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.
Posts Tagged ‘food’
at play
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged colors, creativity, food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography on August 9, 2016| 4 Comments »
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. 😉
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.
fungus
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged colors, food, food photography, fungus, Inspiration, mushrooms, Photography on June 8, 2016| 1 Comment »
stems
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged beets, color, food, food photography, Inspiration, Photography, vegetables on June 8, 2016| 2 Comments »
basil flowers
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged basil, colors, food, herbs, indoord gardening, Inspiration, Photography on May 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
perhaps a blue moon this night
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, colors, creativity, edible flowers, flowers, food, food photography, gardening, healthy eating, indoor gardening, Inspiration, pansies, Photography, violas on May 17, 2016| 1 Comment »
pansy upon pea sprouts and one red tomato
Though in my previous post I mentioned tracking down white blooms, somehow it was the blue that caught my eyes at my flower market today.
violas dressing up kefir cheese
violas dotting the salad greens
sprinkling sunlight on a salad
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, Nature Notes, tagged art, beauty, colors, edible flowers, flowers, food, gardening, healthy eating, imagination, Inspiration, Photography, salads, violas on May 17, 2016| 1 Comment »
After confirming that the flowers were edible, Ricky of Ricky’s Market asked me to tell him how they tasted. Well, they don’t taste like much to me, but what wonderful brightness they add to a salad. Like sunlight.
I have to return to Ricky’s soon and I am contemplating picking up some white flowers. If I place their petals upon the dark green leaves of spinach and kale will I be reminded of the moon this time? We shall see. 🙂
colors and textures
Posted in Inspiration, Kitchen Inspirations, tagged baby corn, colors, food, food photography, healthy eating, Inspiration, Photography, recipes, salads on April 25, 2016| 4 Comments »
I pulled together the salad based on colors and textures. The gold and soft crunch of the baby corn. The sweet juicy ripeness of the chopped red tomatoes. The cubed creaminess of the Fontina cheese. The crispy bite of the spring green onions. A gentle toss with a sprinkle of salt and pepper. Steve’s challenge was the final addition. Of the fresh herbs available in the kitchen, which one or ones to add that would enhance this salad. In the end, he selected dill, coarsely chopped and sprinkled on top. That’s what I call teamwork. 😉 Have a good Monday, folks.
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