Photos in the Kitchen

To test out the recipes that I came up with for Susannah (as the winner of the contest), I asked Frew, Jeff, and Denise to come over to be guinea pigs. Denise brought along a camera, so I figured I'd put some of her photos up here to show some of the "behind-the-scenes" footage...

Here's the pan with the pancetta, after it's been deglazed with the dry vermouth.

And the beans added to that...

And the spinach.

...which begins to wilt with the heat from the pan.

Round two on the potatoes (they've already been boiled). You want to turn them to get them nice and browned.

And it's all coming together...

Voila - the pork is done. We just want to let it rest about five minutes before slicing it.

Fancy camera-work by Denise. And the two designers in the room got a good chuckle out of both the wine and the font being "Frontier".

And always be sure to have a glass of wine while getting ready to plate up.

As you've probably noticed, all the recipes on the site have little illustrations at the top of the pages. I tend to do a quick sketch of what I want the plate to look like before actually plating up, so as to have the meal look nice.

You can read all about it here.

First the baby spinach, white beans, and pancetta...

...then the pork...

...and then the potatoes.

And here you go.

Oven Roasted Pork Tenderloin with White Wine and Onions, served over Baby Spinach with White Beans and Pancetta, and Twice Cooked Potatoes. The fancy plates were a Christmas present from my brother a few years back.

And dessert - Iced Blackberries and Raspberries.