http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com ES Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:14 +0000 http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com en http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Writing-for-CHOW-com http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Writing-for-CHOW-com Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:14 +0000 ES 1286971 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286971/stripclub_header.jpeg" width="570" height="240" width_o="570" height_o="240" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286971/stripclub_header_o.jpeg" data-mid="6229981" border="0" align="left"/>(from Strip Club Eats Story) While at CHOW though I was hired for video, I also got a chance to write for the site, which included columns, features, and blog posts. Below are some samples: The Ten 10 Food Tattoos Soylent Green is People: What sci-fi movies say about future food Death By Dinner Brains, Intestines, Pizzle Features Future on Ice: A History of Refrigerator Design Opening Night at the Eat-O-Plex Blog Posts Ecto Cooler: The Holy Grail of Hi-C 50 Things to do With Sriracha iCan iPad iCook? WTF Trader Joe's? All my writing here. http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Presiden-ts-Day-Love-Mix http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Presiden-ts-Day-Love-Mix Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:13 +0000 ES 1346869 Everyone makes Valentine's Day mixes, why not a love mix for President's Day? 25 mixes made. CD's affixed to back of stencilled cardboard cases (shown at right) 2009. 1. Mary Love - Baby I'll Come Right Away 2. Madeline - To Hell And Back 3. Belle & Sebastian- Lazy Line Painter Jane 4. Múm - I'm 9 Today 5. Lonnie Johnson - Tomorrow Night 6. The Hidden Cameras - Smells Like Happiness 7. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken 8. Allen Toussaint -Soul Sister 9. Serge Gainsbourg - Soixante Neuf Annee Erotique 10. Sam Prekop - Chicago People 11. Jon Brion - Theme: Eternal Sunshine 12. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Love Comes To Me 13. Jennifer Gentle - Circles Of Sorrow 14. Cat Power - Sea of Love 15. Fruit Bats - Seaweed 16. Peggy Lee - The way you look tonight Listen | [ Download ZIP ] <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1346869/hearts.jpg" width="280" height="280" width_o="280" height_o="280" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1346869/hearts_o.jpg" data-mid="7003400" border="0" align="left"/> http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Cooking-with-Grandma-Series http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Cooking-with-Grandma-Series Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:11 +0000 ES 1295894 I co-created the Cooking with Grandma Series while at CHOW, which followed a grandmother and her grand-child as they cooked a family recipe together. Below are a few notable episodes from the series: Grandma Gigi Grandma Paola Grandma Alvina http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Dead-Ball http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Dead-Ball Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:10 +0000 ES 1438035 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1438035/deadball_1_640.jpg" width="640" height="418" width_o="2048" height_o="1338" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1438035/deadball_1_o.jpg" data-mid="7005088" border="0" align="left"/> Collage on found wood. Edges burned over kitchen stove. http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Bay-Area-Trash-Can http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Bay-Area-Trash-Can Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:09 +0000 ES 1283490 Most trash cans in San Francisco have square areas that can house designs under a plastic casing. Depending on where they are located in the city, they might be a crab in Fisherman's Wharf, a rainbow flag in the Castro. Between all of these variations, workers sloppily re-painting the trash cans, graffiti, and natural degradation, each plaque takes on its own unique personality. What follows is a small collection of the 250 that you can view here. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/477624480_1a7590753c_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/477624480_1a7590753c_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211159" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/393723785_21b7d6354a_b.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/393723785_21b7d6354a_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211173" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/401563796_b5352b7112_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/401563796_b5352b7112_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211174" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416863781_441923576f_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416863781_441923576f_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211176" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416871791_2d435f6f63_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416871791_2d435f6f63_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211180" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/477627570_acbf94dc9e_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/477627570_acbf94dc9e_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211190" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416880845_d7c391780f_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416880845_d7c391780f_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211184" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/477620060_065abe2a57_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/477620060_065abe2a57_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211187" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/2335943618_b89cee1393_b.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/2335943618_b89cee1393_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211200" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/497190129_92de4ba5b0_b.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/497190129_92de4ba5b0_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211192" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/505242344_0bafe9e62c_b.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/505242344_0bafe9e62c_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211195" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/1100808652_ea60ea5f15_b.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/1100808652_ea60ea5f15_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211197" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/2117097230_faa9a6ba6e_b.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/2117097230_faa9a6ba6e_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211198" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416877487_c56a937769_b.jpeg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/416877487_c56a937769_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211182" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/2462642876_67e633cb34_b.jpeg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1283490/2462642876_67e633cb34_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6211202" border="0" align="left"/> http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Giant-Pumpkins http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Giant-Pumpkins Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:08 +0000 ES 1447275 Short documentary that follows a group of Napa Valley growers to a giant pumpkin competition. http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Disposable-Film-A-Day-in-the-Bay http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Disposable-Film-A-Day-in-the-Bay Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:06 +0000 ES 1287135 Short film (shot on pocket camera Kodak zi6) for the San Francisco Bay Guardian as part of the partnership between SFBG and DFF. Scene: SF Another film done for SFBG as part of the Disposable FIlm Fest http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/The-Perfect-Soup-Dumpling http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/The-Perfect-Soup-Dumpling Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:05 +0000 ES 1286956 Andrea Nguyen, chef and author of Asian Dumplings, takes CHOW to Shanghai Dumpling King in San Francisco for what she considers the perfect xiao long bao, or Shanghai soup dumpling. Chef and owner Lu Kuang has been making them for 25 years. Andrea chats with him in the kitchen, then explains how Lu gets the soup on the inside of the dumplings. Plus, the most important information: how to eat them without losing all the soup. DP, Edit, Associate Producer, series co-creator Made while at CHOW.com See more in this series http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Car-Logo http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Car-Logo Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:04 +0000 ES 1286517 Series on the craftsmanship involved in older car logo design, and how it's broken down through the years (both on the cars themselves and in their styles). See the whole series here. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2136770371_16fa6e3634_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2136770371_16fa6e3634_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227666" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2137347520_729eca921a_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2137347520_729eca921a_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227667" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2142807155_031496f3a5_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2142807155_031496f3a5_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227668" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2144083009_36afb2a5b3_b_640.jpeg" width="640" 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height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2278312223_68cf05793b_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227681" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2337534307_c98a8d07df_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2337534307_c98a8d07df_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227683" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2338441798_171ef989ff_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2338441798_171ef989ff_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227686" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2795061612_41a747b3e4_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/2795061612_41a747b3e4_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227687" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/3352490151_f8fbc92ebe_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/3352490151_f8fbc92ebe_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227688" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/5155135511_b8cb7000b1_b_640.jpeg" width="640" height="426" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286517/5155135511_b8cb7000b1_b_o.jpeg" data-mid="6227689" border="0" align="left"/> http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Just-Like-Mix http://portfolio.ericslatkin.com/following/portfolio.ericslatkin.com/Just-Like-Mix Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:12:02 +0000 ES 1286666 Mix created with songs that all have 'just like' in their title. The idea came after using the search bar in iTunes to filter the thousands and thousands of songs in my digital catalogue and I had a bunch of songs that included 'just like' in the title. Give it a try and see if you can make a mix. 1. Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey 2. David Lee Roth - Just Like Paradise 3. Devendra Banhart- I Feel Just Like A Child 4. Pat Benatar - Just Like Me 5. The Reflections - (Just Like) Romeo & Juliet 6. John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over 7. Makaveli - Just Like Daddy 8. Bob Dylan -Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 9. Roxy Music - Just Like You 10. Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like The Sun 11. Joni Mitchell - Just Like This Train 12. R.L. Burnside - Just Like A Woman 13. Colossal Yes - Just Like A Mademoiselle 14. Sly & the Family Stone - Just Like a Baby 15. Aimee Mann - Just Like Anyone Listen | [ Download ZIP ] <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286666/justlike.png" width="280" height="280" width_o="280" height_o="280" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/3/99811/1286666/justlike_o.png" data-mid="6228724" border="0" align="left"/>