Hard Light & Food Photography

When you photograph, you are painting with light. And in food photography, that light is often soft and ethereal, wrapped around a delicious slice of cake or bowl of soup with shadows subtly melting away into the background. But there is another kind of light, less favoured for food photography, […]

A box of round savoury shortbread cookies. There are sprigs of rosemary behind and in front of the box

Cheesy Rosemary Shortbread

A savoury cheese shortbread with aromatic notes of rosemary and the slightest hint of fire. This recipe was a result of me thinking up ways to use more rosemary from the garden. You can mix this dough in a food processor if you have one, instead of by hand – […]

ginger refresher in a glass

Mocktail – Ginger Refresher

Non-alcoholic, sweet, spicy and zingy – meet your new favourite sip at spring picnics, summer barbecues and beyond. This is the perfect mocktail. Substitute honey with agave syrup for a vegan version. Ingredients 100g ginger  2 lemons  4 tablespoons of honey or agave syrup  ice & sparkling water fresh thyme […]