John and Tyler recipe testing the chicken with jamon and manchego for the Toro Bravo Cookbook, due out fall 2013 from McSweeney's.

Every once in awhile I get too busy work-wise to put together a blog post so I throw up a photo and call it a day. We’ve been busy working on the Toro Bravo Cookbook so that means a lot of recipe testing and essay writing. I love it all — having so much fun with this project. I’m also doing all my other usual work and then some — all of it involving words, food, or words + food. Good stuff. I hope that you’re doing well and enjoying spring. Happy late April Fools’ Day! Hope someone got you good this year. I fooled a few…

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For Your Viewing Pleasure Pt. 1

Left to right -- Tyler, John and Josh testing the couscous for the Moroccan tuna in the Toro Bravo Cookbook, due out fall 2013 from McSweeney's.

It was a busy weekend work-wise so I’m not feeling up to putting together a blog post at the moment. That said, I hope that this photo will give you a little food for thought as well as an eye into what I’ve been up. We’re having a lot of fun working on the Toro Bravo Cookbook these days…

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