Shane McBride
January 13, 2011
Nobu-tastic
March 4, 2011
I was recently on shoot at Le Bernardin with Chef Eric Ripert for my new book “Salads”. Eric brought out a plastic container wrapped in plastic wrap and tapped shut. Inside was a white truffle worth about $400.00. Eric sliced about half of it onto a plate. After arranging it with lobster and mache for about 15 minutes Eric proclaimed “Nah! I don’t like it!”
So what do you do with a dish that doesn’t turn out the way you’d like it?
“You Eat IT!” And that’s exactly what we did. I came back 2 days later and re-did the salad with black truffles. It definitely looked better. So what do you do after you shoot a dish that looked really good? ” You Eat It!”
You’ll be able to see it in the book when it comes out in June.
Battman
Alan Batt, better known in the culinary world as simply Battman, began his career as a photographer in 1981 shooting photos of city scenes and landmark sites of New York City. He began taking food photography in 2001, and has since become one of New York City's most recognizable culinary personalities. Battman is often seen riding his bicycle up and down the streets of Manhattan as he travels to and from photo shoots and meetings with the chefs.
