With the disaster in Japan not far from all our minds, I’m happy (no, ecstatic) to participate in Toronto Bakes for Japan on Apr 10 , at the Liberty Noodle in Liberty Village, and a growing number of other venues across Toronto!!
100% of the proceeds from this extraordinary bake sale are being donated to the [...]
client: Mark McEwan’s Great Food at Home photography: James Tse
food styling : Ruth Gangbar prop styling : Laura Branson pizza: Fontina and White truffle
I’ve had a blast working in Prince Edward County lately with my friend Matt Long, who also happens to be an utterly amazing food photographer, farmer, visionary, and chef.
His enthusiasm for media developement, growing and cooking good food is infectious, and we’ve been collaborating with writer and cooking school owner Cynthia Peters on local stories with [...]
Here are a few images from the current issue of Cottage Life Magazine which I food styled (with help from Emma Reddington), photographed by Edward Pond, recipes by Jane Rodmell, props by Martine Blackhurst at Rustica.
A food bonus to this issue was also a story about fishing and cooking pike….well deserving of writer Jake MacDonald’s [...]
House and Home Magazine recently published a story I food styled with photographer John Cullen and prop stylist Sasha Seymour.
I was really happy with how it all looked, and we had alot of delicious fun shooting it. So much for the rumours that you can’t possibly eat the food you take pictures of….as per usual [...]
HornTrip Magazine is “an online spotlight for Prince Edward County’s seed-to-table gastronomy culture, vibrant arts scenes, wellness havens, and green initiatives” . I love what Editor Becky Lane is thoughtfully doing with content and design, offering such a great addition to the blooming-hot media landscape here these days.
Food styling on location at Doug Crowe’s Cromato [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]