Bosc pears poached in a raspberry and red wine consomme. yields 6 portions First: 1 pkg fresh raspberries 1 TB sugar 3 TB red wine -Place the raspberries, sugar, and wine in a double boiler…
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Anchovy + Shallot Vinaigrette. Your Everyday Salad Dressing.
Looking for the perfect salad vinaigrette to accompany any meal of the week? Look no further, this basic dressing will satisfy your salad-tooth (if there is such a thing), and will compliment pretty much any flavor combination, whatever the rest of your dinner may be. A handful of basic ingredients sound potent in themselves, but a…
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Coconut Milk Pannacotta with Crispy Meringue, Lime + Mango
Today I’m boosting up my props for future, classier looking shots. Additions to the prop collection: 1 small matte finish white bowl, 1 small matte finish white plate, 1 package of white linen napkins. Setting up the shot: 12 seconds. What an improvement on the time front! Not just the set up, but the Photoshop…
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Rose Scented Pavlova with Fresh Fruit + Candied Kumquats
As you can tell I’ve spent the last two days cooking and baking quite a lot – three posts in two days! I’m on a roll! I went on a jaunt down to Whole Foods in search of sorghum syrup to try something new, and whilst I didn’t find it there I did find…
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A lighter Date Smoothie with Apples + Spice, and Shooting with my new Studio Umbrella
A quick blend-up for breakfast! I still have half a container of Natural Delights Medjool dates in the fridge, and smoothies are my favourite way to incorporate them into meals. Tomorrow’s is already blended and jarred up, ready to go. This way I can still roll out of bed at the last second and…
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Lavender Shortbread Lemon Bars
Lemon Bars! I saw these on Heather Homemade yesterday, and when I read the recipe and saw that it called for blending an entire lemon whole, rather than juicing and zesting it- I knew I had to try it! I’m all for simplicity. Step 1) throw all ingredients into the blender. Yes please. Lemon bars are something…
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Experimenting with Dark Food Photography.
I’ve been doing a lot of googling lately. I always feel like I need more gear, more props, and more gadgets, to get the images I drool over online. In particular the trend of dark food photography, and the lighting style dubbed ‘mystic light’. Achieving this is no small feat. A solid half day…
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20 Minute Cutlery Patina How-To
Today I spent a couple of hours scouring the antique stores of Bayview and Mount Pleasant in the Davisville area of Toronto looking for cheap finds for food photography props, and had some great success! If you spend enough time rummaging through the dark corners of these dust slicked shops and are willing to…
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Perfect Oatmeal Cookies
I’m a sucker for the perfect cookie, but the perfect cookie is elusive. Not only is the ratio of ingredients going to affect your final product, but also the baking time, baking temperature, whether or not you push the cookie dough down before baking, etc. All of these simple differences make for completely different…
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Why you need a reflector for your foodie blog.
Yesterday was my 29th birthday- and I am fortunate enough to have loved ones in my life who know me well, and received some tools to aid and encourage me in my food photography adventures. Lucky girl! I plan to really work at advancing my skills over the next few months, and wanted to post…
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