cookbooks. I like the ones with the si...
Last week while in San Francisco I had a strange stomach bug. I realized I was in trouble as I sat at Burma Superstar with the tea leaf salad and rainbow salad before me unable to take a bite! I didn...
I woke up this morning determined to make an Irish Soda Bread. I saw a post on modern farmette on Dulse butter and it has been rolling around the back of my mind ever since.! Anything relating to Ini...
Last week I was out on the West Coast and visited with some friends in Albion, in Northern California near Mendocino. The drive up Highway 1 from San Francisco is absolutely stunning no ...
Strangely, I have been craving juniper this past year. It started late last Summer, upstate, with a series of wild cocktails and juniper stuffed trout. I have since experimented with a number of...
This past Sunday morning I woke early thinking about what to make the gaggle of girls sleeping in Lulas room. The past few weekends we have been in a pancake rut. I thought about making an apple ging...
This morning I left a little Valentine for the ones I love. I wanted to share in case you are in need of a last minute idea.... I got mine from New Amsterdam Valentine Market which was held la...
From the archives... In the spirit of love and St. Valentine I am posting this photograph of our sweet friends Kim Krans and Jonny Ollsin of Family Band on their wedding day.
Oh dear it has been so long since I have posted! I promised myself to keep up this blog but this past month or so it has proved a bit diificult! I have been in the midst of many project...
There are those people that you meet in your life that alter ones journey. As you get older you have the luxury of choosing and creating family. These are the people that we travel along with ...
I have been in the midst of archiving my work shot with my 8x10 Deardorf, a monstrosity and a relic by todays standards. These photographs are very dear to me. They represent the time line of m...
In these darker days of winter I am prone to eat heavier foods. I adore winter stews, braised meats and rich pastas but lately walking the streets of China Town I have been really inspired by ...
Recipe for today. A lazy Sunday morning. A pile of teenage girls asleep on the couch. Hindu Holiday awaiting them. The smell of snow. A hot cup of coffee for me and steak and eggs for the boy who sta...
The first time I saw mushrooms drying in great abundance was in Northern China in the Shanxi Provence. We stopped for some tea at a tiny morning market where the women had piles of wild mushro...
I have become obsessed with making winter sorbets. It started with the pile of beautiful tropical fruits from Maggie at Flying Fox. We ate as much as we could and then the frugal New Englander...
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