The Self-Taught Chocolatiers: NuNu Chocolates from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.
"There's so much magic you miss when you're not in the kitchen when food gets created and I wanted to be there to capture that. I wanted to share the hard work and the dreams being realized. I just couldn't think of a more fun job." - Liza de Guia
Liza de Guia, the multimedia maven behind Food. Curated., has one of the funnest jobs in the world.
A former Hamptons-based food host and reporter, Liza has been telling delicious stories since 2003. Though that job was one of many casualties at the height of the recession last year, she seized the opportunity to launch her own website doing what she does best: storytelling. This "one-woman shooting/editing machine" was recently nominated for Best Video Webcast by the James Beard Foundation.
My favorite video of hers (above) is about the so-called self-taught chocolatiers behind NuNu Chocolates and I think she did an amazing job telling their story. I got a chance to do a quick e-mail interview yesterday and here's how that went.
4 Quick Questions with Liza de Guia
How do you choose which stories to tell and what do you think makes a good story?
I just let my curiosity do the driving. Sometimes I'll just eat something and wonder where that ingredient came from, or I'll read about something and will have to know more. I also get tips and recommendations from my blog readers, Facebook fans, twitter friends and my growing list of amazing food lover peeps. It's never hard to find a story. I've got many on my list. In my opinion, the hard part is telling it right.Which one of your videos was the hardest to work on and why?
What did you love most about doing the NuNu Chocolates story?
What's your favorite chocolate?
Liza at the James Beard Foundation Awards
Get inspired! Check out her video gallery at Food. Curated.
- Kris Alcantara
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