food drop off

i am greek. i like the heat. the cold...not so much. it's flurrying outside and although it is pretty, it's still...cold. i had just refilled my cup of tea, so now at least something was giving off heat.
i've been in my office perusing the net trying to find the perfect template gallery to use for my '365 days of gratefulness' project that i am picking back up (don't ask from when, the answer even shocked me.) i've detoured down so many online clicks, i've lost the one template that i think will work the best for this project. i am interrupted (again) in my search back, this time by the dogs barking and the doorbell ringing. really? who is bothering me now! not my usual first thought, but it's been that kind of day. i look out the window and i see my mom's car. i just talked to her a few hours ago (and a few more times before that) what could she possibly want, why is she out in this weather and why is she ringing the doorbell instead of just coming in?
well, because she was holding this in her hands. my mom left her warm and cozy kitchen, drove in the gray, cold to my house to hand deliver one my favorite greek snacks. tiropita, or cheese pies. piping hot. a wonderful, thoughtful, yummy surprise.
(of course, i completely take back being annoyed)
instead, i am more than grateful and exceedingly humbled.
i think this will do perfectly for today's grateful image.

mαμά ευχαριστώ. sε αγαπώ.
(thank you mom. i love you)
tiropita

please welcome 513{eats} and the first holiday issue

i have already written about this on my kiwi street studios blog...but of course i must write about it here...it's about food! i admit i am going to post the very same post as it is what i want to say!

i am so excited about this! i’ve talked openly for quite a while now about my love of photographing food. little did i know what would come of it. i already had my foodie blog here, so why add another? because i could;)
i love the twist on this one…tying in all the food and lifestyle delights that reside in our own 513…and, maybe a little outside our state lines from time to time.
i’m happy to introduce 513{eats} and our very first online issue…our 2011 holiday gazette!
i hope you enjoy seeing and reading about the holiday cheer that we saw and experienced in the last two weeks!
that’s right. we put this all together in two weeks!
thank you to all the people, places and businesses that invited us in to visit, taste, ask questions and photograph.
of course, i did and could not have done this alone. i am so grateful to have the most creative friends collaborate on this with me. thank you ilene ross, nora martini and anne see.
you are all so wonderful and i am so blessed.

happy holidays and please welcome 513{eats}!
gina

i will still be posting my foodie shoots here as this is my personal space where i can experiment and let my shoulders down a bit. there will most likely be some overlap...we'll just see how it all goes.
xo
g

green and brown/half and half

a couple shots from today and a little play on tones and compositions. (i like to have fun like that;)
plus...one of these shots also serve as a little peek of some food goodness to come.

can you guess which one?

tarragon creme turkey pot pies {post thanksgiving day fare}

leftovers in our home are usually not a problem...my husband, spee, sees to that. thanksgiving...well, who doesn't overcook just a little for this holiday? what to do with the leftovers? i started looking around for a new recipe when i remembered this one, although last time i made it i used chicken~my family loved it. (am i the only one who completely forgets about past recipes that were wonderful?) so, even after plenty of turkey sandwiches all weekend, we still had a decent amount of meat left, thus, turkey pot pies were on. i love tarragon, so i added that as well as the creamed onions from thursday's meal, roasted up some fresh carrots, shallots, yellow onions and baby redskins, tossed in some mushrooms and peas and let it simmer in the creme and broth before filling the bowls. and...it's always more fun in the kitchen when you have help and/or company. thank you gabriella for making the cut out leaves and spee for kneading the dough for the crust. love in the kitchen equals love in the food. xo

peppers and cranberries

after getting so upset at our three legged black lab, marley, for eating lexi's miniature pumpkin cakes before i could style and shoot them...clealry, three legs are not a deterrent...i still wanted to shoot something. after all, things were already set up and the light was gorgeous. i walked outside to see what sb had gathered from the last of our garden harvest and was happy to find mounds of peppers. wonderful, peppers it would be. after shooting them, i stopped to eat a little snack of fresh cranberry leftovers from our thanksgiving day meal and thought...alright, cranberries too. why not.
so, here is the outcome of the initial failed subject matter replaced by standby's.