I loved looking at things in my microscope as a child. Robert Rock Belliveau is a retired pathologist who photographs fruits and vegetables with a polarizing microscope. His work was recently featured in
and were among the
National Geographic Best Science Photos of 2011
. More info and an interview can be found on
Blueberry endocarp
Corn husk with silk
Red pepper endocarp
Here are a few images of food photographer Ilian Iliev's work. Just do yourself a favour and go to his website which is as fun to peruse as the work is stunning!
To all my friends in and away from New Orleans:
Mardi Gras is all about masquerading.
Beads in the air...and trees.
What happens at Mardi Gras stays at Mardi Gras!
For everyone else it's just Tuesday...hang on it's Pancake Day all over the world!
It's definitely Pancake Day in London!
How many will you have?
Here's some I made earlier...
...and here's what I topped them with!
Happy Fat Tuesday and Pancake Day everybody!
Maybe I'd be more inclined to start running again if these were my trainers....or maybe I'd need new trainers.
Swedish designer Olle Hemmendorff's Nike Air Max 90 Burger Sneaker
Check out loads more fun food fashions at
I'm all about experimenting when I cook and I love to find new ways to use my homemade chutneys, jellies and jams...and curds! It's exciting times in the studio as I am sharing space with some interesting and creative people as seen in the above video - Aimee, Lucia and Sam. I mentioned to one of said interesting people, Aimee, that I really fancied making...and eating...a rhubarb tart. It wasn't until later on in the evening that I realised I didn't have enough butter to make the pastry. I think I need to stop right now and say that this NEVER happens as I adore and believe in butter. This is mainly as I've been taking a bit of a break since Christmas and I always have kilos of butter in the fridge to satisfy lemon curd orders. Back to tonight's tart, I was feeling a bit lazy and couldn't face popping to the shops when it occurred to me that I had a half pound kilner jar of lemon curd in the fridge and that essentially there was a lot of butter in there. So I decided to make an alternative pastry with lemon curd binding it together rather than butter. For the pastry I used:
100g of rice flour
50g of plain flour
50g of strong brown flour
100ml of lemon curd
4tbsp of water
I blended them all together and left it to sit and rest in the fridge for about half an hour.
I then lightly dusted the pastry, board and rolling pin and rolled the pastry to about a half a centimetre in thickness and placed in on a dish that I had lightly dusted with rice flour. I like using rice flour in pastries as I think it gives it a lighter texture. I then lightly pressed the pastry into place and used a fork to flute the pastry.
I put about four tablespoons of lemon curd and spread this over the pastry. I then took four tablespoons of Smy rhubarb curd and gently layered that on top of the lemon curd. I then repeated another layer of about four tablespoons of lemon curd and arranged rhubarb segments in the curd layers.
Then I popped the tart into an oven that had been preheated to 180℃ for half-an-hour and then I left it to cool.
The tart was light and tangy and proved a perfect Friday afternoon treat for the studio. Rhubarb season is just about to kick off and it's one of my favourite ingredients and you can expect rhubarb chutney, rhubarb curd and rhubarb and ginger jam to all be back in stock shortly. You can also expect more tasting videos this year and lots of new and exciting flavours and recipes.
and remember...
it's not your chutney...
it's Smy Chutney.
please follow Smy Chutney on
and
...
Photographer Fulvio Bonavia’s shot ‘Food Dresses’ for
which was styled by Giovanna Battaglia and featured Prada, Louis Vuitton, Alexander MQueen and Moncler dresses that were recreated with food!
Orange and Lemons say the gowns of
Miuccia Prada
Walnuts whipped into Louis Vuitton
Lettuce greens for McQueen
Here are my two new friends, Jimmu (yellow) and Retromarche (orange), who were very sweetly given to me as a Christmas present.
Many years ago I had a much larger fish tank with several fish and filter prawns in there and they were great fun but inevitably and eventually they all died and I moved and left the fish tank there. I'm in a bit of a quandry as I'm not sure how humane it is for these two fish to be in their fishbowl and two minutes worth of googling confirms that it isn't very. I'm hoping to get another tank but in the meantime I'm changing water every other day and keeping a close eye on them. Perhaps these would make nice alternative fish gifts:
I will be trading on
Tues 13th, Wed 14th, Tues 20th, Wed 21st December
from 6-930 pm
at the
held in the
Foyer. The market accompanies the
,
a
spectacular new Christmas show in the Barbican theatre
.
Duckie
produce Event Culture: shows that mix the boundaries between theatre, nightclubs and new mode pop and arty show business.
This Christmas season I'm trading at loads of super cool venues for super cool organisations and I'm super looking forward to the Duckie Market because it's right down the street from me and right up my alley. The Duckie Christmas show and market will be running throughout December as well as lots of fun workshops on the weekends, details below:
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10 - 30 December
Week nights 6pm – 9.30pm
Weekends 2pm – 9.30pm
Free Entry
The Barbican foyers are transformed
into an indie Christmas gift market with 60 homespun stalls showcasing
cult crafters, artisans, designers, hawkers, butches, bakers and candlestick makers.
Dodge the chain stores and do your Christmas present shopping at Duckie
for original homemade housewares, kit, jewels, potions, cards, curios & nosh.
Barbican, Silk Street, London EC2
Closed on 12, 19, 24, 25 & 26
Plus 1: Crafty workshops at weekends - create your own:
Christmas cards, calligraphy, wrapping paper, corsages, pennants, decorations and fairy lights.
An inspiring Letter Lounge, gift-wrapping station and ‘Poortraits’ too!
Plus 2: Free
on Friday 16 December 9.30pm till 1a
m
Plus 3: Spectacular new Christmas show in the theatre
more details at
For current chat, trader info & product images, join the
Facebook Duckie Christmas Market
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I love not having to cycle Smy Chutney trailer too far, I love the Barbican and I love the Duckie ethos and vibe. It's going to be a lot of fun with amazing stalls, come along, see the show and do some Christmas shopping! I'll have my luxury homemade
, jelly and jam as well as Christmas items such as:
If you can't make it to the Duckie Christmas Market you can also
or visit me at
on Thursday's and Friday at the Barbican and Waitrose end of the market and sample all the yummy flavours before you buy.
and remember...
it's not your chutney...
it's Smy Chutney.
please follow Smy Chutney on
and
...
and if you haven't seen it already, here's a little video made by
about Smy Chutney:
I'm really looking forward to trading at the Crafty Fox Christmas Market at the
. The market is a two-day affair and although
I will only be trading on Saturday 10 December
it will also be held on Sunday 11 December, here is the super cool flyer:
Check out the all the other amazing stall-holders
Here's a little taste of the Crafty Fox Night Market held at the Dogstar in Brixton on the 1st September 2011:
If you can't make it to the Crafty Fox Christmas Market you can also
or visit me at
on Thursday's and Friday at the Barbican and Waitrose end of the market and sample all the yummy flavours before you buy.
and remember...
it's not your chutney...
it's Smy Chutney.
please follow us on
and
and if you haven't seen it already, here's a little video made by
about Smy Chutney:
