Author: Ruth Gangbar

best beet salad

Here’s our homage to the lovely beet;  food styling  Ruth Gangbar     photo Christopher Gentile ;  our teamwork is a part of FoodographyPEC. Can you tell we love to “cook, shoot and eat” ? My friend Nancy made this incredible beet salad last Xmas, and I never forgot how delicious it was, so here’s… Continue reading best beet salad

trendspotting!

In addition to a fabulous Foodography workshop on March 8 at Huff Estates Winery, the week also included this astounding bit of press in The Times here in PEC (one of my favourite newspapers! from Wellington, Ontario!), written by food friend and localista Theresa Durning. Thanks again T ! We’re thrilled. Top it off with… Continue reading trendspotting!

bunkie joy, and news

You might have noticed there’s alot of buzz on this blog about food styling photography workshops lately. Thank you (if you’ve been watching and reading about it here)…I’ve appreciated having a place to share updates and announcements with you. With warmer days not too far away, I’m migrating most postings about Food●ographyPEC to our facebook page.… Continue reading bunkie joy, and news

be my valentine pot roast

from the archives: An amusing moment in time, when Santa Fe Pot Roast (dare I mention it was pork butt?) made the Canadian Living Magazine’s February 1999 cover..    photo: Vincent Noguchi food styling:  Ruth Gangbar props:  Miriam Gee still delicious, still makes me chuckle      with updated recipe here.

Food●ography March 8 menu & Summer workshop!

Excited to share Michael Hoy’s delicious menu for next Food●ography workshop on March 8, at Huff Estates Winery with Hoy @ Huff !  Bring your cameras and join me, photographer Christopher Gentile and graphic designer Tim Snyder of Ton-up Creative ,as we transform the winery’s dining room (with some help from our friends at French County) into… Continue reading Food●ography March 8 menu & Summer workshop!

cheers!

A gorgeous, sparkling afternoon has prompted an early toast to the good stuff of 2013 , from FoodographyPEC !  Thanks for watching what we’re up to…after the holidays we’ll share some fresh shots of what’s been cooking up. Good things ahead?  include our next workshop on March 8 at Huff Estates with a spring menu by… Continue reading cheers!

merry xmas

These are not my dogs (nor my shoot);  just borrowed pups from a lovely blog called  fox in the pine. Have a wonderful, peaceful Holiday all ! and let’s be extra good to each other ♡  Ruth

Pinot & pasta

Here are a few sample images photographer extraordinaire Christopher Gentile and I recently captured as part of more upcoming food and wine shots for Rosehall Run Winery. Being able to shoot for clients in PEC is fantastic;  it’s also exciting to see our FoodographyPEC workshops so well received. I’ll be at Rosehall Run Winery offering a… Continue reading Pinot & pasta

spring FoodographyPEC

Here are few images from a recent shoot for the Merrill Inn, where we worked alongside Chef Michael Sullivan as he prepared some of his signature dishes. Working with chefs always gives me opportunity to appreciate professional technique and share some of the best practises of food styling to ensure the best possible results for… Continue reading spring FoodographyPEC

my cup runneth over

I’m grinning as I recap the last few weeks; a fun collision of food and fashion (with me “styling” skin lotion onto the palms of hand models, for a national ads), buying stalks of brussel sprouts from 100 year old Hagerman’s Farm (for an editorial shoot)taken from their glorious Santa Claus Parade float ! , getting my… Continue reading my cup runneth over

workshop in photos !

Thanks again to all the wonderful participants that came from far and wide (and also from Picton) to the first foodographyPEC workshop and helped make it such a success.Big thanks too, to photographer Marc Polidoro, designer Tim Snyder of Ton-up Creative, and Chef Scott Royce of justcook.ca , who shared his farmhouse kitchen (ok,pretty much the whole house)… Continue reading workshop in photos !