9 Tips for Becoming a World Traveler
One question that comes up a lot is “How do you manage to travel so much?” It may seem difficult to save money and get out there and actually travel the world but there are a few tricks of the trade...
View ArticleExcessive Kale Consumption: Kelp the Cure
Kelp the new Kale It was very surprising to see such a heavy use of Kelp based products at Noma Restaurant. It is fermented, dried, put into oils, and even used as a baste in the form of kelp...
View ArticleMom Don’t Read This: Berlin
I read the note stuck with a piece of gum to the cold metal door “Brenden come into Toms Bar to check in! Tom.” Wondering around I go into the bar next door which is packed full at half an hour past...
View ArticleInside the Noma Test Kitchen
This is not something I’m used to. The atmosphere is a constant dance on violin strings. Tense and intense as my heart jumps up to the rhythm of house music blaring over our brains. These are the...
View ArticleOnly in San Francisco
I find my self sitting under the yellow waves of plexiglass that dot the ever crumbling Market Street. If you haven’t noticed something happened to San Francisco in the past few years. This may have...
View ArticleA Crazy Love
Fuck! Why is there a balloon around my hand? Fuck! That is my hand! It’s 6 am and I have a grape fruit of a hand and no movement of my fingers. I check the rest of my body and the usual bruises,...
View ArticleLove Apple Farms
Just a short visit to one of my favorite places on earth! Time lapse of Love Apple Farms sunset on March 6th 2014.
View ArticleWaffles with Beyoncé
It’s 4am Tuesday morning and the man across from me is dressed like Beyoncé. We are sharing a stack of waffles covered in whipped cream and strawberries. Just a typical night at Orphan Andy’s in San...
View ArticleNot A Restaurant
Working at Noma was unusual in plain fashion. It was not what I was expecting. What I also did not expect was to break my hand, come home early and spend three months looking for a job, apartment, and...
View ArticleSearching for Ideas
Last night the moist summer fog and unfamiliar radiant heat of the Mission begged for people in cramped diners and bustling hickory scented southern style restaurants. In a city where lines for food...
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