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    Easy Polenta with Fresh Tomatoes and Parmesan Crisps

    Easy Creamy Polenta with Tomatoes and Parmesan Crisps

    This easy creamy polenta with tomatoes and Parmesan crisps is a no-fuss, no constant stirring method of cooking polenta. Polenta, like risotto, has had a long-held reputation for being fussy, requiring a laborious preparation involving constant stirring and extreme vigilance.  It brings to mind images of Italian grandmothers standing at wood stoves hunched over specialized...

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    Mixed Berry Rose Soup

    Chilled Mixed Berry Fruit Soup with Rosé Wine

    This chilled mixed berry fruit soup with rosé wine is a refreshing way to end a meal and enjoy the best summer has to offer. The scorching heat of midsummer has passed, yet the days are still long and warm.  Almost every table on the promenade has on it a carafe or bottle of rosé. ...

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    Zucchini Quinoa Salad with Microgreens Recipe

    Zucchini Quinoa Salad with Microgreens

    Shredded zucchini, quinoa and microgreens are tossed together with creamy feta and pumpkin seeds in this simple but flavorful zucchini quinoa salad. I found myself scrapping the last specks of green off the plate, chasing the delicate little stems around with my fork.  Not wanting to miss those evasive slender shoots, I coaxed them onto...

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    Breakfast with croissants and coffee by Meeta K. Wolff

    The Language of Food Photography Part 6 | Finding Your Style with Meeta K. Wolff

    Part one and part two of the series discuss how to see more creatively by using the elements and principles of design. In part three professional prop stylist Paula Walters shares her tips on how to choose the right props for your images. For part four, food stylist Tami Hardeman answers your questions on food...

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    marble bundt cake by Ilva Beretta

    The Language of Food Photography Part 5 | Creating Moods with Ilva Beretta

    Part one and part two of the series discuss how to see more creatively by using the elements and principles of design. In part three professional prop stylist Paula Walters shares her tips on how to choose the right props for your images. For part four, food stylist Tami Hardeman answered your questions on food...

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    Salad with Shallot Vinaigrette

    The Language of Food Photography Part 4 | Food Styling Q & A with Tami Hardeman

       In part one and part two of the series we started the discussion on food photography with how to see more creatively and a discussion of the elements and principles of design. In part three professional prop stylist Paula Walters shared her tips on how to choose the right props for your images. Today Tami Hardeman, an Atlanta,...

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    Paula Walters photo styling for photographer Tate Hunt

    The Language of Food Photography Part 3 | Prop Styling with Paula Walters

    With more than 20 years experience styling for many of Chicago's most successful food and product photographers, she has a wonderful eye for detail and a unique talent for combining tones, textures and shapes to create some truly unforgettable images. Today she shares with us her basic approach to choosing props for an image.

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    Chocolate Nutella Cookies

    The Language of Food Photography Part 2 | the Principles of Design

    Photography is what one “sees”.  When two people look at an image, each one will “see” it differently.  After all, art is personal expression. That being said, there are certain principles that create the foundation of great artwork.  Keeping these few principles in mind while composing your image can greatly enhance your photography.

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    eggs, flour, vanilla bean

    The Language of Food Photography Part 1 | Learning the Visual Elements of Design

    At the core of all photography lies subject, composition and lighting. If those three things are poor, no amount of post-processing work will fix it. It won’t matter what your aperture, f/stop or ISO is if you don't have an interesting subject, good composition, and great lighting. Without these, a photo will lack impact.

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    Watermelon, Heirloom Tomato and Feta Salad Recipe

    Watermelon, Heirloom Tomato and Feta Salad

    How to pick the perfect watermelon and a recipe for a watermelon, heirloom tomato and feta salad with cucumbers, olives, basil and mint. I stood in quiet fascination in front of the bin of watermelons at the supermarket watching people make their selections.  Buying a watermelon is a bit like investing in the stock market; it takes...

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    Cashew Milk in Glass

    How to Make Flavored Nut Milks

    Make your own flavored nut milks like chocolate hazelnut and cinnamon cashew simply and easily at home. When it comes to variety, milk alternatives have certainly caught up with and perhaps even surpassed their dairy counterparts.  They’re available in an extensive range of types and flavors; and judging by the sheer number of choices available...

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    Pea, Edamame and Mint Soup

    Pea, Edamame and Mint Soup

    Tender sweet peas and mild edamame are brightened with the fresh flavor of mint in this simple soup.  I suppose that summer is shortly on its way, but somehow its approach never quite seems to hit me on time.  When it does arrive, it feels abrupt.  Each year I eagerly anticipate the end of the...

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