Author: L
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A Rant, A Rave, and a Flognarde
I can’t quite figure out why it takes 3 or 4 months to get Australian food magazines into the shops here in the States. One month, sure. I’d understand. I…
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Tea & Chocolate
When you think chocolate, the tea isn’t the first thing that will likely pop into your mind. Recent trends in chocolatiering might be changing that with tea-infused chocolate truffles and…
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Food & Wine Photo Contest Results
Food & Wine have posted the results to the Food Photography photo contest they held this summer. The online gallery includes 5 winning photos plus 25 honorable mentions that were…
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November Flickr Challenge: Fall
I am impressed. Playing with food was a blast, and I love how everyone really got into the spirit dreaming up all kinds of crazy scenarios for their food, like…
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Matsutake Mushroom Madness
A few weeks ago, I joined a group of fellow food-photo enthusiasts on a little trip to the West Seattle farmer’s market. Although quite small, the market is still going…
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STW Nov Challenge…
coming soon! But, I’m traveling… so bear with me a day or two. In the meantime, feel free to keep posting your Playing With Food photos… there have been some…
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Persimmon Madeleines
I’m sitting here trying to figure out how I made it 37 years without ever tasting a persimmon. I’m finding it quite unimaginable, and yet, it’s true. I just never…
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Fun with reflections
One of the trickiest parts of food photography is dealing with reflections. Whether it’s shiny plates, silverware, glassware, or even the food itself, the reflection can either make the photo…
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Trick or Treat? Dark Chocolate Martini
Perhaps you might be lured in by this simplest of chi-chi martini’s, all dressed up in chocolate. You’d take a sip expecting some sugary concoction with dark cocoa undertones. You’d…
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A Whole New Flavor: Cookbook 411 is now Cook & Eat
I got a bit of an itch this weekend to do something about my foodblog. Updating the design has been on my list for some time now… and inspite of…
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Weekend Herb Blogging: Thai Pesto Pasta
I just realized that I have about 150 posts here on Cookbook 411, but not a one of them has been for Weekend Herb Blogging (created by Kayln, and this…
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Small is the new Big: SHF#24
I don’t know about you, but when I am given a huge dessert, I always end up leaving a good chunk of it on the plate, regardless of how tasty…