The Spring Festivals Oregon & California
So excited about the next few weeks. The Oregon Cheese Festival followed by the California Artisan Cheese Festival. Filming "Cheese Chick: On Location" segments and begin work on the Meet Your Maker...
View ArticleOn Location: Oregon Cheese Festival
The 6th Annual Oregon Cheese Festival was a blast! Check out this "Cheese Chick: On Location!" segment and plan to attend the 7th Annual Festival, Saturday, March 20, 2011.It turns out the Mad Hatter,...
View Article...don't make, don't sell...what do you do?
I had an interesting discussion with my friend and colleague Sasha the other day about what exactly it is we "do". We don't make cheese. We're not retailers. Though I started my cheese career behind...
View ArticleLayers: in Editing & Cheese
Video editing technology astounds me. It's simple-complex, a lot like cheese; many, many layers, always something new waiting to be discovered. I like that, in my work, my life and in my food. Working...
View Article"Normandy North of the Golden Gate" - Ten Years Later
I'm in the thick of producing a video for the California Artisan Cheese Guild. During the course of the interviews as I asked about the amazing resurgence of dairy culture in Northern California, I got...
View ArticleThe Sweet Spot ~ When a Video "Coagulates"
Video production is a many stage process. First there's the shoot - which, depending on the project, can lead to hours and hours of footage and interviews with 10 or more people. Then there's logging -...
View ArticleCue the Mic and Scrub the Sound...
Sound is probably THE thing I'm least comfortable with in video production. Varying levels of ambient noise, setting the camera's levels perfectly, all the technical stuff is hard enough to nail. Not...
View ArticleRevisiting the Great Oregon Cheese Adventure
Leaving Oregon and moving to Arizona was a pivotal moment for me. Living here leaves me quite disconnected from the lifeblood of the know your where your food comes from consciousness that is so...
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Apricot and Golden Raisin CompoteThis super easy fruit concoction is spiked with Bourbon and a hit of fresh basil. It's the perfect accompaniment to a range of cheeses, especially fresh, local goat...
View ArticleSeasonal Influences in the Creative Process of Video & Cheese
Feeling the intense, mid-summer energy right now, multiple projects spreading out in all directions, like a squash vine soaking up all that sun and running amok in the garden. Back in the day, when I...
View ArticleFinishing and CACG
Summer has been rather a blur, checking things off my to-do list and wrapping up projects, clearing my plate for the endeavors of fall. I've recently completed several big projects, sending them out...
View ArticleNew Blog
This blog has gone to a Wordpress platform. Please visit my suite of sites:www.cheesechickchat.comwww.cheesechicktv.comwww.cheesechickproductions.comand beta testing: www.artisancheeseconnection.com
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