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!

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 !

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

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

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