Posted by Chef Thomas Minchella in Steak
on Aug 6th, 2011 | 6 comments
I really only did this blog post because I have to keep practicing photography not because I like eating tenderloin . I was stumped on how to write this blog post because I really do not care for beef tenderloin and after I finshed these pictures my wife fed on this dish for 2 days but I could only bear one bite. Photographing meat is very difficult and I liked the challenge of trying to shoot beef. I have been working in steak houses for the past 20 years and if anyone loves meat it is me. However, I will tell you why I do not like beef tenderloin.
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Posted by Chef Thomas Minchella in Farmers Market, Pork, Side Dishes, Vegetables
on Jul 18th, 2011 | 3 comments
Every once in a while I get a great craving for a simple, lean, oven roasted pork loin and while walking through the market the other day I saw these fabulous pork loins from Thompson Farms and decided to take one home for dinner. Thompson Ranch is located in Dixie, Ga. and provides fresh, naturally grown, environmentally friendly, pasture-raised pork with no hormones or antibiotics. As I was waking around the market I kept asking myself: how should I cook the pork loin and how would I take a picture for a upcoming blog post? For pork — and meat in general — it is very hard...