go blueberry

It’s pick-your-own berry time, so let’s get out there.  You might find your blueberry patch here. I’ll be picking here in Waupoos… while thinking about which of these recipes to make {again}. Yes, food stylists make the food we get to shoot, and these were some delicious!   photographer   Jim Norton            food stylist    Ruth Gangbar client  … Continue reading go blueberry

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

dover sole

Here are a few shots from Mark McEwan’s first cookbook, Great Food at Home. We’ve completed the photography for his next book, and the anticipation of its release this Fall is once again uncomfortably delicious. photography by James Tse food styling by Ruth Gangbar prop styling by Laura Branson

translating flavour

Remarkable things can happen when the creative synergies are in the right balance, and allowed to play. You’ll hear more of the cookbook project I just was food stylist for later……but for now I am still musing about the level of professionalism Chef M.M and Chef D.E brought “to the table”. There was also the… Continue reading translating flavour