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Food Art: The Natural Beauty of Food, a slideshow exhibition of food photography by Prerna Singh

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 31, 2011 Permalink 0

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Prerna Singh runs the award-winning food blog Indian Simmer, which was a finalist in the prestigious Saveur Best Food Blogs this year. Her photos are at the same time sophisticated and rustic, giving a natural yet polished look to the simplest of foods. She grew up in India, but now lives in the U.S. with her husband and daughter.

Prerna uses a Canon 50mm f1.4 lens and photographs in natural light, occasionally using reflectors.

Halloween News: “green” jack-o-lanterns, recycled DIY decorations, DIY political pumpkins to geek lanterns, homemade treats

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 31, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

50 homemade Halloween decorations, from political pumpkins to geek lanterns, offers loads of ideas for making original, creative jack-o-lanterns.

Click here for recipes for making homemade Halloween treats with your children.

Wee toddlers are sometimes scared by all the ghoulish things surrounding Halloween, so Tera Pearson has created Halloween care packages for toddlers.

Being Green This Halloween is Simple at Goodwill is a wonderful way of recyling old clothes and objects to make Halloween costumes and decorations.

If you still like caramel apples (I do!), here’s an easy recipe for making your own to hand out as treats.

To see a lovely gallery of vintage Halloween decorations, click here.

If you don’t want the mess of the pumpkins, try making jack-o-lanterns the green way by making jack-o-lanterns and Halloween decorations from old books. How green!

Auburn Pub offers lots of tips for keeping Halloween and Halloween costumes safe.

For photo lovers, here are some tips on shooting frighteningly fun Halloween photos.

Happy Halloween!

Food Art: French Onion Soup, food photography by Brian Samuels

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, October 28, 2011 Permalink 0

Brian is a Boston-based food photographer and writer. He is the creator of the food blog A Thought For Food, a collection of recipes, personal anecdotes and historical information pertaining to cooking.

His photographs are available for viewing on his photography site, Brian Samuels Photography. Brian’s work has also been featured on Saveur , The Kitchn , Tastespotting, and FoodGawker.

Food Art: Chicken Salad Sandwich, food photography by Brian Samuels

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, October 26, 2011 Permalink 0

Brian is a Boston-based food photographer and writer. He is the creator of the food blog A Thought For Food, a collection of recipes, personal anecdotes and historical information pertaining to cooking.

His photographs are available for viewing on his photography site, Brian Samuels Photography. Brian’s work has also been featured on Saveur , The Kitchn , Tastespotting, and FoodGawker.

Food Art: Puff Pastry Salad, food photography by SandeeA

Chocolate News: Paris Salon du Chocolat Roundup

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, October 24, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

This year’s fashion show at the Salon du Chocolat in Paris was probably the most stunning and creative to date. The fashion designers gave a burlesque atmosphere to the entire show, and there was a full array of top top models to show their creations to their best advantage.

I’m melting! Chocolate catwalk show comes a cropper after model’s dress falls off. The Daily Mail has one of the most complete coverages of the chocolate dress fashion show, with a full photo show, including the several shots of Karine Ferri’s dress as it gradually desconstructed as she walked down the runway.

Trendhunter show a great closeup of the gladiator bikini that 2005 Miss France Cindy Fabre paraded.

Japan was the featured chocolate country this year, and Japanese Susumu Koyama, 47, was even named “Best Foreign Chocolatier” — winning out over top masters from celebrated chocolate-making nations like Belgium and Switzerland.

The Telegraph has a great photo of Anca Radici, with a close-up of her chocolate stockings and shoes.

ShoppingBlog shows some highlights in video, including the deconstructing dress.

Good photos to be seen on Out and About in Paris as well.

The show ends tonight, so if you’re in Paris, you still have time to pay a visit.

Food Art: Tapas Time, food photography by Steve Homer

Published by Jonell Galloway + Friday, October 21, 2011 Permalink 0

Food photographer Steve Homer of Sabor de Almería in the southeast of Spain.

Paris Salon du Chocolat 2011: Edible Chocolate Dresses for Inauguration

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, October 20, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

So the Paris chocolate show, the Salon du Chocolat — undoubtedly the most cherished in the world — is officially open to the public, from October 20 to 24, 2011.

More than 800 chefs have created some 700 recipes to the delight of young and old alike, and pastry chefs will be demonstrating their master creations for all to see.

The the 17th Salon du Chocolat was officially inaugurated last night, and started out with bang: the initial bang of the fashion show, made up of chocolate dresses. The fashion show will be shown every day at 5 p.m. The photo above shows just a sample of the amazing creations that adorned the runway. This year, the dresses include creations by France’s best chocolatiers, as well as by up-and-coming fashion designers, and the Godmother of French fashion, Chantal Thomass.

Food Art: Composition with Slotted Spoon, by Prerna Singh

Published by Jonell Galloway + Thursday, October 20, 2011 Permalink 0

Prerna Singh is a food photographer and blogger. She spent most of her childhood in a few small towns in central India – a time she fondly remembers, with rotis straight out the clay oven and mom’s cooking, with produce straight from the farms.

She got her MBA in India, and worked in the advertising industry. She is now married and living in the U.S. with her husband and son.