Author: Ruth Gangbar

creative mustard

We’re excited about sharing creativity with participants of foodographypec.com, a food styling workshop on Tues Nov 13 in Prince Edward County (home of Countylicious, delicious maple syrup, Maple in the County…)Join us as we capture syrup pours with melting butter onto pancake stacks; “put the sizzle” to Ontario lamb racks and roasted Vicki’s root veg, paired with wines from Karlo… Continue reading creative mustard

electron blueberry

Caren Alpert’s gallery here brings me these {again} mesmerizing images, taken with a electron microscope camera.Haunting and beautiful, her artists statement she says it best: “What’s in our food? What’s the difference between a bird’s-eye view of a remote vegetable crop and a microscopic swath from a pineapple leaf? How distinct is a pile of… Continue reading electron blueberry

apple jelly revisited

In an earlier post here during canning season last year, I shared the recipe (and a few of my own pics) for Apple Sage Jelly.This image is what revealed itself when photographer Marc Polidoro dropped by a few weeks ago. Quite the improvement ! Looking for something to do in November? We still have a few spots… Continue reading apple jelly revisited

brussels sprout boogie

I’ve never quite seen anything quite like this site called Inside Insides. It’s created by Andy Ellison (an MRI technologist), who’s been capturing Magnetic Resonance Imaging of food for several years. He apparently uses fruits and vegetables to warm up the machines he  works with at the Boston University Medical School. See some of his favourite 3D… Continue reading brussels sprout boogie

with thanks

I’ve been visualizing how I’d like to re-organize seemingly everything in my life these days, not least of all my countless {cook}books. I’m inspired by this book-framed image of Coco Chanel by Mark Shaw, fashion and celebrity photographer. It also reminds me somehow of my Mom, who likes to wear hats sometimes(but unlike Coco, smoked cigarettes… Continue reading with thanks

photobooth fun!

Food*ographyPEC had a fabulous launch last Saturday at the Taste! community grown event in Picton, with a big thanks to Vicki’s Veggies for the gorgeous produce sold from our booth by adjoining the Portland Bridge Pickling Society. Their incredible preserves and breads, plus the Ontario -grown tomatillos, enormous Korean Purple garlic, and luminous eggplants and peppers… Continue reading photobooth fun!

Taste celebration and more

The countdown has begun to this year’s Taste: Community Grown  event in PEC. And with it, some news! Come visit our foodographyPEC.com “Say Cheese” photobooth in the Farmers Market in Booth #32/33 and say hello !! The website and facebook page launches this Saturday ,  But meanwhile here’s what we’re about: “As culinary professionals and… Continue reading Taste celebration and more

VH sauces for Moon Festival

Here are a few images from the current campaign for VH Sauces that I styled, photographed by James Tse. I love the graphic colours, black plates and copy writing that makes you want to try these new recipe additions featured in the VH Sauces Moon Festival. Projects I sometimes get to work with have substantial outreach… Continue reading VH sauces for Moon Festival

McEwan’s Great Food at Home

This popular cookbook by Mark McEwan called “Great Food at Home” has just been reprinted with a new cover I got to work on, and still includes inside shots done by the same team of James Tse photographer, Ruth Gangbar food stylist, Laura Branson prop stylist. View a photo gallery here of some of the… Continue reading McEwan’s Great Food at Home

Nook interior panorama & Glenn Burney Lodge

I recently had a friend stay at the Nook, who captured a nifty panorama of the interior. You can view more of Tony Makepeace’s photography, immersive qtvr (quick time virtual reality) panoramas, and web design work on his website here, and a link to the nook interior panorama here. What fun ! Thanks for the view,… Continue reading Nook interior panorama & Glenn Burney Lodge

Toronto; a few days

As per usual, I’m irrelentlessly back and forth between Toronto and Picton, loving it, and juggling full-on cabin rentals (with truely spectacular guests this month), and the usual food shoots that give the best meaning to the word” teamwork” .  The point of a few days this week…were….. ….working with one of my favourite photgraphers,… Continue reading Toronto; a few days