Author: L

  • Not Your Son's Pub Crawl

    Not Your Son's Pub Crawl

    It all started out innocently enough. A quick drink at Liberty, the new couch filled lounge and sushi restaurant up on the 15th area of Capital Hill, was just a…

  • Adventures in Zucchini

    Adventures in Zucchini

    “We’re sorry ma’am. But, the new TSA regulations don’t allow you to carry on liquids, cheese, or zucchinis the size of your head.”

  • Photo Contest: A birthday cake for Slashfood

    Slashfood announced today that they are having a little food photo contest to celebrate their 1 year anniversary. All you have to do is take a photo of the cake…

  • Even More Behind the Lens with MatthewA?

    I admit it. I’ve been holding out on you. I saw the very excellent interview with Matt on I Speak Film days ago, and devoured it, without adding a link…

  • Elsewhere: Coffee, Tea & other Tasty Drinks

    I’m just back in town from a week off at a family reunion in Illinois… while I’m getting caught up on everything, here are some of my recent posts on…

  • Learning to Pay Attention

    Learning to Pay Attention

    For years, I went about my life pouring my focus and brain power into my job in software design. This wasn’t a bad thing, necessarily… in fact, looking back, I…

  • August Still Life With Flickr Theme: Food & People

    August Still Life With Flickr Theme: Food & People

    I spend a lot of time focusing on the nitty gritty details of food… the sheen of the chocolate, the drip of the syrup, are there the right number of…

  • Fava, Olive and Anchovy Bruschetta for Donna Hay Day

    Fava, Olive and Anchovy Bruschetta for Donna Hay Day

    Not only am I late in getting this post done… it’s also incomplete. Bron Marshall is hosting Hay, Hay it’s Donna Hay Day…, where the challenge was to create two…

  • SHF: Bread & Chocolate Gelato

    SHF: Bread & Chocolate Gelato

    Do you ever just get an idea stuck in your head and it won’t go away until you do something about it? It may not even be a very good…

  • More From Matt

    Hey There! Well, if you are reading today, there’s at least a good chance that you stumbled here from Matt Bites and his brilliant food styling & photography tips… so…

  • Fruit & Focaccia

    Fruit & Focaccia

    The good news about baking when it’s over 90F out is that there are lots of great places in your house to let the dough rise and cold beer goes…

  • Photographing Cold Drinks

    Photographing Cold Drinks

    How do you make cold drinks look appealing? You need some condensation. And not just any condensation… condensation that holds up long enough to get your shots in. Typically, food…