Pastry

New Work: Hudsonville Ice Cream Packaging

Last summer I had the great pleasure of spending some of New York City's hottest weeks in the cool (ok, downright cold) walls of Michigan's Hudsonville Ice Cream factory in the suburbs of Grand Rapids. Photographer Hadley Henry and I teamed up with local branding agency Rocket Science to shoot the images that would completely redesign the brand's look and feel by elevating it's packaging to compete with artisanal grocery store brands. The whole experience was a food stylist's dream come true  — a wonderful, trusting team which afforded us the freedom to make creative decisions as needed, not to mention the unlimited ice cream and dry ice! 

Inside the Hudsonville Ice Cream Deep Freezer

Inside the Hudsonville Ice Cream Deep Freezer

Natural Wonders

Kir Royale Cake. Photo by Linda Pugliese for Martha Stewart Weddings Martha Stewart Weddings challenged me to create a colorful dessert story that used no artificial colors or ingredients. We settled on a palette of soft pastels tinted with berries, pistachios, coffee and carrots. Head over to the Martha Stewart Weddings site for the recipes! More photos after the jump.

Carrot Cake and Pistachio Cakes. Photo by Linda Pugliese for Martha Stewart Weddings

Blackberry Cake and Cinnamon Cappuccino Ice Cream Cakes. Photo by Linda Pugliese for Martha Stewart Weddings

Happy 80th Birthday, Jacques Pepin

Jacques Pepin's 80th Birthday Cake. Created for Martha Stewart. Martha asked me to recreate the cover of Jacques Pepin's groundbreaking cookbook La Technique in cake form to celebrate his 80th birthday. Under the fishy exterior is a devils food cake with a rich ganache filling.

It's Jacques pepin's birthday and we baked him a cake emulating the cover of his breakthrough book La Technique!

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