#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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[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

[berserkghost]

My Grandma's Spaghetti Sauce

A little food memoir about my grandmother's cooking and a message about enjoying life.

My grandmother must be the best cook in the world. That may be a subjective opinion, but I say, “Let’s agree to disagree.” For most of my life, I have lived with my grandparents, and after being moved out for a little over a year I can fully say that I miss my grandmother's cooking. Not that there is anything wrong with any of the food I eat where I live now, but I just miss that nostalgic taste of my grandma’s homemade New York style of cooking. A lot of the recipes she learned from her mother, who learned them from her mother, and so on.

One of the best feelings in the world would be during the fall before it got too cold and when all the leaves just turned orange. I would come home from my friend's house around 5:00 p.m., the screen door would be open, and the light from the sun would hit the houses just right to give everything a nice orange glow. The house was warm, and cozy compared to the outside breeze that would be continuous throughout the day, with the trees shedding their leaves as they made way for the season. As I walk in, I can smell my grandma’s homemade cooking. There would be the smell of freshly baked apple pie to eat for dessert, along with the smell of godly spaghetti sauce for the mountain of spaghetti for a family of seven.

Although my grandmother does not have the recipe written down, she knows it by heart and can go about making it just by eyeing what she has. It seems to be some sort of superpower, but one that I would like to have for the sole purpose of recreating this recipe perfectly. The smell of the sauce mostly consists of pan-fried onion that gets tossed in, along with some basil, garlic, and whatever else may be thrown into the pot of delicacy. Other items may have been meat, mushrooms, and sausage depending on her mood. The thickness was just right to not be too watery or thick, but enough to make it run down your tongue like the rivers of Heaven while the combination of ingredients dances along every taste bud. It is possibly the only sauce I would be able to drink by itself just by how flavorful it was.

We had an opening that went from the living room straight to the kitchen, most of the wall being gone for the opening. The kitchen entrance is marked by the granite countertop wrapping around the right side of the wall, with the left side being open and a wood counter on the kitchen side. The wooden countertop had a wall cutout right above it to watch TV while you ate, but when the family got together, we would all sit at the dining room table. The dining room table would sit in the second half of the kitchen. Because the regular dining room was being used as a computer room, we decided to leave the table in the kitchen.

All the members of my family were me, my mother, my grandparents, my uncle, and my brother and sister. My grandfather would sit at the end of the table, usually just commenting on what others said and correcting my speech at an early age. I remember one time we had an argument about the way I used “me” in a sentence. It all started when I said “Me and my friends” to describe what we did at school, and it drove him up the wall. My grandmother and mom would ask all the kids how school was that day, and my uncle would tell a story from Highschool every now and again. I look back on those days a lot and even though my family and I do not get along a lot, I still miss them when I am away for a while.

I decided to write this as a blog post for the sole reasons of not having relevant pictures to the story, not being able to do any interviews, and not being able to record the process of the sauce that is made. I tried making the sauce myself but felt that I did not do it justice. Posting in a blog format also allows myself to be able to be more thorough with my thoughts. I may not be able to rerecord something at times, but I can always come back to edit or add more when the time comes. I also feel that having a blog post is appeasing to my own aesthetics and I like to make things that other like-minded people would see.

Everyone always told me to cherish my childhood, that I might want to grow up quick, but I’ll miss it when I become an adult. Of course, we never listen as all that is on our mind for the day is “What can I play with next?” or “I wonder which friends can hang out today?”. But getting older we all come to the same conclusion, that time flies by and there is nothing we can do but wait for the unstoppable ticking of the clock as time marches on and leads us all to the same place, death. I don’t write this part to be morbid or melancholy. I write this part so that whoever may read it can relate, and maybe stop and smell the roses for a while. Life moves on too fast and before you know it, you might be stuck in a family that crumbles just a little bit more with each passing day, and that’s okay. Sometimes life doesn’t work out the way we want, and sometimes life is plain unfair. In the end, sometimes we should cherish those little moments in life, like having the whole family able to eat at one table without any arguing. Having a family to be able to get along with and having one that isn’t divided. I miss my childhood sometimes for the smaller things like this, and I hope anyone who reads this can learn to experience the little things in life so that they have something to look back on and smile every once in a while.

#cooking #memoir #food #food memories

[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

[redswrap]

Butter Days

I bought another pound of butter today. I thought we had plenty of butter but I wasn’t sure and, besides, it’s not like you have to wait for the last bit of butter to be used up before buying more. If you do that, then you risk being out of butter entirely and I am not foolhardy. I use a lot of butter in my cooking. It is like riches to me, to slice off a quarter of a stick of butter before…

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#food memories #memoir #the meaning of butter