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THE LATEST
PORTFOLIO
INGREDIENTS
SALTY
SWEET
PREP + EAT
BEVS
MOTION
COOKBOOKS
BODEGA BAKES
ISLAS
IT'S ALWAYS FREEZER SEASON
MY (HALF) LATINX KITCHEN
PROJECTS
GRITO
TRAVEL
THE WORLD IN A POCKET
CRAVINGS
MAYA MATRIARCHS
GEORGETOWN, S.C.
BLOG
ABOUT
CONTACT
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I’m having a rainbow-tastic experience looking through @kierawrr’s My (Half) Latinx Kitchen as I mentally meal prep for my week (yes, I know it is Wednesday). This was a fun project to prop style and shoot, since Kiera wanted COLOR. And I
Happy Earth Day. Treat her like your mother as she swaddles you in her love, warmth, safety, and beauty.
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2024 #wisteriahysteria season throwback with @savannahlovespoptarts and @justincookphoto
Eastern NC snacks for Eastern NC’s favorite swamp-lovin’ hungry plant. A humid, visual ode to one of the many places that raised me. 
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“Feed Me, Seymour (Johnson)”
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Light techs + co-stylists: @justincookphoto @alexboerner
Shiny Sichuan chili crisp for you and you and you and you. 
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New work featuring @flybyjing OG chili crisp and @laobandumplings char siu bao 🥟
“The car once chided for signaling virtue now suggests sympathy for the devil. ‘It’s like driving around a great big MAGA hat,’ said my wife, Tina.” — @danneilwsj 
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New work for @wsj’s Off Duty cover st
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