#Food Memories

[thelcsdaily]

The Soup Spoon Cafe

The most enjoyable meals in life are those shared with loved ones or close friends. My fondest memories of food are of watching my father prepare and serve his own meals to our family. It makes me so happy recounting the family dinners from my youth.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well. -Virgina Woolfe

#food #american cuisine #restaurant food #my photography #food photography #original photography #thelcsdaily #food memories #loved ones #dan and jan

[askwhatsforlunch]

Pain Perdu and French Toast

And here are more French Toast recipes! In France, we call it Pain Perdu. It means Lost Bread, and is quite the opposite of that, as what would have been lost (or wasted) bread, becomes a delicious dessert, treat or even an indulgent brekkie. I believe this was the first thing I ever learned to cook, too. My grandma was very fond of it, and I was very keen on doing everything my grandma did! So much so it even became a motto the whole family knew: "Je fais comme Mamie, mais je ne suis pas Mamie!"* As we are visiting the Loire Valley, where she was born and lived all her life, I am sharing a few of my favourite Pain Perdu and French Toast recipes, some I know she would have loved...

Lingonberry and Lemon French Toast 

Blackberry French Toast 

Walnut and Caramel French Toast 

Honey Blueberry French Toast 

Maple French Toast 

Fig and Spices French Toast  

Cranberry French Toast

Chocolate-Stuffed French Toast 

Happy Berry French Toast

Lemon Curd French Toast 

*"I do what grandma does, but I am not grandma!"

#Recipes #Recipe #Food #Pain Perdu #French Toast #Pain Perdu and French Toast Recipe List #French Toast recipes #Pain Perdu recipes #Bread #Eggs #Milk #Sugar #Breakfast #Breakfast recipe #Breakfast and Brunch #Brunch #Brunch recipe #Dessert #Dessert recipe #Food Memories #Family #Mamie Pierrette #Grandma #TBT #Throwback Thursday

[welcometololaland]

Nice ask day ASK: heeey there!! Was this your idea?? So nice! Great idea! If not, still, I think you got the ball rolling. 🥰

I stole this from ccf, but I’m adding my twist: what is your favorite travel memory, but specifically related to food? 😋

hi jazzerdoc!!!! great to see you in the inbox!

so my partner and I went to Vietnam in 2017 (amazing, highly recommend) and neither of us eat meat so we had to be a little creative with food options. WELL. Vietnam absolutely delivers on food if you were wondering. ALSO on our last night in Ho Chi Minh city we found a vegetarian restaurant that I cannot for the life of me remember the name of, but it was the BEST vegetarian food I think I've ever had in my life. I mean Vietnamese cuisine is a top tier cuisine so...it was already winning but the food was just AMAZING! we ate so much and then made ourselves devo that it was our last night and we couldn't go again. we still talk about that place 6 years later 😂

my other food memory while travelling is when my partner and I were in Turkey in 2016, and every morning we would eat this fucking amazing fresh Turkish bread with olive oil, salt and pepper. my partner is just so meticulous he would spend AGES making the most perfect bread and then i would swoop in like a deranged magpie and STEAL IT. I think I did this like 5 or 6 times and he proclaims to this day that it is the angriest he has ever been at me 😂😂😂😂

#food memories #lola answers #magpie swoop #nice ask day

[femefetalelevelingup]

Fun memory 03/22/24

Executive lounge breakfast with my cousin ^~^ enjoying morning

#fun memories #Food memories #luxury #high maintenance #asian woman in luxury

[kihroto]

Just in time for the warmer months- Here is a Recipe for a GF/V low FODMAP ‘Ice Cream’ that will knock your socks off!

When I first began cooking, I was placed in the Pastry section. One of the thousands of things that had to be done fresh everyday was churning fresh batches of Ice creams and Sorbets in a very temperamental countertop Ice cream machine. It had to be sanitized after each batch to prevent cross contamination, and on warmer days, it would take FOREVER for the Appareil to freeze. Then came the Swiss…

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#comfort food #cooking #cooking ideas #cooking with love #delicious #Dessert #FODMAP #food memories #gluten-free #healthy #home cooking #homecooksinspired #maple syrup #ninja CREAMi #recipe #sown Oatmilk #sustainable #sweets #weekday meal

[kvarnsen]

You drop a pringle on the floor and it shatters. You drop a chip on the floor and it leaves a puddle of grease.. we can't win

#text #text post #.text #real #food #chips #potato chips #funny #food stim #food memes #food memories #varn.text

[nuest-uk]

Homemade Italian Sausage - European

Try the fantastic homemade spicy Italian sausage recipe from Chef John's uncle.

#food memories #italian #italian sausage #red peppers #salt

[bespectacled]

A Brief Cooking Interlude

A bit unorthodox, but hey, new hobby.

#food #pasta dish #apples #teriyaki #fruit #i live for these moments #with la spaget #honestly turned out better than I thought #food memories #artfully sliced apples

[amarenamoccha]

I still get haunted from time to time by the memory of drinking the most horrible tasting apple juice.

#we put it in a cabinet with marshmallows and other snacks overnight #I have no idea what or how it happened but the smell of the snacks must have altered the taste of the juice #the taste was indescribably bad #there was is and will be nothing that tastes like that juice #and that is a good thing #food memories #this thing happened like a decqde ago

[harrisonkenny]

Homemade Italian Sausage - European

Try the fantastic homemade spicy Italian sausage recipe from Chef John's uncle.

#food memories #italian #italian sausage #red peppers #salt

[annandrews]

Homemade Italian Sausage - European

Try the fantastic homemade spicy Italian sausage recipe from Chef John's uncle.

#food memories #italian #italian sausage #red peppers #salt

[thelcsdaily]

A Thankful Heart

Have you ever received praise and gratitude without even recognizing that your small act of kindness had benefited someone else? Throughout high school, I consistently brought my lunch and some peanut butter sandwiches for snacks. I always share my peanut butter sandwich with a classmate. She never raised a protest, so I assumed that either she enjoyed peanut butter or was being polite. Following high school, we lost contact. Years later, she would thank me on Facebook for my kind gesture and the sandwiches that spared her from being hungry. I was taken aback since I never would have guessed that she didn't have enough money to buy herself lunch. I was thankful that in some way I was able to help.

Food brings people together on many different levels. It’s the nourishment of the soul and body: it’s truly love. –Giada De Laurentiis.

#food #sandwich #peanut butter sandwich #random acts of kindness #high school memories #food memories #my photography #food photography #original photography #thelcsdaily

[raphaelvavasseur]

Homemade Italian Sausage - European

Try the fantastic homemade spicy Italian sausage recipe from Chef John's uncle.

#food memories #italian #italian sausage #red peppers #salt

[foodcitykochi]

Food Photography: Tips and Tricks to Capture Stunning Restaurant Dishes

One of the things I love about  food photography is that we have to choose the best camera  to get that perfect shot.  It makes a lot of confusion for people when they are deciding which camera to buy for food photography. If you are considering buying a new camera system, you must go wrong with any of the brands. The newer camera systems have so many great features. Just pick your budget, then make your better choices from there to get a better one.

I’m a little different from a lot of photographers, in that I feel the right camera for you is what you can afford, and has the features you need for food photography  – not necessarily a specific brand.Some photographers insist on one brand being superior to all the others for photographing all disciplines, and I don’t agree with that.

As I am a fan of food  photography, I am currently testing several of the newer systems before I upgrade what I am currently using as a 35mm camera. I’m heavily looking into getting a mirrorless system.As food photography, many times we are actually doing macro photography because we have to get very close to our food and  show fine details of the food.

This has its own set of equipment with the lenses we use. Sony came out with its 90mm macro lens E-mount  in 2015, so they were ahead of the game for us food shooters.With macro photography, focus is absolutely critical. If you miss the mark of your focus in your shot, our cameras must be extremely accurate with the auto focus.

As I’m looking for better  camera systems, I understand that  macro focus is  a challenge for some systems for food photography. Most of the newer mirrorless cameras have ways of zooming into your focus on food products .When you take the picture to enlarge an area in the image that you are focusing on to make sure it’s sharp. This is very helpful.

The “focus zoom” is a great new feature with a lot of cameras, and with the Sony, it was extremely accurate. Wherever I put my single focus point, Sony nailed it every time. The Sony 90mm macro lens is extremely sharp as well.There are a lot of menu options for the focus on this camera, so you must do some testing for your situation to set up the camera’s focusing menu for what will work for you.So, with all that being said, for traditional food photography where you are only using 1 frame.

Photography backdrops are the backbone of our photos. I can’t emphasize how important they are! They can literally make or break our images.

When I first started out  food photography, I didn’t have a lot of money and tried to make my own backgrounds. But soon I realized that spending money for  quality backgrounds for food photos was one of the most important things I could do for my food story .I used to be really scared of using brightly coloured photography backgrounds. Now, it’s one of my favorite composition techniques.If you have a limited budget, however, you’ll want to try and make your collection go as far as possible. Therefore, I recommend sticking to neutrals.

 A time for your food photos at a time – instead of a multi shot, focus stack, this system will work really well for you. I was very happy with how the system worked for a single food image.For more advanced commercial work and food photography, where everything has to be in focus, you’ll just need to use a third party device and software  to do focus stacking. Better cameras are essential for improving your photographs with the best focus and clarity on your image. It’s really that simple!

Importantly it’s not about ‘experimenting’ or ‘trying things out’ until you get what you’re looking for. There’s a method you can use to help you get that amazing shot every time—so you’re not taking 300 photos when you could take 10. Dynamic symmetry is a game changer for food photography.My Composition Essentials course will teach you everything you need to know to master composition and create your signature style—but for now, let’s dive into the basics of dynamic symmetry.Exploring the visual impact of cropping is an amazing way to improve your image. 

Don’t chase the clients for pay before work ,most of them pay earlier—but you must need to set expectations with them before the shoot.When you start freelancing, you might want to take on every job that comes your way. Consider, though, that clients who don’t pay and make things harder for you generally aren’t worth the extra hassle. If budget is an issue from the outset, think about whether the job is worth the time and effort you might need to spend just to get paid.

Setting expectations from the beginning lets your clients know that you’re professional and expect them to act the same way. The way of indirectly lightly lighting your food will make beautiful soft light that emulates natural open shade light from your window makes our food photography more beautiful.

So, there you have it. A super easy way to backlight your tasty food items.

#restaurant #food city #main dishes #food menu #food memories

[dogearedstories]

Chicken Broth and Pastina

Turning into our alley, we pass the tiny courtyard with the old, green, metal gate next to our front staircase where Esperanza hangs the day’s wash and keeps the door to her kitchen open to let in what breezes blow, to let out the heat from the stove, and to release whatever aromas rise from preparing the midday meal. Today it smells of my childhood, and all at once, I’m at…

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#childhood #dogearedstories.com #family #family and food #food memories #Italian American #nonna #poem #poems #poetry

[kihroto]

Being in Transit in Japan could be.. DELICIOUS!

Growing up in Japan as a kid, I loved two things about train travel; Variety of Trains that are different in design and performance and the Eki Ben(*駅弁*)!!! Eki Ben is short for Eki=Train station, and Ben=Bento. Since trains began running in Japan, and even before that, Travelers in Japan were provided regional specialties as sustenance, or gifts to take to their final destinations. On the train,…

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#Asian food #culture #ekiben #food memories #homecooksinspired #japan #Japanese food #transit #traveling