Outtakes from the cookbook photo shoot

I’m back from the photo shoot that took place in New York City last week, and, boy, what a week it was. I’m too pooped to write a clever, insightful summation of the experience, so hopefully some of these photos will do the explaining for me.

Baby carrots — aren’t they lovely?

Baby carrots in jars, prepped to be pickled and processed.

Adrienne the food stylist and her awesome assistant cook their brains out over the four day shoot.

Adrienne prepared a huge pot of tomato sauce made from home canned tomatoes. It’s my mom’s recipe. Thanks, mom!

Ellen the photographer shoots the sauce. After it was photographed, the crew polished it off, and raved. Also on the lunch menu: sandwiches, artisanal bread, crazy salads, amazing cheeses, all sorts (particularly the gooey variety) and fresh fruit. I ate A LOT of fabulous food last week. Did I mention I ate a lot of food last week?

Whoa, I think I ate too much pasta.

My coauthor Kelly gets schooled in how to properly frost a cake using the most delicate, photo-friendly grip on the knife as possible. The “right grip” for a photo has no bearing on reality whatsoever but it looks nice on film.

Fresh fiddleheads. Just because.

A gooey grilled cheese sandwich smothered in homemade hot sauce is photographed…..then eaten by yours truly. Did I mention I ate a lot of food last week?