Foodie Photos

So here are some fun previews from the www.how2heroes.com photo collection--shot over the last 3-4 weeks at various homes and restaurants in the Boston area. Check out the homepage for recipes, techniques, and tips for great holiday and year-long classics! Oh, and for the photos too...

Lolo's Wild Rice recipe, WITH BACON. When this recipe hits, you'll love Bacon even more. I promise. Tess made this for us and we cleaned the plate.

This was on today's shoot: homemade vanilla infused vodka. We watched each step for making your own super fancy vodka in beautiful mason jars--makes some great gift ideas. The house was amazing too!

My first shoot! These are Chinese Tea Eggs, hard-boiled and soaked in tea and soy sauce. It gives the most BEAUTIFUL marbled look on the eggs, as well as the shells.

Feeling fancy? This dish was from Charles Street, a tea and brined duck with fruity garnishes. It smelled amazing, looked delicious, and the restaurant itself was wonderful.

Also from today's shoot, and one of my new favorite photos. This is also a homemade vodka, but made with espresso (takes considerably less time than the other infusions).

Caramelized Onion Souffle

So I've got this internship as a photographer for a food blog called how2heroes.com, in case you didn't know. The perks? Amazing.

One of my first shoots was at 'The Beehive' down on Tremont Street in the South End, where we filmed/shot a dish called "Caramelized Onion Souffle" and for the first time I loved onions.

This is my attempt to recreate the dish.
Didn't have a camera at home (for once) so we used Aaron's iPhone--sorry for the blur. It adds to the motion!
We used a 13" x 13" metal baking pan, although the recipe suggested a smaller one with a lip--I had no smaller pan with a lip, but this turned out fine.
YUM!
I didn't end up taking a final shot--sorry. THE DISH WAS AMAZING. I made a few small alterations to the recipe, mostly because I am a cheddar nut, so I used straight up cabbot extra sharp instead of the suggested parm and swiss. I highly recommend the dish for the holidays and for people who would like something easy, satisfying, and delicious!

For more recipes like the one I used, check out how2heroes.com!

Some New Photos

Just documenting some of the pretty sights in the neighborhood.

Deck Garden

This is Shay. He is my cat. Shay likes boxes.
This is Bronwyn. She is my friend. She likes pizzas.

I've been growing a lot of plants in containers out on the porch, some of which have been more satisfying than others. Also some generally overdue fun things...

MINIATURE SNAPDRAGONS!!! I grew these little guys from seeds, nothing more satisfying...
These are huge Cayenne Peppers, what do I cook with them? No clue. They sure are fun though!
Sweet peas, which are kind of hilarious because the plants themselves are pretty flimsy, so the peas REALLY weigh the little guys down...
The beginnings of my cucumbers, which are currently now the size and shape of small water balloons...

More actual pieces of art to come (although now I want to make cucumber art). Oh, and check out www.EloquentInk.com because I may be designing some plates!!!