Here are some smoked salmon canape toppers I styled for the cover of a retail seafood product. Continue reading
Category Archives: Food Styling/Photography
Mom’s Chocolate Shortbread Cake
Mom’s Chocolate Shortbread Cake Continue reading
Tamarind Chutney (Imli Chutney)
Most westerners, (myself included ), think chutneys should have a thick texture with large identifiable pieces of fruit. This however is not the case in South East Asia. What we might call ‘dipping sauce’, they also call chutney. In India, a chutney can be dry or wet, sweet or spicy. They are essentially condiments to enhance the meal. … Continue reading
Dessert Dim Sum
I ordered this dessert dim sum basket at Mother’s Dumplings in Toronto. Some fellow pastry chefs and I had just visited an exhibit at the Textile Museum and we were in the mood for a cheap and cheerful meal. Our dinner was delicious. Dessert on the other hand……..yuck. Although they looked beautiful, they were sorely … Continue reading
Italian ‘Peaches’ by Marco’s Mom
If there is one treat my boyfriend loves more than any other; its his mom’s home made ‘peaches’. This is an Italian pastry and one I rarely see for sale. Two half circles of alcohol soaked cake are hollowed and filled with a lemony/boozy pastry cream. They are then rolled in an alcohol/food colouring syrup … Continue reading
Latin American Emporium
Whenever I am in Kensington Market, (which is often), I stop in at the Latin American Emporium for supplies and a snack. They have a great selection of hard to find South American herbs and ingredients. The kitchen in the rear churns out delicious tamales, pupusas and tacos. Long before the high end taco trend swept our … Continue reading
Ice Storm 2013
Canada is known for it’s cold snowy winters. This year we witnessed one of the worst ice storms in recent memory a few days before Christmas. As a result we were out of power for several days and had to move in with the parents. I took this photo on the first night of the … Continue reading
