In the late 60s, one of my favorite painters, Philip Guston abandoned his sublime abstract paintings for images of clumsy cartoonish klansmen driving around smoking, painting, and looking for trouble. Of the transition, Guston said “… when the 1960s came along I was feeling split, schizophrenic. The war, what was happening in America, the brutality of the world. What kind of a man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines, going into a frustrated fury about everything – and then going into my studio to adjust a red to a blue.” Guston’s topsy-turvy compositions, wry humor, and acrid-yet-beautiful palette are good enough reasons to love any painter, but I love him most because he threw away the beautiful and confronted the ugliness of the real world instead. [Read more…]
grilled pork banh mi sliders + the slider effect
Tasty grilled pork banh mi sliders with all the fixings, from Jonathan Melendez’s fantastic cookbook The Slider Effect. Jump to recipe. [Read more…]
pork ramen
A simplified, completely delicious pork ramen recipe made with braised pork and seasonal vegetables, created in partnership with Progresso Foods.
thai-style coconut milk shrimp curry
A fragrant, flavorful Thai-style coconut milk and shrimp curry with fresh herbs, sweet peppers, and green beans, created in partnership with Lundberg Family Farms.
strawberry spinach salad with bacon
A vibrant strawberry spinach salad recipe topped with crumbled bacon and tossed in a simple, smoky bacon fat vinaigrette.