Writing
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Thank you BlogHer!
I’m just back from Chicago, from BlogHer, the conference for women bloggers. Bea, Jan and I all had such a great time with our panel on Food Photography (HappyKatie live…
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Prop Rental Idea
I just had an “ah-ha” moment about prop rental. If you live in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, you can probably skip this post. You already have great stores…
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New from Moo
By now, you are certainly familiar with the Moo minicards, and have probably heard about the newly released Moo stickers… little prints of goodness made from your personal selection of…
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Caren Alpert Food Photography Demo in San Francisco
Matt just forwarded this along to me… Caren Alpert and Kevin Crafts will be doing an encore performance of their Food Photography & Styling demo at the Apple store in…
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Summer came like cinnamon, so sweet
I’ve had a song stuck in my head for the past couple of weeks. It’s Corinne Bailey Rae‘s Put Your Records On, and it’s stuck in a good way, not…
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Food Photography & Styling Classes
If you missed the Boston University International Food Styling & Photography conference back in June, you missed a great talk by the food stylists and photographers from Gourmet Magazine. Luckily,…
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Apricot and Blueberry Cobbler
I’m not sure why, but whenever I’m at the farmer’s market and pass by the apricot stand, I simply can’t resist picking up a “grab bag” whether or not I…
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The dSLR Lovers Point & Shoot
If you’ve been using a digital SLR for a while, you know how frustrating it can be to pick up a point and shoot camera and get good shots. For…
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Romance and Mushy Peas
I’m a bit of a romantic at times. I don’t mean the roses and perfumey kind. I mean the idealizing kind. The kind that, on a whim with my significant…
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Gooseberry, Currant and Apricot Fruit Tarts
The University District farmers market is one of the bigger and better neighborhood markets, and even at the first booth, I feel like a kid in a candy store. I…
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Cream Puffs with Strawberry Semi Freddo
It’s probably a good idea that I spent the first 38 years of my life not knowing that it was so incredibly simple to make pâte à choux, the airy…
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Cherry Upside Down Cake
This is not a pretty cake on first glance. The moment the cherry upside down cake is freed from its pan, the only pretty it could be considered is pretty…