I’m so thankful that our friends John and Heather were visiting Chicago this past weekend from New York. We got to spend a lot of time with them and even have some deep heart to heart talks about passion, creative work, and calling. John is…
The first rule in the professional kitchen is to yell “hot…behind you” when you’re crossing behind someone especially with something hot or potentially dangerous. This time, Joe made it a point to let me know that I forgot this rule I taught him, while filming…
I didn’t really expect this, but our Fish Tacos with Fresh Salsa episode was one of our easiest videos to shoot to date. I guess that proves how easy the recipe is in general, but it’s also because this time, we were well prepared. We…
There are days where my tongue decides to go on vacation and takes my brain with it. The day we shot this Soba Noodle Salad episode was definitely one of them. Oh sure I can laugh about it now, because in hindsight, it’s not a…
We thought we’d switch things up a bit and shoot our behind the scenes video for our Buttermilk Bacon Biscuits episode in a different way. This time, we plopped ourselves in front of the camera, immediately after shooting, to debrief together. I wasn’t sure how…
Sometimes I’m really glad that we started shooting behind the scenes videos. I’m still not sure if we’re going to continue to do this for every episode going forward, because you probably get the gist of what it takes to shoot our show by now. …
