I’m grinning as I recap the last few weeks; a fun collision of food and fashion (with me “styling” skin lotion onto the palms of hand models, for a national ads), buying stalks of brussel sprouts from 100 year old Hagerman’s Farm (for an editorial shoot)taken from their glorious Santa Claus Parade float ! , getting my portrait taken by FoodographyPEC’s collaborator (read his bio here) and presenter Christopher Gentile……and then re-taken when the food we were shooting (including the Blue Juliette cheese from Salt Spring Island) said “more…keep shooting more.”
I’ve been skyping with V.T (and maybe next time skyping too, with her snowsledding lead dog Louie?) as she’s looking to rent space in my home next growing season(with it’s close proximity to the fabulous Vicki’s Veggies. Vicki and Tim hire the best people, many of which need housing; dog friends ? that’s just a bonus). I also loved seeing a series of chocolate recipes I wrote for Cottage Life Magazine surface again; a pleasant reminder of holiday baking gone by with my wee friends (now tweens) Mathew, Andrew and Adair.
Hagerman's Farm Xmas Parade Float
photo:Christopher Gentile food/prop styling Ruth Gangbar
photo:Christopher Gentile
Excited, too, that FoodographyPEC is mounting a second food styling workshop on Friday March 8 at Huff Estates Winery; I just had an incredibly tantelizing discussion with esteemed somellier Brian Hanna as part of the research for our hands-on dessert element & guided dessert wine tasting. It comes to life with Chef Michael Hoy of Hoy @ Huff creating a 3 course menu…and in this instance pairing dessert creations with various dessert wines…. based on how each participant composes their own platings; they’ll then get to shoot them, and then eat them ! Imagine this…ingredients possibley like poached pears and hazelnut mousse paired with First Frost, or brown sugar, banana, lime and toasted peanut paired with their Zero de Gris …. My cup runneth over. Enjoy the festivities !
photo: James Tse recipe writing/food styling Ruth Gangbar props/Martine Blackhurst