Drinks · Photography

Traditional wine making process

Wine making has been around for thousands of years and is a natural process that requires very little human intervention. My father used to do it in the traditional way. He died a few days ago, but I have lots of memories with him. Making wine is one of them. It was a family gathering.… Continue reading Traditional wine making process

Food photography tips · Photography · Useful

Depth of field for food photography

A great food photography should make you so hungry that you want to eat the photo in front of you.  Depth of field is the distance from the closest point to your eye that appears in focus to the farthest point away from your eye that still seems to be in focus. Photographers tends to use… Continue reading Depth of field for food photography

Maine dish · Photography

Baked pumpkin with porcini mushrooms and bacon

Pumpkins are so versatile. The things you can do with pumpkins are endless. If you've never cooked one before, you're in for a real treat. Ingredients: - 1 pumpkin - 5 cloves garlic, peeled and cut in small pieces - olive oil - 1 red onion peeled and chopped - salt - pepper - 1… Continue reading Baked pumpkin with porcini mushrooms and bacon

Drinks · Photography

Beetroot smoothie

Beets contain a host of beneficial nutrients, but should never be drunk by themselves in large quantities.  Beetroot juice contains magnesium, phosphorous, sodium, calcium, iron, copper, selenium, zinc and manganese - all of which are essential to a healthy immune system. Beets are extremely helpful in creating red blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen… Continue reading Beetroot smoothie