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tgoddess
 Post subject: Re: Random Food Pictures
PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:19 pm 
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Bill,

That bread looks perfect.

This weekend, I made a "topsy-turvy" cake for the first time. I baked and froze all the layers ahead of time in order to bring them to St. Louis (5.5 hours away) to assemble the whole cake there, rather than risk transporting a fully-stacked/decorated cake in my tiny car.

The recipient's 14-daughter is an aspiring cake decorator, so I gladly enlisted her help and I think she did a lovely job. My self-criticism is that since there was no room in my friend's freezer to re-firm the cakes, I didn't want to risk trying to carve the sides to get them as straight as I wanted, since there was no time to re-bake layers if there was any disaster. But everyone seemed to enjoy it--especially all the kids, who remarked that it reminded of them "the circus" or "Dr. Seuss." Not horrible for a first-go at one, since this type of stuff is really outside my "wheelhouse."

Alternating vanilla and chocolate layers, filled with alternating layers of chocolate buttercream and homemade strawberry preserves. Frosted with vanilla bean buttercream and decorated colored fondant by Bailey M.

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zoid
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 3:28 pm 
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Impressive to say the least!
I'm definitely going to beg you to bake the next cake I need.

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tgoddess
 Post subject: Re: Random Food Pictures
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Thanks, zoid. Just PM me anytime! :D
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mhill95149
 Post subject: Re: Random Food Pictures
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More bread
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Back to 50 /50 WW flour and Costco "white wheat"
The addition of the white wheat makes the loaf get
much darker than AP flour or bread flour.

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Paul SL
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Sorry Gary, I know it's heresy, but sometimes I like to cut 'em up, sauce 'em and finish 'em on the grill.
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I like blue crabs:

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mhill95149
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Pan Patty from my garden
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mhill95149
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six days later....
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Santander
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From Reddit, a caveat on how not to take photographs of plated food at restaurants:

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justjoan
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Santander wrote:
From Reddit, a caveat on how not to take photographs of plated food at restaurants:

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hilarious, thanks, i needed a good laugh. justjoan

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Santander wrote:
From Reddit, a caveat on how not to take photographs of plated food at restaurants:

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everybody enjoys a duckface.

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incite
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Molly's Cupcakes at 2536 N. Clark St
THE RON BENNINGTON
chocolate cake, peanut butter filling,
chocolate ganache,
crushed butterscotch topping
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New flavor - KAHLUA
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mhill95149
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Michigan snap peas from the farmer's market in Empire, MI today
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and this version
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Rene G
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More chicken art, around the corner, on the front of Shack #7.

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David Hammond
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I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall that the Hyde Park Harold's had an animated neon sign of the chef chasing and dispatching the chicken. Perhaps it's still there...?

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Bill/SFNM
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Gravlax (cured salmon) with Fennel Orange Butter on Tartine bread.

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Blown Z
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Behold, the super shawarma:

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LikestoEatout
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Beautiful photo Bill/SFNM! Looks delicious!
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mhill95149
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A few from my first ever paid food shoot
(I've been getting paid to photograph people for years...)
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mhill95149 wrote:
A few from my first ever paid food shoot
(I've been getting paid to photograph people for years...)

Nice! I'm sure your client was VERY happy.

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Blown Z
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Excellent pics Mel!

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mhill95149
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Roasted & peeled golden beets prepped for a salad course
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tgoddess
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Those are some BEAUTIFUL beets! I'm craving them now!!!! :-)

New cake today for a 60th birthday party. 2-layer buttermilk chocolate cake filled with fresh strawberries surrounded with pink Italian buttercream (flavored with Cointreau) "roses." It ended up garnished with pink dragees, as well, but I wanted to get a photo before the light went bad in the kitchen.

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lunanoir
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tgoddess wrote:
Those are some BEAUTIFUL beets! I'm craving them now!!!! :-)

New cake today for a 60th birthday party. 2-layer buttermilk chocolate cake filled with fresh strawberries surrounded with pink Italian buttercream (flavored with Cointreau) "roses." It ended up garnished with pink dragees, as well, but I wanted to get a photo before the light went bad in the kitchen.

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Funny, I made a cake like this for easter! (Poor photography though, I coudln't find my cake stand). I colored the italian buttercream yellow and used pink food coloring spray.

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ronnie_suburban
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Damn! I'll take a slice of each, please. :D

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PreFlopRaise13
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Those are beautiful cakes!
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tgoddess
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Lunanoir,

Your pink/yellow "roses" are GORGEOUS. What flavor was the cake?
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mhill95149
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no cooking today...

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zoid
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Ouch! I'm so sorry.
Hope you get cleaned up soon.

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