"because life is too short to eat crappy food"…Yes!Chef!
I am starting to fall a little behind with Yes!Chef!’s food blogging. He’s pumping out great food faster than I can take pictures, edit them, taste the food and blog. Then, there’s this whole world around me that is begging to be photographed, to say nothing of my photography business. So many beautiful people, so little time. I’ve been as busy as our Lavender Bees. All this to say that I have some heavy duty catching up to do, hopefully in the next few days.
We spent last weekend at one of my favorite places in the world (not that I have traveled the world over, but even if I had, I think this would still be my favorite place because this is where I grew up)…Lake Tahoe. It was kind of spur of the moment, but the weather had been so nice and it was supposed to remain nice, so I talked Yes!Chef! into going there for a couple of days. We are most lucky to live about one hour from Lake Tahoe and, even luckier, we are blessed to have a cabin up there that my family has owned for a very long time.
Continue reading “Skirt Steak and Artichokes or Let’s go to Tahoe for the weekend”
UPDATE 05/09/12: More pictures added from the photo shoot I did at this wonderful bistro located in Cameron Park, CA.
Chef John welcomed my husband and I into his bistro with a friendly smile and big hug. Yes!Chef! (Corby) interned with Chef John for over a year learning much from the Cordon Bleu (France) graduate. Chef John’s use of fresh ingredients and elegant cooking style is something you just don’t get in many restaurants. The food tastes as good as it looks.
I will be going back as a customer and to photograph his lunch and breakfast foods. A very yummy assignment!
It seems whenever I take cooking into my own hands, things go awry, no matter how closely I follow the directions. Such was the case yesterday when I decided to make some simple Deviled Eggs.
My kids are grown now but they still come over for all the major holidays and birthdays. I don’t color eggs anymore and I kind of miss that little ritual. However, I found a nifty little trick of coloring the egg whites after they are cooked and shelled and thought that would be a fun thing to do.
Continue reading “Stuffed Easter Eggs or Hard Boiled Eggs Take on Whole New Meaning”
Mushrooms
I love mushrooms. I love to eat them. I love to cook them and I love to photograph them. They are more interesting to photograph when they are raw than when they are all brown after cooking. But, I love them anyway.
Continue reading “Wild Mushroom Ragout with Crispy Polenta and Sunday Roast Chicken (on Tuesday)”
We Call Him Yes!Chef! 