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Clint Smith
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Something amazing and humbling happened today.
May 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Thanks to the creative team at CHM: Charles Tyra, Jolie Toomajan, and Carson Winter. Featuring arresting cover art by Teo Lehog, check out Cosmic Horror Monthly, No. 58, containing my story, “Onward and Downward.”

#cosmichorror #cosmichorrormonthly
March 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Veg variation: Egg yolk gnocchi, seared artichokes, pickled fennel slaw, toasted parmesan crumble, gorgonzola cream, carrot hot sauce
March 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Spring break riffin'. Scallops, gnocchi, spinach cream, carrot hot sauce, fennel, chive oil
March 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Keep it in your back pocket. I submit this as a citizen's playbook for navigating super-dark times.
February 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Close enough.

Duo of pan-seared chicken + glazed short rib, demi, camembert cream, potato Anna, Swiss Chard bundles, cabbage glass, arugula oil
January 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
January 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
December 7, 2024 at 1:17 PM
2024 edition...
November 30, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Honored to have a story catch Ellen Datlow's discerning eye. "Mastication Station" appeared in Rebecca Rowland's 2023 anthology, AMERICAN CANNIBAL.

#americancannibal #besthorroroftheyear
November 30, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Thanksgiving riffing: Shredded turkey tamales, cranberry-chile red sauce, charred corn, avocado labna, pickled cranberry, lemon-corn cream
November 20, 2024 at 11:04 AM
One of my favorite, recent rough drafts: Butter-poached mussels + sopressini, smoked-tomato broth, preserved lemon oil, leek ash
April 8, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Duo of chicken: Portabello-dusted breast and crispy-skin mosaic, charred corn + poblano risotto, braised leeks, smoked tomato

#nestleinn #nestleindy #massaveindy
April 7, 2024 at 12:57 PM
HORROR'S CALL NUMBER: The Johnson County Public Library’s Local Author Fair

#JCPL #JohnsonCounty #indianauthors #indianahorror

clintsmithfiction.com/2024/03/26/n...
March 28, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Chilly Saturday, but Spring was on theme: Stuffed chicken thigh, ricotta, preserved lemon, sweet-pea + chive puree, scorched shallot soubise, spinach sopressini, blood-orange, curry-cornbread crumble

#nestleinn #nestleindy #massave #massaveindy #marchmadness
March 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Tamarind Pad Thai: smoked chicken thigh, shrimp, chive oil, burnt bok choy, Thai basil, gochugaru lace

#nestleinn #nestleindy #thaifood #thaicooking #padthai #indycookingclasses #stpatricksindy #stpatricksweekend
March 17, 2024 at 11:41 AM
According to the kids, this is their favorite meal when we're all together at home (though, instead of a single plate, it's often repeated platings): Seared salmon, toasted-coconut basmati, charred broccoli, white-wine cream, lemon and chive oil

#familymeal #culinaryplating #salmon
March 4, 2024 at 10:18 AM
This past winter, shortly before its release, I had the opportunity to supply a blurb for Adam Golaski's latest collection, STONE GODS

Received word today that my more comprehensive examination will appear as an essay in the Spring, 2024 issue of DEAD RECKONINGS. Snag a copy over at No Press.
March 2, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Simple sous vide chicken breast, charred scallion spinach, fennel soubise, saffron oil, gochugaru tuille

#plating #sousvidecooking #sousvidechicken
February 28, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Jambalaya 101: Andouille, smoked ham, trinity, shrimp, paprika-rice wafer

#nestleinn #nestleindy #créole #creolecuisine #Cajun #cajuncuisine #jambalaya #holytrinity
February 26, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Spinach cavatelli, kale, butter-poached + scorched sprouts, lemon confit, broken fennel cream, parsley-chive oil
February 24, 2024 at 2:44 AM
A back-to-back, at-capacity crusher, but we made it.

Chicken thigh roulade, crispy skin, fennel ratatouille, whey-squash risotto, butter-confit Brussels, lemon oil, pickled mustard seed

#nestleinn #nestleindy #indycookingclasses #culinaryarts #culinarycompositions #allstarweekend
February 19, 2024 at 8:07 PM
A back-to-back, at-capacity crusher, but we made it.

Braised-glazed beef short rib, compressed potato, haricot vert bundles with buttered Swiss chard, horseradish cream

#nestleinn #nestleindy #indycookingclasses #culinaryarts #culinarycompositions #allstarweekend
February 19, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Chickpea coconut-masala with charred kale, dukkah crumble, lemon / cumin-scented basmati, briny-lime yogurt

#indianvegetarian #chickpeatikkamasala #chickpeamasala #dukkah #sundaystew #basmati
January 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Prosciutto-wrapped chicken thigh, squash-whey risotto, pickled mustard seed, cabbage wafer, nutmeg-spinach, sherry-pomegranate reduction, lemon confit, baby broccoli

#nestleinn #nestleindy #culinaryarts #culinarycompositions #culinaryplating #indycookingclasses #gastronomy
January 15, 2024 at 1:37 PM