Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Thursday

Must See: Oly


Ohhhh, the lovely OLY and her quirky style 
stumbled across my screen one day in a flickr walk. 

She's got style, funk and some
 mad-sweet little sayings from her heart
in her shop.
Like this one:


my dear dear friends, this is my song for you, no matter where you are on earth, 
the 3rd planet in our little solar system. 
i wanna share with you, of all the magical little moments, 
of all the bitter and sweet small details, 
of all the endless small ( soft ) talks, 
of, the music that made of our everyday life, 
like heartbeats, like smiles, 
like, being alive, like, being in love :)




If you have a moment to relax in your day,
why not join her in her world
of images and illustrations
for one moment



:: images by oly ::

Monday

Must See: Margaret and Joy

Don't know where I found Margaret and Joy,
but I had to share.
Clean images, delicious looking food, inspiring combinations



Wednesday

YUM! Alert

Ricotta and Herb Spread via Real Simple Magazine

:: photo via Real Simple ::

Tuesday

Gulliver's Delight

As a student I always loved Gulliver's Travels.
I imagined little worlds with big ideas and
I often dreamed of the rabbits in Watership Down.
No wonder the Horton Hear's a Who 
and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatball's
have a place of honor on the ol' bookshelf.

Enjoy this tasty take on smallness 
from French photographer and child-at-heart

Wednesday

Asti-tatious

Saturday night we went out with some friends 
to an Austin favorite - Asti Tarttoria.
All the food was fabulous, and it was so nice to slow down and eat.
The menu was heavenly, but
Divine doesn't begin to express our meal's dessert finale. 


Our menu:

starts
Stuffed Mushrooms with Fried Breadcrumbs & Truffle Oil
Semolina Fried Calamari

Mixed Greens with Bartlett Pear & Gorgonzola Crostini
Red Beet and Goat Cheese Salad with Greens

mains
Saffron Risotto with Seafood in Spicy Tomato Sauce
Seared Scallops & Meyer Lemon Risotto

desserts
Affugato with Warm Beignets
(House-made Vanilla Bean Gelato Topped with Espresso)

Bittersweet Chocolate 'Cannoli'

Ricotta Brulee with Brandied Cherries





Friday

Last Stand in Istanbul


We landed in Istanbul yesterday and hit the streets and ferries and tram and trains and restaurants and mosques and churches and palaces and beds. Whew. It's amazing what you can pack in a day with great leaders. Steve has been dubbed "Sultan U" and we have all learned to dodge traffic like old pros while trying to keep up with him.

Today we visited the BLue Mosque, the Sultan's Palace and the Hagia Sophia. I've included a random selection of images so you can get the feel for the city life, the places and the food. 

We'll be home Sunday night. I'll be signing off for now, wishing you delightful dreams until we return home. Pray for a safe journey for us, and that Sultan U leads us into traffic without harm :)





Fruit bowl from Sultan's palace wall

Blue Mosque (above and below)


The Hagia Sophia ( a church, then a mosque, now a museum)




This door was brought from Tarsus.
Paul could have touched this door.



Sultan U







See you all Sunday!

Sunday

Dreaming of - Sabra Krock

As a lover of food and photography,
I love luscious food sites.

Sabra Krock is one of those
amazing, brilliant,
saliva-inducing food photographers
that you must go drool over.
She really sends you places!
Plus, her blog is full of do-able recipes
and more scrumptious images.

Check her out, too, on Design*Sponge!

* Image from her blog post with her first class dip *

Wednesday

And now for more ceramics

the Tagine

I should have known Morocco was soon to follow.

Thursday

To Sleep, Perchance to Eat my Dream....

I Dream of Cake is not just a website - 
it is art,
delight,
cake,
heavenly.

Let your eyes drink in this treat!
Thanks Holly @ Decor8 for this find!


Sunday

Tasty Emissions

Don't you just love You Tube? And now food and the tube have come together to make great stuff. Enjoy! (and thanks BananaHead Pancake for sharing this too!)



Saturday

New things, new times

I am no longer a blog-virgin! Tonight is my first post and I'm diving right in.
By Tuesday, I will have finally launched my site on etsy selling images. 
Here is a sampling of the images to come online soon... check out the site www.foodchic.etsy.com and enjoy!