This summer I’m posting photographs and recipes of my weekly CSA share to the Flying Plow Farm CSA Blog page.
This summer I’m posting photographs and recipes of my weekly CSA share to the Flying Plow Farm CSA Blog page.
Chili is about the easiest thing to make in the kitchen but it never seems to taste the same every time I make it. Probably because it’s a kitchen-sink type of thing; I’ll toss in whatever is left in the fridge, usually just before we’re about to hit the grocery.
However, today’s chili was exceptional and I figured out that it’s not just the added ingredients, but they way they’re cooked. I’ve known this for a while, processes like drying the dish up with spices when tomatoes are added or holding the garlic until after things have sautéed.
Here’s my process:
Then add the following in succession
Let that stew for a few minutes then
Bring to low boil, then simmer. The longer the better! I’ll turn the pot off if we leave the house, then crank it back on before we eat.
Guaranteed amazing. Be sure to bake some fresh bread, too, or have some kind of porous carb to soak up the goods.
Justification for ingredients: Onion, celery and carrot are simply amazing with any soup. Corn adds a nice yellow color and contrast to the deep reds, plus it’s sweet enough to balance the acidic tomatoes. Honey serves this purpose as well. In addition, peeled carrot will make things sweeter. Sometimes I’ll purée one tin of tomatoes but always chop them, nobody likes massive chunks of canned tomatoes.
We shot with a bunch of cameras for this. Two Sony a7s on tripods with two of us roaming about wielding additional a6500/a7s. The final cut is from the production agency, they did a great job!
Here’s a little excerpt from a full day of window cleaning! We mostly shot images for Jon’s forthcoming website, but during the shoot we setup one of the Sony a7s cameras with the built-in timelapse app and paired it with some DJI Phantom II footage. We used a GoPro Hero 4 with 1080p, it was super challenging as there’s no live-view and vertical gimbal control. Fun time with Jon’s Window Cleaning!
Really pumped about a little video edit for an equestrian friend I’ve been working on. This is a screen grab from the opening sequence with some Songs for Transit in the bg.
Shot with the Sony a6500 (in Cine4) and a Movi M5 stabilizer. Edit and color grading in Premier. Music by halfcocked.bandcamp.com
Here’s my version of the Modern Shed. It’s based on the Petaluma Studio and Modern Shed by Brock Hammill designs, except my foundation was a bit different with being on a slope. I created drawings in Sketchup which guided the dimensions based on amount of materials I had. The overall footprint is 12′ x 16′ and total cost was around $500. Sliding barn door was made with angle iron and a piece of ipe wood leftover from my neighbors house. The slider is based on an instructable and uses two skateboard wheels. Technically, it’s still open-air but I’m planning on hanging plexi for the window openings. The roof overhang makes for really dry conditions inside. My favorite part is the tree-climb roof access!
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Here’s the completed design:
Building process:
Previous shed had to go:
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