Terence Koh perfected his fiery tomato salad during a BOFFO residency last summer.
Terence Koh first made a name for himself as a New York artworld troublemaker-turned-darling in the early aughts. He’s since stepped out of the strobelight and settled down in Los Angeles, where he most recently created KOHFEE, 2024, an installation that doubled as a pop-up coffee shop inside an immersive cave crafted out of raw earth and cow dung for Make Room gallery. The Beijing-born, Ontario-raised artist works with natural materials to create sculptures and installations that often work in tandem with his performances. For his early installation nothingtodo, 2011, at the now-defunct Mary Boone Gallery in New York, he circled an enormous mound of salt on his knees dressed completely in white for nearly a month. Similarly, his dish creates something spectacular from everyday life. For Family Style, he shares a salad he concocted during his BOFFO residency on Fire Island last summer: “GG’s Fire Island Salad.” “Garnish with flowers and sunshine for a summer salad that is cool and fiery,” Koh recommends.
Ingredients:
- Drizzle of hot chili oil
- Handful of basil
- 4-5 heirloom tomatoes
Instructions:
- Choose tomatoes in different shades of fire colors.
- Slice medium thick and drizzle hot chili oil and basil over the tomatoes.
- Garnish with fire flowers and sunshine.