ReMARKable Palate #219: Food and Photography

This week, I bring you special audio from the participants in my
Brookyn Cookin’ food and photo workshop. You heard me talking about it the past months, well it finally took place this past weekend, with Chris Marquardt from Tips from the Top Floor co-teaching with me. We speak with the participants, and then afterwards I speak with my good friend and fellow food blogger Jaden Hair from www.SteamyKitchen.com about doing the food photography for her own cookbook.

photo by Chris Marquardt.

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

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ReMARKable Palate #211: National Botanic Garden of Wales

While in Wales last month, we got a chance to learn about the great ranching and gardening programs going on at the National Botanic Gardens of Wales in Carmarthenshire. First we speak with Tim Bevan, Estate Manager, about the program he leads raising the Welsh Black breed of cattle, and then we speak with Malcolm Berry, the head gardener, about the unique double walled garden, which produces a number of heritage plants and trees, including a children’s allotment.

www.gardenofwales.org.uk

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

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We stop in at The Codfather, an authentic chip shop in Abergavenny, Wales, and we have some fish n’ chips, as well as a taste of Welsh Faggots, Wales’ answer to haggis, served with chips, gravy and mushy peas! Paul Harris from www.seewales.com explains this unique regional dish.

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While in Hawaii for the “So Much More Hawaii” New Media tour, I spent the afternoon with Lani and Ali’i, co-owner of the Ali’i Kula Lavender Company in Maui’s Kula “Upcountry” area. They gave me a tour of their lavender farm, which looks more like a zen mediation garden! Listen to the audio interview I did with them on ReMARKable Palate Podcast #209.

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ReMARKable Palate #210: Chef Tom Lewis from Scotland’s Monachyle Mhor

One of our favorite guests here at CMN has been Chef Tom Lewis, chef and innkeeper at the Monachyle Mhor Hotel in Scotland. We met him several months ago when he did a cooking demo in New York, and we recently had the pleasure of visiting him at his hotel in Scotland. He took us on a wild foraging adventure followed by a cooking demo, with some moments which we’ve already released on video on CMN, and more to come as he shows us some wonderful recipes. Here’s the conversation Tom and I had while on a slightly bumpy ride down the mountain to his fish restaurant.

www.mhor.net

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

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ReMARKable Palate #209: Ali’i Kula Lavender

I’m in Fire Island for a few days, and I’m reminded of my time spent in Hawaii a few months ago for the “So Much More Hawaii” media tour. While there I had the chance to spend the afternoon in the upcountry area of Maui, visiting with Lani and Alii, co-owners of the Alii Kula Lavender farm, which grows lavender and produces countless numbers of lavender products. It was one of the most relaxing farm visits I’ve been on in a long time. Here’s my conversation with Lani and Alii.

www.aklmaui.com

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

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We pay a visit to Rhosilli Harbor, home of one of Wales’ most unusual natural features, The Worm’s Head, a rock outcropping off the coast. Our tour guide, Paul Harris from www.seewales.com, gives us the lowdown on the site, and then we enjoy a local brew with a great view!

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ReMARKable Palate #208: The Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory

I have the pleasure of meeting Bob & Pam Cooper, owners of the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, the only operation in the US to grow, ferment, process and sell chocolate of their own. Bob & Pam took a break from winnowing to talk to me about the process, and about how they moved from North Carolina to the Big Island to become chocolate entrepreneurs.

www.ohcf.us

Theme Song: “Go Fish”, by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network.

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We pay a visit to a Welsh Country Fair in the Gower Peninsula, the first area of the UK to be designated an “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty”. The fair celebrates local foods, animal husbandry, and equestrian events.

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We begin our discovery of Wales in the Capital city of Cardiff, and happen to be there on a Saturday night in summer, when the Hen parties and Stag parties are in full swing! We stop in for some fish n chips and the next morning visit the Riverside Farmer’s Market.

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