View fullsize An on-set snap from the Hawaii episode of @hulu & @padmalakshmi’s new “Taste the Nation” docuseries celebrating the contribution of immigrants to American culture. Here, Padma learns the art of Edomae style sushi from Grandmast
View fullsize T minus 2 days!! “Taste the Nation” drops on @hulu this Thursday June 18th. @padmalakshmi explores the contributions of immigrants to America’s culinary landscape - from Thai, Japanese and Iranian communities to Peruvian and Gullah.
View fullsize After the All Black Lives Matter march in Hollywood/WeHo, this vigil is happening in Silver Lake tonight. Local artists sparked an effort to line the 2.2 miles of Reservoir fence with names of POC whose lives were lost at the hands of police. We wrot
View fullsize #blackouttuesday #⬛️
View fullsize The President of the United States just promised us more of this.
View fullsize “You have to give the beans a good hard boil to let them know you're the boss” - so reads the wise manifesto on the @Rancho_gordo website. Latest discovery of my Quarantine Kitchen is the impossible magic of fresh beans soaked for hours
View fullsize Nod to all the amazing neighborhood joints working through these difficult times. One of LA’s besties @ronan_la offering curbside pickup and 10% off if you call in the order without going through a service fee-greedy app. #restaurant #smallbu
View fullsize When you sit down at Expendio de Maiz in Mexico City, they explain that this is an art project in which they are reviving heirloom corn culture in their country. They bring no menus, no cutlery and their raw, primitive kitchen is on full display. The
View fullsize Thrilled to announce one of the great privileges of my filmmaking life... @padmalakshmi has a new show on @Hulu about the culinary contribution of immigrants across the country. I had the honor of producing 3 episodes for @part2pictures. Needless to
View fullsize A fog brings DTLA to noiresque life. #losangeles #artsdistrict #la #noir #filmnoir #noirfilm #atmospheric #warehouse #nightphotography #nightexterior #lanoire #fog #brume #pizza #neon #dtla #shotoniphone #lightroom #scope #pink #foglights
View fullsize Had the privilege of meeting Valerie of @valerieconfctns and she told me about how she collaborates with artisans to capture the ingredients, spirit and emotion of their signature pieces and translate them into chocolate bars. She’s done this w
View fullsize Hungry in Paris 🇫🇷➡️ Mille-Feuille “montée minute” by @cyril_lignac at Le Chardenoux - made to order with a blend of crème pâtissière and chantilly for extra fluffiness ➡️ @poilane Bakery, frozen in bread time
View fullsize One of the signatures of South Carolina Whole Hog BBQ is that the meat is pulled by hand into delicately velvety pulled pork (as opposed to North Carolina, where it is cleaver-chopped into a much finer texture). A visit to the pit at @rodneyscottsbbq
View fullsize Jerk-Spiced Everything. One last feast to close out the decade. #jamaica #scotchies #scotchiesjerk #scotchiesjamaica #caribbean #jerk #jerkchicken #spice #caribbeancuisine #food #foodstagram #foodphotography #foodphoto #cooking #woodburning #chicken
View fullsize The claw is the only part of the Stone Crab harvested. In fact, Florida law prohibits the landing of the entire crab. Fishermen take only the claw and safely return the crab to water, where they’ll regenerate 3-4 times. @joesstonecrab ➡️ Littl
View fullsize Mixiote - a Mexican street food specialty. Lamb and beef stewed for hours and hours and days and days in agave leaf. All taco’d up. Thanks @eatlikealocalmx for blowing our minds with your culinary treasures. #mexico🇲🇽 #mexicocity #cdmx #mexi
View fullsize Agricole-style is a special designation for rum distilled from pure sugar cane, rather than processed molasses. At Kōhana, the unique cane varietals are hand harvested and babied in oak barrels until deemed perfect. #hawaii #rum #kohana #rumagricole
View fullsize The Poutine. 3:30am. Here being made since 1912. #poutine #food #foodstagram #montreal #fries #frenchfries #quebec #canada #latenighteats #montrealpoolroom #culinary #culinarystorytelling #cheesecurds #mtl #frites #tourismemontreal #foodmontreal #bo
View fullsize One of only a few hundred Drive-In Theaters left in America. The Spud parked its potato-topped pickup truck way back in 1953 and has survived several near-closings since then. It is now preserved on the National Register of Historic Places. #thespud