Colorful plate, say what?

I hope all ya'll are impressed! Baked BBQ chicken (dark meat, I can't help it) and lemon/sesame seed green beans! Sometimes the Hospital Caf really holds me down.

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Being a Foodie Blogger.. 101.

I have to admit -- my food images are something I really want to work on. All the foodie blogs that I read have these incredible pictures of food that I envy.. so I found a couple that took a food blogger camp. Here's some tips they wanted to share:

When photographing a dish, focus on some of the individual ingredients, highlight them and try to show them looking their best.

Using the patina off of old wood, dough board or cutting boards adds great texture to a food shot.

Don’t be afraid to use old pieces with new pieces of dishes. Mixing vintage and new pieces in a photo adds interest.

Build your plate in small portions and small scale. Use smaller plates (about 8 inch diameter or smaller) or smaller glasses.

When garnishing with herbs, turn the leaf upside down. The veins underneath have beautiful texture.

[white on rice couple]

Favorite Foodie

Mark Bittman -- the NY Times foodie, and writer for Bitten -- has a writing style and taste for food I can dig. Here's some of my favorites:

The Versatility of Corn


Variations on Crabcakes


A Potato Salad of a Different Color
Other foodie blogs that I've found that I love:

Culinate -- recent post about the perfect tailgating wine (!)

Young and Hungry -- based out of DC, where they do have some good local places to eat (irrelevent to me.. for now), but also good commentary and recipes un-DC-related