On a whiskey and a prayer
February 3, 2012 – 3:01 pm | No Comment

Use up your leftover pumpkin in this tasty cupcake
 
Tastespotting: composition
Foodgawker: dull/flat

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Pasta salad that was elbowed out
July 10, 2011 – 4:03 pm | 2 Comments
Pasta salad that was elbowed out

Tastespotting – Composition
Foodgawker – Photo/food composition

Rug(lach), Rats!
June 30, 2011 – 2:40 pm | No Comment
Rug(lach), Rats!

Declined/Foodgawker: lighting issues – dull/unsharp
Declined/TasteSpotting: composition. not sharp

Bourbon Whiskey Iced Tea
June 30, 2011 – 10:48 am | No Comment
Bourbon Whiskey Iced Tea

Summer Refreshment with the power of booze!
A refreshing sweet tea cocktail made with two types of citrus, a kiss of mint, and the punch of barrel-aged hooch.

Beef Lengua Tacos
June 29, 2011 – 10:57 am | 2 Comments
Beef Lengua Tacos

Perfectly seasoned strips of slow-simmered beef tongue seared tender and juicy. If you’ve never done offal, this is a good place to start!

Oat no they didn’t!
June 27, 2011 – 12:36 pm | One Comment
Oat no they didn’t!

This photo was my first submission to Foodgawker.  It was rejected for food/photo composition.
(I’m new to food photography and was so proud of this picture!)

Rhubarb Cranberry Pie (and a video).
June 27, 2011 – 12:35 pm | No Comment
Rhubarb Cranberry Pie (and a video).

No artificial dyes here! Cranberries are used to give rhubarb pie its trademark color. Also, a video demonstration on how to lattice-top a pie.

Drawing the line at muffins
June 25, 2011 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Drawing the line at muffins

Foodgawker: Rejected. Primary reason: Photo/food composition
Tastespotting: Rejected. Primary reason: not a compelling img subject
I had a great hit rate with illustrations to Foodgawker last year. None accepted this year. Has anyone else been submitting illustrations? …

Split that vanilla bean
June 24, 2011 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Split that vanilla bean

Tastespotting: accepted
Foodgawker: lighting
dishfolio: accepted

Persnickety about persimmon
June 24, 2011 – 10:00 am | No Comment
Persnickety about persimmon

Rejected by Tastespotting: Composition

Not light enough
June 23, 2011 – 10:50 am | No Comment
Not light enough

Rejected by: foodgawker
Rejection Reason: low lighting/underexposed

Check, peas!
June 22, 2011 – 10:48 am | No Comment
Check, peas!

Rejection Site: www.foodgawker.com
Rejection Reason: Lighting/shadow/exposure issues

‘Artisan’ bread baking with kids.
June 21, 2011 – 2:01 pm | No Comment
‘Artisan’ bread baking with kids.

I taught a roomful of preschoolers how to make bread, and lived to tell about it. Turn kitchen time into quality time with your kids!