Opening of Salon du Chocolat 2012 chocolate show in Paris

Published by Thursday, November 1, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Take a look at this lovely chocolate dress fashion parade to celebrating the opening of the show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to see entire show. Which dress is your favorite?

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Food Art: Kumquat Tian, food photography by Meeta Khurana Wolff

Published by Thursday, November 1, 2012 Permalink 0

Meeta K. Wolff is a freelance food photographer, stylist and writer, currently living in the culturally rich city of Weimar in Germany with her German husband and their 8-year-old son, where she enjoys preparing multicultural, home-cooked meals using fresh organic ingredients. When she is not styling, photographing or writing about food, Meeta loves to travel the world, exploring new cultures and capturing it all on camera. The unique mood that Meeta creates in her food photography is also found in her travel, still life and landscape photography.

Born in India, Meeta was brought up in and went on to train in some of the world’s finest hotels, where food was always an important part of her life. Her love for food photography stems from her passion for food itself, and she combines her two greatest enthusiasms on her multifaceted, award-winning blog, What’s For Lunch, Honey? The recipes she develops and creates are documented by her powerful, yet refreshing, food photography and styling.

See more food photo compositions at Meeta K. Wolff.

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Itsy Bitsy History of Candy Corn and other Halloween News

Published by Sunday, October 28, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Don’t miss Gourmet Live’s history of how candy corn was invented in a time when corn was seen as low-brow, and how it later came to be associated with autumn.

Click here to read more.

For lots of fun and novel uses for candy corn (and for a few good laughs), you might want to read this article on Jezebel.

Laughing Squid has produced an series of sculptures made from candy corn.

Craftberry Bush shows a step-by-step photographic explanation of how to make candy corn party favors. These are some of the most original Halloween treats I’ve seen.

 

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Simple Sustenance: Pumpkins, When the Beauty is in the Imperfections, a photo essay by Renu Chhabra

Published by Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Permalink 0

by Renu Chhabra

The harvest moon hangs round and high
It dodges clouds high in the sky,
The stars wink down their love and mirth
The Autumn season is giving birth.
Oh, it must be October
The leaves of red bright gold and brown,
To Mother Earth come tumbling down,
The breezy nights the ghostly sights,
The eerie spooky far off sounds
Are signs that it’s October.
The pumpkins yellow, big and round
Are carried by costumed clumsy clowns
It’s Halloween – let’s celebrate.
–   
Pearl N. Sorrels, It Must be October

Color and rusticity are the characters of autumn

Warm tones and ­­rustic gifts from nature fill our hearts with a sense of wholeness. It’­­­­s a feeling that reminds us of our connection with the earth and our humble existence.­­

Orange, yellow, red, and amber are the colors of fall, visible in landscapes and farms alike. Pumpkins, gourds, and squashes add soul to this season. Greeting us on the front porch or displayed inside the house, they adorn our spaces with fall bounty; they are festive and inviting. They bring with them a certain positive energy.

And what’s fall without pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, and  pumpkin soup? It’s the pumpkin heaven that embraces us, at home or anywhere else. We all want to savor the season’s bounty to its fullest.

I am intrigued as much by the great pumpkin’s beauty as by its imperfections. Some of the very deformed ones are the most intriguing of all. But who said nature is perfect? Nature is beautiful, yet free-spirited when we see it in its natural and organic form. And we see its beauty in these colorful gourds that exude their individual characteristics in their own special ways.

They have different colors, shapes, sizes, and personalities. Yet they are beautiful and unique, despite their imperfections. They all bring something special to our tables in terms of taste, texture, and quality.

Just like us, human beings.

What do you think?

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What we’re reading: Prerna Singh food photography, best new hotels 2012, lemon garlic ginger carrots, etc.

Published by Wednesday, October 24, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

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What we’re reading: best cities for street food, India’s women farmers, baker from Kabul, Southern cuisine food trend, etc.

Published by Friday, October 19, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

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Food Art: Three Haberno Chile Peppers, by Zev Robinson

Published by Friday, October 19, 2012 Permalink 0

Zev Robinson is a Canadian-British artist and filmmaker currently living in Valencia in Spain. After finishing his B.F.A. in Montreal in 1983, he completed his M.F.A. in New York and subsequently moved to Italy and traveled around Europe, before settling in Spain in 1991. In Spain, he married Albertina Torres. The couple moved to London in 1995, where this series of chile peppers was created.

While in London, he also started working on videos and digital art projects as part of Art After Science, formed with Adrian Marshall, creating a variety of works that have been exhibited widely, including at Art After Science in Madrid, the ARCO, and the Venice Video Art Fair in Barcelona.

Robinson returned with his family to Spain in 2005, where his video work led to a series of documentaries on wine, food and rural life in Spain. That left him with little time to paint, but in 2012 he showed a series of newly created works of Amphorae at the Amphorae. Since then, he has restarted a series of images based on film noir and pulp fiction covers.

 

 

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Food Art: Four Chile Peppers, food painting by Zev Robinson

Published by Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Permalink 0

Zev Robinson is a Canadian-British artist and filmmaker currently living in Valencia in Spain. After finishing his B.F.A. in Montreal in 1983, he completed his M.F.A. in New York and subsequently moved to Italy and traveled around Europe, before settling in Spain in 1991. In Spain, he married Albertina Torres. The couple moved to London in 1995, where this series of chile peppers was created.

While in London, he also started working on videos and digital art projects as part of Art After Science, formed with Adrian Marshall, creating a variety of works that have been exhibited widely, including at ARCO in Madrid, the Venice Video Art Fair, and the LOOP Video Fair in Barcelona.

Robinson returned with his family to Spain in 2005, where his video work led to a series of documentaries on wine, food and rural life in Spain. That left him with little time to paint, but in 2012 he showed a series of newly created works of Amphorae at the Dinastia Vivanco Museum. Since then, he has restarted a series of images based on film noir and pulp fiction covers.

 

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What we’re reading today: White Chocolate Eton Mess, Hot Chile Pepper Paintings, Beer Tourism, London Wine Harvest Destroyed

Published by Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

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Food Art: Bratwurst in Weimar, food photography by Meeta Khurana Wolff

Published by Saturday, October 6, 2012 Permalink 0

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