Looks Good Enough to Eat! Food Styling for Photographs and Film

Quiz: how many rolls does the food stylist order in order to get one shot of a fast food sandwich? 60! Sound crazy? Read on if you want to unlock the secrets of making food look good on paper. Trust me, you do.
Lisa Cherkasky and Debbie Wahl are accomplished food stylists. They set up shots [...]

Leaning Green: Using Local, Natural, and Sustainable Resources

Susan Belsinger is a culinary herbalist and author. She has written 18 books throughout the years. She gave us two easy tips we could do today to start “leaning green”. She told us to avoid buying bottled water because it wastes petroleum, energy, and disturbs the water tables in the areas wherever the water is [...]

Liveblogging Les Dames d’Escoffier Celebrating Food: Trucs of the Trade

Attention all chef-wanna-be’s, cooking ma’s and pa’s, and anyone else interested in learning a thing or two about cooking. Here’s some tricks (or, “trucs”) to make your life easier.
Rule #1: Cooking is Chemistry.
That’s right, it’s more science than art. So don’t worry about your pretty little pans. Learn the basics to getting it right and [...]

Liveblogging Les Dames d’Escoffier Celebrating Food Keynote Nathalie Dupree

Nathalie Dupree is as sassy as they come. Born in Alexandria, Virginia and raised in Social Circle, Georgia she has had a successful career as a cookbook author and television cooking show host.
She opened the Les Dames DC event by telling her personal story. She offered witty tales of running away from home with a [...]