Hogsalt, MHT interview Part 1

Part 1 of my interview on Hogsalt, a wonderful new website preserving food culture. Thanks Kari! Part 2 coming next week (with my Onion Jam recipe).

http://www.hogsalt.com/2012/02/food-eye-photographer%C2%A0michael-harlan-turkell/

THE FOOD SEEN: Caren Alpert, scanning electron microscope “food” photography

On the first episode of THE FOOD SEEN in 2012, Caren Alpert, a San Francisco based photographer, takes a closer look at food … a much closer look. She uses a scanning electron microscope for her “terra cibus” project, magnifying the surfaces of food between ten and a thousand times, abstracting their textures, making them seems as if they were bird’s eye views of otherwordly landscapes. Table salt looks like ice floes, cauliflower resembles a canyon/chasm, fortune cookies turn into tributaries, and my favorite, cake sprinkles.

Feast your ears to THE FOOD SEEN on HeritageRadioNetwork.com, every TUESDAY at 3PM EST!

Aarón Sánchez’s Simple Food, Big Flavor cookbook

Aarón Sanchez’s Simple Food, Big Flavor: Unforgettable Mexican-Inspired Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours cookbook for Atria / Simon & Schuster was released today!

I shot and styled it, plus it was co-written by my good friend, JJ Goode.

If you’re around tomorrow, WED OCT 5th, 7PM, there’s a demo and signing at Barnes & Noble in Tribeca (97 Warren St). Come get your “Jalapeño Love” on! (*it’s a sauce base in the book)

Brooklyn Slate Lookbook Spring 2011

A few of the photos/recipes from the Brooklyn Slate Lookbook Spring 2011, featuring Mile End, Umi Nom, Baked and more …

MONTREAL, Head to Tail dinner at DNA Restaurant with Chef Chris Cosentino

Oh, Canada. Spent last week in Montreal the Lumiere Festival, and only now have I digested enough to post my BACK OF THE HOUSE photos from a tremendous Head to Tail dinner at Chef Derek Dammann’s DNA restaurant, with Chef Chris Cosentino (of Incanto in San Francisco). Here’s the menu:

Horse heart tartare, horse fat fries, hay-oli, horse suet brioche
2 hr egg, hot blood mousse, peasant pappa, smoked eel
Lamb pluck fra diavolo
Big brain, little brain
Chocolate-n’duja ice cream, chicken candies

Quite an amazing experience, between awe-inspiring and unforgettable meals at Joe Beef, Au Pied De Cochon, and Martin Picard’s Cabane A Sucre, I’d say I’m still stuffed.

CNN Eatocracy 5×5: Five Cookbooks That Changed How We Look At Food, Plus Photography Tips

I was asked to contribute to the CNN Eatocracy 5×5 blog, and in keeping with food photography, came up with, “Five Cookbooks That Changed How We Look At Food, Plus Photography Tips”. Enjoy, and do tell which books you’d add, and what photo techniques you’d want to know more about.

SERIOUS EATS profile on my food photography journey

Serious Eats, a seriously awesome food blog and community, wrote a wonderful profile about food photography journey

http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2010/09/michael-harlan-turkell-from-aspiring-chef-to.html

A thanks to Katie Quinn and team for the honor.

ASME Finalist for Best Cover of 2010!

The American Society of Magazine Editors and Amazon.com Announced the Finalists of the 2010 Best Cover Contest, lo and behold, in the Most Delicious category, Edible Manhattan’s July/August 2009 cover, which I shot, was chosen!

Please take a lunch break and vote at www.amazon.com/bestcovers.

PhotoGroup Salon

Show at tonight’s PhotoGroup Salon, starting at 630PM, located at SoHo Photo, 15 White St. Hope to see you there.