The Great Canadian Cheese Festival is being held June 4 and 5, 2011 at the Crystal Palace, in Picton. Mark this one on your calendars and book your tickets now (advance ticket sales ONLY). It’s sure to be a sold out event, with it’s groaning board of cheeses, wine, beer and cider pairings, with 2 [...]

Goodbye Harry

My friend Harry Farfan was uniquely talented, and created amazing sculptures in sand, snow, ice, and wood. A gifted illustrator, photographer, musician, he also loved fossil hunting and eating cheddar-flavoured Goldfish crackers. I hadn’t talked to him in ages, but thought of his wit often.
News that he had been sculpting a wolf, a bear, a [...]

making cupcake art

Winter needs colour, so I’ve joined forces with Cynthia Peters at her marvelous“From the Farm Cooking School” in Prince Edward County for “Sweet Love Bites”,  a cupcake decorating workshop on Sun Feb 13.
food styling Ruth Gangbar   photo Mark Burstyn client LCBO

Some deliciously fun things to be  demonstrated will be: making chocolate leaves, creating ribbons [...]

food bling

What’s inspiring me right now?…

…reading this online feature in “The Fader” of a tomato ring made by artist Hilde De Decker; then linking to her site and to see more of her incredible art, which I really love….I’ve long wanted a pond and sculptures in my garden jungle…and these images are very inspiring on a cold January [...]