A Tour of Food52 for a Food Styling Workshop
A peek behind the scenes of the beautiful editorial hub, Food52, where I gathered with other food photo enthusiasts for a styling workshop.
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September 28, 2017
Crock-Pot Applesauce (Honey Sweetened with Vegan Option)
A great excuse to go apple picking, this simple, sugar-free Crock-Pot Applesauce fills your house with the warm scents of fall.
September 18, 2017
Cakes & Cupcakes / Gluten Free / Layer Cakes / Main Course / Menus / PGH Food Blogger Potluck / Roundups / Savory / Side Dish / Soups / Styling
An Apple Themed Menu for a Pittsburgh Blogger Potluck
If you’re craving the comforts of fall for every course, then this Apple Themed Menu is for you!
To celebrate the ripe old age of six, my sisters threw me a 101 Dalmatians party that friends still talk about (or, at least, I still talk about). There was definitely a snowman theme at some point (I’m a January baby), a beach “getaway,” an innocent sock hop when most parties included spin-the-bottle, and an Amélie themed shindig well into adulthood. Do you see the common thread? I LOVE ME A THEME PARTY, and dinner parties are no exception.
Shortly after I met Ashley, a fellow Pittsburgh food blogger, I met her yard, and all the design gears in my brain started to spin. The ivy, the dappled light, the wooden deck… all of it begged for a dinner party. We hatched the idea for a Pittsburgh food blogger potluck, and because I was involved, we hatched the idea for a themed Pittsburgh food blogger potluck, more specifically an Apple Themed Menu.
So on a sunny Sunday, I styled some of my favorite plaids, baskets and gourds. Then, eight of us gathered, told our two truths and lies, shared lessons learned, demystified instant pots, and combined all of our culinary creativity into one apple themed menu, from sips to sweets. It made bidding farewell to summer a little bit easier, a little more ceremonious.
If a fall gathering is on your horizon, consider challenging your guests to a themed potluck of your own, or if you’re feeling like a super host, take a stab at recreating this blogger-tested apple themed menu. Or, if you’re feeling like a reasonable human being with realistic goals, give these recipes a whirl over the course of the season. (full menu below)
From The Orchard:
An Apple Themed Menu
(Gluten-Free)
September 13, 2017
Gluten Free Zucchini Cake with Apple Butter Frosting & Apple Cider Reduction
Fall as a kid is bittersweet, but fall as an adult is cozy, comforting and full of choices- should I drink spiked hot apple cider and watch Netflix, or should I drink red wine and watch Amazon Prime (#LiveItUp)? Celebrate fall with this Gluten Free Zucchini Spice Cake with Apple Butter Buttercream, Apple Cider Reduction & Spiced Apple Rosettes.
September 8, 2017
Homemade Thousand Island Dressing for Vegetarian Zucchini Reubens
Thousand Island Dressing is one of those sauces I associate with a Kraft bottle, a long list of mysterious ingredients, a name that indicates nothing about its long list of mysterious ingredients and an unnatural sweetness, but homemade is another story.
September 7, 2017
An Updated Classic: Whole Grain Ramen Noodle Salad (Vegan/Gluten Free)
When I parted ways with Top Ramen, its questionably long list of ingredients and its chemical mix of "flavor," I parted ways with this beloved salad, left with only the memories of mom's dinner party menus (dramatic, I know). But when I discovered a Millet Brown Rice Ramen, a light shone from the heavens! I could reunite with a healthier version of the the Ramen Noodle Salad I knew and loved, and now, you can too.
September 6, 2017
Beach Picnic at Lake Erie to Soak up the End of Summer
Visiting Erie is becoming my end of summer tradition, and if the frigid waters were any indication, we made it just in time.
September 4, 2017