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This isn’t my first recipe from Seafood Simple. In fact, I accidentally made this recipe once when I started working on an old family recipe for salmon without realizing there was no dijon mustard in the fridge. Just olive oil, dill, salt, pepper, and into the oven. Maybe a squeeze of fresh lemon at the end for some zing. With that said, the family recipe calls for fourteen minutes in an oven at 400 degrees, which, by Ripert’s standards, is practically burning it. The reason I went for this recipe first was because it felt so familiar. Salmon can be found practically anywhere and I’ve made it a regular part of my weekly “whip something up in the kitchen after work” repertoire. If you cook up a bowl of rice and maybe a roasted veggie, you have a meal in 20 minutes. It’s not the chicken of the sea, but it’s pretty damn close. The fish is fairly easy to make and can be very forgiving if a mistake is made. I’ve been eating fourteen-minutes-at-400 salmon my entire life. 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I turned around and sensed this would make for a good shot, and I think I was right! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/9b447a80-3fa3-4917-b648-43c25f5df77f/IMG_5436.JPG Gallery New Yorkers always bring out their best on snow days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/a73ad3af-54e4-4423-97f7-56ed611e0efb/IMG_5418.JPG Gallery I thought this was black and white film but I think the grayscape worked well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/d3cfeb84-ccef-42cf-9194-4844a3a2170e/IMG_5438.JPG Gallery The Upper West Side is easy to photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1dcdf088-f29b-4722-a194-dcaa212d3fb3/IMG_5556.JPG Gallery I took this shot (pun intended) when it started to snow after a sporting clays session. The lighting was perfect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/ee977ed0-c3fd-46e0-a0f5-d524caa42254/10650764-5258-4493-9D50-7C169D5BA2B3.jpg Gallery Walking along the beach at Ditch Plains in Montauk, we came upon this driftwood which had found its home for a few months at this point. Behind me is a group of kids waiting for their surfing lesson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/cf0bf97f-39dd-4770-96b7-da4ec17ad59b/000014960034.jpg Gallery I found this building right outside my hotel in the Latin Quarter of Paris. The rooftop felt very classically European and deserved a photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/535ce9fc-e35d-4a87-bf59-f4c6e8f2cc65/000014940005.jpg Gallery We found this elder statesman of Montauk, Huckleberry, relaxing on the beach in Ditch Plains. His family let him relax and occasionally he would wander into the low breaking surf to cool off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098801195-4MPIRSRCZRXXR7I0AE56/20180717_130159.jpg Gallery This rock art was found about three miles into a hike through the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Though I usually subscribe to the 'leave no trace' motto, I thought this at least deserved a photo before some park ranger inevitably dispersed the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098788300-TUEXVD2W1K1UHOGVYJIV/20180729_191856.jpg Gallery Avalanche Lake is an essential hike in Glacier National Park. The views are stunning and the trails are well maintained. I thought the water was particularly still this evening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098773218-EJ343OSBUN2TDAM6EHWJ/20180804_204036.jpg Gallery The sunset after backpacking on Rialto Beach in Olympic National Park. We had to time our return to La Push by the tides due to a narrow rock outcropping that can only be traversed at low tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098779062-T0LY6VIVWLNOB5TLWQCG/20180816_185431.jpg Gallery It's easy to take a good photo when the Golden Gate is the subject. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098789316-N8TINFJN2801DTTVV03F/20180823_111656.jpg Gallery The view from Glacier Point is breathtaking. The four mile hike up from Yosemite Valley floor is equally so. I summited Half Dome the day before and felt the eight mile round trip was a 'cool down'. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098794808-K10YCYNJEAWLAI5BWJPX/20180828_155522.jpg Gallery John Steinbeck said it best: "Big Sur is the edge of the world... a place of grandeur and loneliness, of beauty and danger, where a man might find himself or lose himself forever." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098790561-14CT6R54L292IZ3L1M3R/20180907_173832.jpg Gallery Zion National Park is a funny place. You can see amazingly beautiful rock formations like the Court of the Patriarchs (lots of biblical references here) but behind me is a bus stop crowded with tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098785044-ZG8HGZF6DJYD5H6GHSBG/20180910_185621.jpg Gallery Arches National Park perhaps contains the most 'wow' features for the size of the park. Here, Double Arch is only a hundred yards away from three more arches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098793020-7IQ73JCD4587YVKE4U1X/20180911_121635%280%29.jpg Gallery Yet another famous feature of Arches, Delicate Arch is practically the logo of Utah. It was very hard to get a photo with no one posing underneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600098801651-4RFRLPLS68O0EQKY06VF/20180721215847_IMG_2670.jpg Gallery I personally believe the Tetons in Wyoming are what most people think of when imagining a majestic mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600120005140-JWYMD4VSAD61ABW5OAPC/20180720_122313.jpg Gallery Despite its beauty, Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone plays second fiddle to the nearby Old Faithful. The crowds noticeably thin out when you get away from the roads and hike up a hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600120010023-75J78YGVU4AXF15XGX9Q/20180801_154628.jpg Gallery The hike up to Grinnell Glacier provides increasingly beautiful spectacles. At the end of the trail is a lake of glacial runoff that is the clearest (and coldest!) water I have ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/1600120010529-CCVD0CMXKYBS603PD9D0/20180910_125434.jpg Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/6a8835e7-e31a-4f14-b2ef-17cdd6a10a9c/9BAF2902-70E2-4A23-BF99-55549A5AEF08.jpg Gallery The view from our hotel was perfect for the last day of a honeymoon. At night the Eiffel Tower lights up in sparkling chaos for five minutes at the top of the hour. Why join the crowds when you can see it from your room? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/36fc0f49-9595-42d7-92ed-49da5dcfa08c/000014940015.jpg Gallery The lifeguards in Montauk are intense and very good at their jobs. I'm always so impressed with how fit they are, but then again five minutes in the waves is a real cardio workout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/a8f1a049-d4f1-408b-a710-2da8d88570d3/000014940021.jpg Gallery I personally despise the supertall skyscrapers on 57th Street, but I have to admit they make for a great backdrop for reading a book in Central Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/92bc1b43-a98c-42af-a555-41ffd1f861bb/000014950002.jpg Gallery Finding the waves in Montauk can be very tricky. On this day, the wind was coming from the south, making the rocky shores north of the lighthouse prime real estate for surfers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/0f7b837b-736b-40b1-80b9-55fcfee2594d/60F33CFE-A2E6-485C-92B2-D222ACE1D0BC.jpg Gallery Who brings a film camera to a tennis court? Apparently I do. Carly has infinite patience for my antics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/4040157a-4267-4ef8-ae54-6dab07ed6c40/000012790002.jpg Gallery Walloon Lake in northern Michigan has jokingly been dubbed 'the Hamptons of Michigan' but I feel it is exponentially more relaxing on the docks of the lakeshore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/16d63e2d-dded-42f3-bc40-c6cebd172bc6/20191020_075250.jpg Gallery My first "business trip" was to Venice. It doesn't matter what the weather is, the canals are always impressive. 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Before being a tourist destination, the area was very remote and my guide told me he was 15 years old when he first saw a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/c0e58a61-6c8d-4553-8288-003372ba2410/20180903_152918.jpg Gallery Perhaps it's because of the U2 album, but Joshua Tree looks great in black and white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/f80fa732-f179-44bc-a645-67d0b1c055e8/20180905_085433.jpg Gallery The Grand Canyon is the Times Square of national parks. Only here can you gasp in awe of this truly massive canyon and have a person dressed as Cookie Monster pose for photos next to you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5e2c68eae4ba685744aa59/cc02d7c0-1902-444d-a7a7-c998be624a24/20180909_110741.jpg Gallery In case you're ever on Jeopardy! These rock formations in Bryce Canyon, Utah are called hoodoos