One Pot Wonder Collaboration with Catherine Murray of PhotoKitchen

I am fortunate enough to have become friends with an extremely talented and creative photographer named Catherine Murray. She is one of the staff photographers for Edible Columbus and her pictures make us hungry. See for yourself...  Catherine's Columbus-based company, Photo Kitchen offers us eye-popping, mouth-watering images of all things edible- total food porn if you ask me. And I'm alright with it.  

When I was selected to undertake this cookbook blogging challenge for Emeril Lagasse's soon-to-be-released, Sizzling Skillets and Other One Pot Wonders, I immediately thought of Catherine's dazzling food pictures and asked if she would like to collaborate with me to cook and photograph a few recipes for both of our blogs. It's a fun experience (as I assured her after having done this once before for Patricia Wells's Salad as a Meal cookbook release). The publisher, Harper Collins, was A-OK with this plan and sent her a copy of the cook book as well.   

As you will see in Catherine's first post about making Gigante Bean Soup with Arugula Pesto -- it is an extremely photogenic recipe! Not to mention delicious. She not only captures the magnificent colors of beautiful ingredients, but includes thoughtful tidbits about her experience with the recipe. 

Catherine and I are undertaking a few recipes tomorrow... so sit tight for pretty pictures of Butternut Squash and Chickpea Tagine and English Cottage Pie .... If you want to see more foodie eye candy, check out Catherine Murray's blog... Freshly Baked. PS... She does weddings too.