Seventy-eight years ago today, the 21st Amendment was ratified, officially ending Prohibition. So, in honor of that, here is a shot of a pre-prohibition cocktail, a Rob Roy. The classic recipe consists of Scotch whiskey, sweet vermouth, and angostura bitters. And like a Manhattan, it can be served “dry” using …
Like Day 11, I’m posting this one a day late. I’ll get these back on track eventually. But as long as I’m still shooting every day, I’m not going to worry about it. Since Jen had to work a double on Thanksgiving, we celebrated our day of feasting on Friday. …
Tonight we had some friends over for a dinner party. I won’t go into the details of the menu, suffice it to say, the food was great and the wine was fantastic. The theme was pretty broad – Italy. Brunello, Barolo, Super Tuscan, Chianti, Carignano, Nebbiolo from Roero, a Petite …
Spent a few hours tonight preparing three rabbits for a 12 hour marinade for a dinner party tomorrow night. I took some shots of the bunnies mid-butcher, but wasn’t very happy with them. I really want to somehow capture raw meat without it looking like a CSI episode. I did …
UPDATE (1/16/12): Will Hewett’s TED talk is finally available. I embedded it below. I have been contemplating hopping on the Project 365 bandwagon for some time now. Essentially, it entails taking at least one photograph a day for an entire year. Over the past several months I’ve been inspired watching …
On May 19, Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle hosted their annual event previously named The Copper River Salmon & Oregon Pinot Noir Extravaganza. Last year they broadened the theme to include more wineries and called it their Spring Extravaganza. This year even some of their favorite breweries were on hand. Ok, …
The final day of Penny De Los Santos’ three-day Food and Culture Photography workshop at creativeLIVE was one I will never forget. The field challenges, the raw emotions, the inspiration was simply palpable. I was lucky enough to witness some of it firsthand. On Sunday morning, my wife and I …
Check out FREE: Food Photography with Penny De Los Santos at creativeLIVE Tweet It was a fantastic start to another weekend workshop at creativeLIVE. This time around it’s Food and Culture Photography with photojournalist Penny De Los Santos. Today was actually less about the technical aspects and more about the …
Chef Dustin, Phil, and Laurie hit it outta the park again with this six course Italian-inspired feast at Art of the Table on Wednesday, April 13. Catherine Reynolds of Queso y Vino selected some great wines to pair with each dish. Here was the lineup: Reception Sicilian flatbread w/chickpea, marinated …