Make Ahead
Moroccan Butternut Squash with Chicken, Chorizo, and Mussels
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10 Reviews
Table9
October 25, 2010
This is so incredible! How could you go wrong with chorizo...and the photo is beautiful! What are you shooting your dishes with?
Sagegreen
October 25, 2010
Thanks. I was totally inspired by Food52's Sarah Shatz when I first joined this community during the summer:
http://www.food52.com/blog/943_sarah_shatz_food52_photographer
I use my Nikon Coolpix and a small Olympus fe, as a struggling, rank amateur with no training. I am also just learning how to think about writing recipes this week, which I have never done before joining this site. Before I would only look at cookbooks that had color photographs. But now I am taking the time to read recipes.
http://www.food52.com/blog/943_sarah_shatz_food52_photographer
I use my Nikon Coolpix and a small Olympus fe, as a struggling, rank amateur with no training. I am also just learning how to think about writing recipes this week, which I have never done before joining this site. Before I would only look at cookbooks that had color photographs. But now I am taking the time to read recipes.
Table9
October 25, 2010
I am with you! I have always been a passionate home chef, but now I have joined this community on Food52 and it is so inspiring. I have no training in photography either, but my beau is a conceptual photographer and am trying to persuade him to get into food photography :). Me too. I have never written a recipe until this 'butternut squash' contest...cannot wait to get better! Look forward to chatting with you more about our love for food. Are you on twitter?
Sagegreen
October 25, 2010
Thanks! I have a site, but really don't follow. Do you have a site? This January I hope to start an interesting blog featuring the daily dirary entries of a landscape gardener from 1911 paired then with my own! I think I may include at least weekly recipes there.
cheese1227
October 24, 2010
You said the magic word: CHORIZO! I bet it does wonderful things to butternut squash.
Sagegreen
October 24, 2010
Thanks, cheese1227. This is a great comfort food dinner, and incredibly healthy, too! You can't see the chorizo (or rice) in the photo, but it adds dimension. You could add even more to the recipe, but I was trying to be 'frugal' with quantities.
Lizthechef
October 23, 2010
I'm happily overwhelmed as I imagine tasting all the flavors in your recipe. And those photos could be on the cover of a food magazine!
Sagegreen
October 23, 2010
Thanks so much Lizthechef! Your enthusiastic comments really have helped me just when I was starting to feel a bit discouraged, (which may have more to do with work than cooking....but somehow things seem to have profound influences).
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