So, this dish tasted terrible because:

1) the produce was a few weeks old (but free)
2) I was going for visual effect
3) wow those leeks were abomonible (rich ate one and spit it in the trash)

Hope you enjoy the video anyway — I was tempted to speed it up a bit, but decided against it.

-Andrew

these are crazy:

well i brought my setup into class today — felt kinda goofy porting a mini reflective umbrella on the outside of my backpack, but it was worth it.

I got some more good experience with the flash, and even tried some flash-HDR (which shouldn’t really be different, but is…)

Anyway, here are the results:

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PBS: Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter

From PBS: Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter

Pics from Eastern Standard and Mary Chung using High Dynamic Range Imaging.

General Gao’s Chicken – Mary Chung’s, Cambridge

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People ask this all the time.  "I’m hungry, where should I go to eat?"  They ask me, you, strangers
(hopefully),  and friends. This question comes with certain unspoken
rules.  The field must be narrowed: "ethnic" or american/french?
Casual or fancy?  Kid-friendly or tie-only?

Many times, the choice ends up being one of the old standards – the
pizza place around the corner, chinese delivery, with maybe a deli or
(god-forbid) a home cooked meal thrown in for good measure.

When you decide to go out, there are again regular choices that can be
made.  The steak place?  Sushi?  What about that bistro we go to. .
.it’s always good.

No bistro around you?  Hmm. . .

Can you get to Rye, NY and go to Ruby’s?  No?   Damn. . .

Well. . . can you get to Kenmore Square?  If you can, the most
constantly satisfying french-inspired american-spirited dining
experience in Boston is available to you.

Eastern Standard is the red-bannered bistro holding Kenmore together.
Located in the Hotel Commonwealth, and featuring the best bar in the
city, ES is guaranteed to impress.

Click "Continue Reading" below to read the rest of the review.

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