I wrote a couple of days ago about the importance of learning multimedia skills to be a successful freelancer today, and a recent article on Ebyline’s blog gives 4 tips on how to become a multimedia journalist, including advice on building photography, audio, and video skills. Although I’d like to experiment with video and audio, [...]
Archive for the ‘Experiments’ Category
5 tips for taking better photographs (and Pierce’s Park in Baltimore)
Posted in Baltimore, Experiments, tagged 365 project, ASJA conference, freelance writing, multimedia skills, photography tips on May 10, 2012 | 4 Comments »
A Chopped Challenge at Home
Posted in Experiments, tagged chopped, cuban salad, ted allen on February 28, 2012 | 3 Comments »
What is the best way to get creative in the kitchen while cleaning out your fridge at the same time? Hold a Chopped-style challenge with two or more players right in your own home. For those not familiar with the show Chopped on the Food Network, it’s a four-chef, three round culinary competition hosted by [...]
Detox, Digestion, and Spring Cleansing
Posted in Experiments, tagged baltimore health coach, cravings, detox, digestion, food addictions, soft addictions, spring cleanse on April 18, 2011 | 11 Comments »
Last week I completely overhauled my diet. I went on a whole foods spring cleanse with Baltimore Health Coach, avoiding processed foods, dairy, soy, gluten, and sugar. The idea was to eat clean for a week to improve digestion, release weight (I had picked up a few winter pounds), and increase energy. All of that sounds great, right? [...]
Candy Corns, Chopped Style
Posted in Experiments, tagged candy corn sauce, candy corns, halloween candy on October 28, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Do you ever get the want to make something creative in the kitchen that’s inspired by the Food Network’s Chopped? If you’ve never seen the show, here’s a summary: contestants make meals with mystery boxes, creating innovative dishes like gummy bear and kiwi wontons. In honor of Halloween, I used candy corns as my “secret” ingredient [...]
Food Science from What Einstein Told His Cook 2
Posted in Experiments, Writing, tagged food science, kitchen science, robert wolke, soft-serve ice cream, wasabi, what einstein told his cook 2, white film chocolate on September 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Several weeks after I mentioned that the very fun-sounding Cooking for Geeks book was sold out on Amazon, I was looking for blogging inspiration in my library’s food section. As the stars or Kismet or the higher powers would have it, I stumbled across another food science book instead: Robert L. Wolke’s What Einstein Told [...]
How to Make Pain au Chocolat (A Photo Essay)
Posted in Experiments, Recipes, tagged chocolate croissants, jacques torres, pain au chocolat, pain au chocolat pictures on April 9, 2010 | 94 Comments »
Photo Credit: Kenneth Yee, painter First, today is quite a milestone for My Morning Chocolate – this is the 100th post! I’m sending out a big thanks to you for reading this blog at any point over the last nine months. One of the things we bloggers live for is our blog’s stats - you want to [...]
Frozen Greek Yogurt – A Quick Ice Cream Substitute
Posted in Experiments, Recipes, tagged frozen yogurt, greek yogurt on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
For the last few nights, I have been craving ice cream at the most inappropriate times. Last night, the craving hit on my ride home from school, and I didn’t have my wallet with me. What I did have was Greek yogurt in my refrigerator. Could frozen Greek yogurt be a quick substitute for ice [...]
The Huffington Post’s “The Week of Eating In Challenge”
Posted in Books, Experiments, Food News, tagged cathy erway, the art of eating in, the huffington post, the week of eating in challenge on February 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you think you can eat in for an entire week? Even for me, a person who eats most of her meals in, a full week of home-cooked food is a long time. I run out of dinner ideas, or I’m tired of doing dishes, or I just want to eat at a restaurant because I like it. [...]
