Food photography and styling workshop with Leela Cyd & Aran Goyoaga. Seattle, May 3rd

Posted on February 24, 2014 • 11 comments

Me and Leela | Leela and Me

Photo by Leela Cyd

I am so excited to let you know about the next workshop that will be held at my studio in Seattle.

No less than my beautiful friend and photographer Leela Cyd.

I have admired Leela’s work for a long time and we will be finally be working together as a team. A day spent talking about how we both work. Leela focusing on photography and me supporting her with styling.

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Posted under: food photography, food styling, workshop

A frozen fruit crumb tart

Posted on February 19, 2014 • 37 comments

Gluten and dairy free raspberry and rhubarb crumb tart

Life seems to be moving fast these days.

In the last year, the busy-ness (which by the way… I heavily dislike to even admit that word) has really made me explore phone photography. It is a double sword this iPhone photography…

… part laziness, part portability, part swiftness.

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Posted under: dairy free, gluten free, tarts, winter

Ingredients: coconut oil, millet, raspberries, rhubarb

Snacks

Posted on January 30, 2014 • 36 comments

One thing I noticed when I moved to the US nearly fifteen years ago is that Americans love their snacks. Don’t get me wrong, I do too and I am a big snacker. I eat between meals constantly. An apple, some mashed up avocado, a piece of chocolate… You should see my bag.

I snack.

But American, you love your dipping sauces and casseroles no? Admit it. Yes?

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Posted under: appetizer, dairy free, gluten free, winter

Ingredients: avocado, beets, bread, chili, corn, garlic, herbs, lime, popcorn, radishes

Bitter greens, lentils, beets and prosciutto for a winter-inspired dinner

Posted on January 28, 2014 • 24 comments

Bitter green, lentil, beet and prosciutto salad

This past Sunday, I hosted my first cooking class and communal table event at my studio. It was inspired by the Danish word hygge.

Hygge.

A concept I have heard often this winter in Seattle…

“The art of building sanctuary and community, of inviting closeness and paying attention to what makes us feel open hearted and alive”

That was the spirit.

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Posted under: appetizer, gluten free, grains, salads, winter, workshop

Ingredients: apples, beets, cheese, greens, kale, lentils, prosciutto

Candied-apple île flottante for a winter-inspired cooking class

Posted on January 8, 2014 • 38 comments

Candied-apple île flottante

PNW winter

Winter hit us with full force in the new year.

Not the blizzard, blankets-of-snow kind of winter, but in a very Pacific Northwest way. Drizzle, fog and grey skies. There is ths ghostly beauty to them. Very moody – inducing lots of soup-making and coffee drinking.

Hygge, as they say in Denmark.

I wanted to also let you know that we will be hosting a winter cooking class in the studio January 26th, followed by dinner. Time to gather around the kitchen with me for some gluten-free cooking and we will sit down to a beautifully styled table by my dear friend and stylist Jenn Eliott-Blake. Her work is amazing.

Please see the menu below, which includes of course, this candied-apple île flottante as the dessert.

And who says January has to be slow and boring?

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Posted under: food photography, food styling, gluten free, tarts, winter, workshop

Ingredients: apples, eggs, vanilla