I grew up eating a pretty standard Midwestern fare of meat and potatoes with the occasional stir-fry and enchilada thrown in the mix. Now I’m a chef with my…
With Chef & Artist Lexa Walsh, I am happy to co-host: Oakland Stock: a micro-granting dinner series The call for artists and diners will come out in March. Stay tuned…
Click here for video: 100 Strong Preview Dinner 100 Strong was originally conceived of as a 100-person sit down meal that brings together the residents of the changing Bushrod neighborhood in…
Buttermilk Bay Dressing Difficulty: Easy | Total Time: About 1 hour and 10 mins | Makes: 1 1/3 cups I adapted this basic ranch dressing recipe to incorporate the flavors…
You can read the article from The Atlantic here. Reading “The Death of the Artist–and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur” reminded me of my late 20’s, while I was trying…
How can the funding process be it’s own creative medium and probe at the deeper concepts of my project? Chris Lynch, my neighbor, has been making wine in his garage…
Another dinner party conversation with fellow artists meandered around to the abysmal pay of our profession. “Some galleries and art centers won’t pay you unless you ask to be paid.…
Mom’s Purse I talked to my Mom today. She is the woman who taught me how to cook, who wove baskets, made doughnuts from scratch, and made my Junior prom…
What are your values? How does your spending correspond to your values? How does the way you earn money correspond to your values? How do those values translate into creating…
My home town has been both the making and undoing of me at times. It is a small Midwestern steel town of ever declining numbers (about 4 thousand less than…
