Category: Food Styling

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

a view of my toolbox

Read a recent post here from the blog of Deputy Editor of Cottage Life Magazine, Martin Zibauer. Thanks Martin!

farm to table breakfast, the cookbook!

Excited to see “Farm to Table Breakfast” by Elizabeth Pulker now for sale ! photography : Matt Long food and prop styling: Ruth Gangbar design: Kato Wake copy editor: Becky Lane A hearty thanks to Elizabeth Pulker and Martin Handforth for the grace and commitment to quality that they carried throughout this very local and… Continue reading farm to table breakfast, the cookbook!

applied arts awards!

Congrats to James Tse and Jim Norton for their Applied Arts Photo Awards 2012! It was a pleasure to work with you both on these shots ! and receiving the acknowledgment is wonderful !

cake and strawberries

The current issue of Chatelaine includes a story I did the food styling for with photographer Angus Fergusson; props by Martine Blackhurst of Rustica. Yumm! The recipes are here and here.

getting ready to pour

I can’t post the drink shots yet, but I here are a few bits that lend themselves to garnish making that will go into an upcoming Summer beverage project I started working on today. People seem to get a kick out of my toolboxes… Despite virtually everyone knowing about food styling nowadays, it amazes me… Continue reading getting ready to pour

cocktail hour

Here are some images I styled for the current promotion for LCBO “It’s Cocktail Hour”.   I mixed and garnished all the drinks, and really enjoyed seeing the amazing, glam props that Lara brought to the set which she created ! The retro-inspired lighting Mark used brought a luscious glow to this classic cocktail scenario… Continue reading cocktail hour

wintery mood, studio food

Despite the unusual spring weather today, our little team of photgrapher Michael Albersat, me as food stylist, and prop stylist Jane Hardin,gathered inside the studio for a “play day”. Here are some images we pulled out of our creative hats, bringing moody shadows and some vibrant touches of colour to the set. Inspired by the classic… Continue reading wintery mood, studio food

eat your winter veg

There are a few shots I food styled recently with photographer Jim Norton and prop stylist Martine Blackhurst of Rustica. Art Director Vicki Hornsby assigned a fabulous colour palatte to this story, and I love the teal, blues and metallic touches that made these {always} delicious recipes by Jane Rodmell cookbook author, All the Best Fine Foods owner… Continue reading eat your winter veg

fishing with Ron

Recently I made a little time to do some “creative work” with Ronald Tsang, a young and talented photographer here in T.O. Remebering the challenges of getting into this business of food photography, it’s great to help enthusiastic, creative people with real talent, like Ron. I really liked these images, due in part to the… Continue reading fishing with Ron

sweetbreads by any other name

Aigo Bouido, also known as Garlic Soup      Vicki’s Veggies Blue Ribbon-winning Garlic I’ver been procrastinating for a day or two now for the chore I’m really not looking forward to….cleaning sweetbreads for a recipe we’re photographing this week. I’m sure they’ll be delicious, but alas, they sure look some aweful. Not difficult to… Continue reading sweetbreads by any other name