afternoon light on the cuban oregano
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green
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged cuban oregano, food, green, herbs, Inspiration, light, Photography on August 29, 2016| 1 Comment »
just sweet corn and oranges
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, corn, food, food photography, Inspiration, oranges, Photography on August 24, 2016| 2 Comments »
at play
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, creativity, food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography on August 9, 2016| 4 Comments »
Like mixing paint in a bowl. That’s how this salad came together. Luckily, it tasted pretty good too. Ingredients: little red tomatoes, little yellow tomatoes, fresh basil, a bit of garlic, drizzle of olive oil, seasoned with salt and pepper.
the unexpected philosophy of kale
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged food, food photography, Inspiration, kale, musings, perspective, Photography, vegetables on July 24, 2016| 1 Comment »
The kale was purchased from the farmers market yesterday. It is a big green bouquet sitting in a silver bowl of water next to the window in the kitchen. The wide frilled leaves are draped over my basil and a few other herbs. It’s temporary shade since we’ll soon eat it up. But until the cooking commences, sunlight shines through the larger leaves.
From across the room I could make out the pale tracery of the stem. It was that illumination that drew me across the room. That was what I intended to photograph, the stems and the various branching. But when I got close my eyes were drawn to something different.
The interior darknesses like shadows in a dense forest. The curling of the leaves. The subtle variation in the colors of green. The leaves reflected in the water like dark clouds in a white sky or fir trees reflected in a still pond.
It was an unexpected moment of observation and exploration of perspective. All to be found in a few leaves of kale. 😉
an expression of simplicity
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged baking, cookies, cooking, creativity, friendship, Inspiration, Photography on July 24, 2016| 2 Comments »
Now, I have this young friend who loves to bake. She is always regaling me with tales of items produced the previous weekend. All sorts of stuff that sounds quite yummy, and also sounds quite complex. One day, she grilled me, asking what kind of cookies I liked.
I said, “Simple ones.”
She frowned. “What does that mean?”
I shrugged. “I’ll eat most cookies but I tend toward short bread, Lorna Doones, chocolate chip cookies that don’t have many chips, that kind of thing.”
She slammed her hand on the table. “I’m going to make you some cookies. What do you want in them?”
“I want it to be an expression of simplicity.”
She didn’t quite curse but I did present her with a culinary challenge.
Recently I was presented with a tupperware of her first expression.
Mexican Chocolate Cookies spiced with cayenne pepper and dusted with cinnamon sugar.
As I looked up from the cookies she said, “I’m still working on it.”
I’m looking forward to more containers filled with her simplicity. 🙂
mary’s tomatoes
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography, red, tomatoes on July 12, 2016| 2 Comments »
black and white
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, cooking, food, food photography, Inspiration, mushrooms, Photography, recipes, vegetarian meal on July 11, 2016| 1 Comment »
Mushrooms from the local farmer’s market. In the end, they were chopped, sauteed in butter with red onions, and served up on toast. Yum.
and then there were the roses
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, dried flowers, flowers, Inspiration, Photography, roses on July 11, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Sitting in front of the kitchen window on the windowsill and perhaps being eyed by the fly are the red roses drying nicely orange beneath the summer sun.
roots
Posted in Branches, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged basil, beauty, gardening, herbs, indoor gardening, Inspiration, Photography on July 8, 2016| 1 Comment »
It may not look like much but I am rather happy with this pot of basil. It began as a handful of stalks after Steve and his cooking crew had picked a bag of basil clean in preparation for his pesto. There was just something about the branches that called to me that day. I thought the mass would make a great picture and I wanted to keep them upright so I placed them in a glass. And then, of course, I could not help but wonder what would happen if I actually placed water in the glass. I took some photos and then tucked the glass away. Then lo and behold, I peered into the glass one day and what did I see but roots! I let the roots grow and even added a tiny bit of fertilizer and then soil to the water. The roots grew long and strong and new leaves unfurled. Until finally I could plant this … everlasting plant … in a new pot of soil. It’s the little things … 🙂
colors in the kitchen
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged ceramics, colors, decor, flowers, fruits, gifts, Inspiration, interior decoration, kitchen, Photography on July 3, 2016| 2 Comments »
