here are some photos i shot for la costa grill, which is a new restaurant in la costa.

my brother got the flu a few days ago and i was feeling the early warning signs, so i made a huge pot (a few gallons) of chicken soup. here is a quick shot of a bowl. i always have my camera near when i eat. notice how it was chicken soup, NOT pork.

im trying to put the soul back in food, cooking, and eating. i picked beets, baby carrots, zucchini, and peppers from the garden yesterday, and within a half hour i prepped, cooked, shot, ate, cleaned, and threw the remnants into my back patio compost bucket. there's something so soulful about properly cooked vegetables prepared simply.

here's what's on the plate: zuicchini with course mineral salt and pepper, beets with balsamic vinegar and course salt and pepper, chicken thigh with course salt, pepper, oregano, and tyme, and baby carrots with red wine vinegar, tyme, oregano. i cut the pepper to use with the carrots, but i forgot them on the board.

my little urban patio garden is going off right now. i just added more plants. i just planted my very raised bed with lettuces, herbs, peppers, tomatoes. i just got three green tea plants a few weeks ago, see older post for photos of tea. fresh organic backyard vegs are freakin rad. check out the photos.

i finally found a green tea plant in pasadena, which are impossible to find in san diego. I made my first green tea, and shot photos. check it out.