what i can share is that i have been completely and delightfully immersed in the 'small' side project that i began this past december by the name of 513{eats}. this project has quickly grown into a full blown 'grown up project' and i am so thrilled at the direction and momentum it has taken.
in december, i shared with you the first, mini gazette, our holiday issue. i am equally as excited to share, albeit, a few weeks after the fact, the second, our very large spring issue.
i am asked why i started 513{eats}, what are my goals and then it goes something like...and, you're not going to stop at the end of the year, are you?
the answers:
i have completely fallen in lust with the idea of food documentation and of course, food photography.
admittedly, i had plenty of fun playing around with the shoots that i was posting here...and, by the way, with no external pressure of the self-imposed kind. what changed? i wanted to document and share stories deeper than just the steps of the recipe. i wanted authentic people, their stories, their food and where it's coming from. a sense of the whole picture. i asked myself how i could accomplish this. i live in cincinnati, ohio. a blooming playground filled with food renegades, food entrepreneurs, food enthusiasts and, of course, artful, creative, accomplished chefs. so ~ what if i documented what was happening with those people right here around me. good for me and what i'm after and so so good for the many talented people that grace this city.
a win-win. yes.
that's how it happened. and once it was born, the plethora of stories abound. the response has been overwhelming and i am beyond thrilled.
my goal? just what is happening...and to shoot a cookbook or two or three, to travel and do the very same thing for other magazines in other cities, countries, anywhere. i love to tell stories. i love people and i love food. pretty simple.
lastly, it isn't stopping here, we are working on new ideas that will only add to our 513 overall.
as for my little gretchalina blog? i'll keep her close by. she is dear to me, as she helped me define what i want to be doing for the next ~ many years. much of my time for the rest of this year will be spent on stories for upcoming issues, so she may seem a bit lonely, although i don't want my little blog to be an orphan, so i promise, for her, to visit as often as i can even with simple pretty food images. she deserves at least that.
i also warmly invite you to hop over to the 513eats blogsite for goodies in-between quarterly issues.
we, the 513 girls, are so proud to share who and what we are finding in our own backyard!
here is the link to the spring issue. we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it.
xo~gretchalina
