All dishes featured in this portfolio are my original recipes, developed, styled, and photographed to highlight technique, flavor, and story, with emphasis on seasonal and locally-sourced ingredients.

Serving a soup with a touch of olive oil

Summer's harvest tomato basil soup

Flavorful chicken broth with noodles, pickled carrots, crispy garlic, & bok choy

Classic chicken soup with orzo

Polish Kielbasa and Kale Soup

Pho

Slicing Shallots into uniform dice

Cream of Mushroom Soup

Texas Cabernet at dusk in spring

Sweet winter carrot harvest

Purple carrots roasted with garlic confit and honey

Coconut & carrot bisque with squeeze of lime

Winter salad of foraged greens, edible flowers, radicchio, pear, citrus & pomegranate

Whipped beet and ricotta dip with herby marinated castelvetrano olives

Straining charred onion, ginger, pink peppercorn stewing hen broth

Sichuan peppercorns

Seared sirloin with chimichurri

Thai basil

Grilled lamb rack with confit carrot puree

Dan dan noodles with braised lamb

Seared steak over charred scallion and pecan salad w/ silk chili vinaigrette

Celery salad w/ dates, almonds, parmesan & honey-walnut dressing

Spring asparagus

Cream of asparagus soup

Sipping bone broth flavored w/ thyme & lemon

Einkorn sourdough bread

Winter oranges

Tomato basil soup