Foraging

January 07, 2012

Foraging

The brief went something like this : 'stay at a luxury resort in northern Thailand, forage for wild herbs, fruits and vegetables, pick organic vegetables from the properties' garden, watch prep and cooking, shoot portraits of chef, eat said food, ride elephants (OK - I added that part), bring back pretty pictures.'

I heart my job!

Here are the outtakes. Look for the final results in this month's Travel + Leisure SEA.

Posted at 05:37 PM in Food and Drink, On Assignment, Published Work, Travel | Permalink

Tags: Chiang Rai, cooking, elephant riding, elephants, food, food photography, foraging, Four Seasons, Golden Triangle, luxury resort, Northern Thailand, on assignment, organic, organic food, organic garden, photography, produce, resort, tented camp, Thailand, Travel + Leisure SEA, travel photography

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Oh. wow. I heart your job too! Wonderful photos

Posted by: Snippets of Thyme | January 07, 2012 at 08:49 PM

Thanks! The weather was absolutely perfect and my pachyderm
models where great to work with. It doesn't get much better than that!

Posted by: Dave | January 08, 2012 at 09:47 AM

If I were you, I would heart the job too! Fantastic shots as always. Just curious, what were the red/pink flower buds in the salad shot?

Posted by: Teri Y | January 10, 2012 at 05:47 AM

Thanks, Teri! - The flower is torch ginger. It has a slightly astringent but not unpleasant taste. In Malaysia it is used in a number of Malay and Nonya dishes including assam laksa where is is cut finely and sprinkled on top before serving.

http://eatingasia.typepad.com/eatingasia/2009/09/in-georgetown-two-laksas-streetside.html

Posted by: Dave | January 10, 2012 at 11:22 AM