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Photography, Styling and Everything Chocolate, Wine, Etc... I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. ~Albert Einstein
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Artist, Entrepreneur and Genius

When the camera was filming the documentary Dont Look Back about Dylans tour... ~ A world traveler who takes us with him on his exotic adventures ~ An Aboriginal art exhibition puts the spotlight on ...

07 apr 12

Being At The Right Place At The Right Time: Crucial!

What of our English-blogging friends in Australia and the UK? ~ One-click wonder is the future of how we’ll read ~ One of the best starting points for a strategy session is at the end of it ~ Photo a...

22 mar 12

Photography n Booze Writing : Shoot Now and Focus Later!

Photos from the archives of The New York Times have found a new home ~ shoot now and focus later ~ a homebuilt air-gap flash to take photos of exploding food ~ can food sounds sexier when there is se...

11 mar 12

Visual Storytelling and Seafood in a Vending Machine

Looking for something new in photography gear. Northern Spain, a fishmonger duo installed a vending machine just outside their shop. Nothing says home to a man from Mississippi like a sky-high layer ...

04 mar 12

Dessert for Breakfast, Design Anytime w/ Tequila, Grapefruit n Hollywood Times...

Oscars surprising stats and dessert for breakfast, (best study ever). Trying to direct an unpredictably flowing crowd through a confined space. A facade of plants and panels featuring cultural images...

26 feb 12

Creationism and Photoshop, Sea Buckthorn Fizz, Kenyan Vineyard, Vegan Wines ...

Conscious Culture ~ Patience To Develop A New Energy "Progress isn’t always as beautiful as we want it to be" Creationism and Photoshop: two manifestations of our cultural obsession with pe...

26 feb 12

Aglianico, Bandol, Meursault and ... Useless Bank Cards as Collages and Canvasses!

NUITS-ST.-GEORGES, France ~ An American Hears the Call of Burgundy "How Mr. Walker came to make this wine is a story of passion and perseverance" With no experience and little money, Ray Wa...

26 feb 12

Art and Theobroma (Chocolate), Michelada, ... (Some bartender notes)

The food of the gods ~ Consider chocolate " When Linnaeus systematised the natural world, he called the genus that includes the cocoa tree Theobroma" For many people chocolate is the last w...

26 feb 12

Bubbles for Beginners: Proseccoland, Champagne, Cider ...

Proseccoland ~ Prosecco with a G "From the tiny valley of Conegliano-Valdobbiadene" The vineyards in Italy that produce the countrys preeminent Prosecco are going from DOC to DOCG status. A...

26 feb 12

Italian Beer, Champagne, Balsamic Notes and mmm...

Chocolate ~ A Delectable Kaleidoscope of Candy Bars "A word of caution, though, on getting lost in the image" A round of applause for the good people at Pop Chart Labs, who have come up wit...

26 feb 12

Crostatas, Pies, Cake Decorating, Fashion, Photography, Food Styling, ...

Bonfire night: how dya like them toffee apples? "Cheery cherry red toffee apples, just the thing for bonfire night" Bonfire night is also the night of the toffee apple. Are you a fan, and i...

26 feb 12

Its All About The Fizz! Chocolate Times ... n Booze Cruise

Drinks ~ 10 images of alcohol as art: Drinkable art? "Alcohol is everywhere, but have you ever thought of it as art?" Alcohol has played an important role in modern civilization since man f...

26 feb 12

Shaken n Stirred! South Africa, Champagne, Pierre Hermé and Vintage Concoctions

Local taste ~ South African Wines Eureka Moment "... the up-and-coming winemakers with the talent to fulfill that promise ..." Writer Michael Steinberger has tasted South African wines that...

26 feb 12

Society Ritual, Pairing Beer, Dessert Wines and Rock Photography.

The rise and fall of a high-society ritual. That secondary fermentation in the bottle, which gives the liquid its bubbles. Pairing food with beer, white wine with cheese and dessert wines. Husband-an...

26 feb 12

Saving Food, Ladies in Wine, Beer and The Sommeliers!

Fridge: expensive air conditioned parking lots, Belgian brewers and American beer, meet the outspoken Alice Feiring on natural wine, Mary Quant and the mini-skirt, sommeliers contestant reality TV an...

14 feb 12

Coming Soon in a Bathtub! Wine, Decanter, Bubbles

Did you know that once upon a time bubbles in wine were considered a fault? More on ingredients in a bathtub, alcohol in wine, the subtle effects of an active volcano and some of the hardest vineyard...

16 jan 12

Toasting n Roasting, Cocktails n Mocktails, Blanc de Blancs, Champagnes, Chocolate and Wine Hotels....

Shaken, not stirred ~ The Chef is Pouring: A GQ Guide to Cocktails "As complex and surprising as any dish on the menu" When classic cocktails came roaring back, we were psyched, not to ment...

01 jan 12

Chenin Blanc, Cocktails, Cookies n Cakes

Spotlight On: Chenin Blanc The Oxford Companion to Wine calls Chenin Blanc “probably the world’s most versatile grape variety.” From time to time New York sommeliers meet to taste and talk about a va...

11 dec 11

Chocolate the Affordable Luxury. Indian Wines, Phantom Cocktails, Flavoured Waters, ...

Affordable luxury ~ Chocolate firms find life is sweet amid economic gloom "...chocolate is somewhat recession-resistant..." Chocolate-makers around the world are reporting buoyant sales de...

06 dec 11

Cocktails, Horchata, Beer, Wine, ... Life In Style!

Cocktail Culture ~ Room Temperature Cocktails "These boozy, iceless concoctions are often consumed by traveling bartenders" Like most things sinful, strong, and drinks-related, hotel (or fl...

29 nov 11

Mince Pie Delux n Confessions of a Chocoholic, Juniper, Paper Wine Bottle ...

Is this the world’s most expensive mince pie? ~ £3,000 Christmas treat made of whale sugar, Lourdes water and a platinum coin For the foodie who has everything comes the most luxurious mince pie ever...

23 nov 11

Chocolate Moments, Bottle Stopper, Essential Story Ingredients and ...

Chasing desire ~ Goddess of Chocolate "Dozens of delicate vanilla tea cakes and rose-petal petits fours" As the weekday lunch hour wanes, a lingering frisson of energy is still palpable among...

11 sep 11

Chocolate Bonbon, Beer, Vinous Redemption and Weight Management (Really?)

Wine tasting tour ~ Napa Wineries by Bike "The fig cake saved the day..." There were challenges: potholes, steep hills, unflatteringly tight bike shorts. But on their biking and wine tasting....

12 jul 11

British Bubbles, Cava and Margarita Popsicles. Nastoyka?

Mixology ~ Nastoyka "A man caught sipping anything with Lilliputian umbrellas or brightly colored fruit risks social suicide" Cocktails in Russia are still something of a novelty, regarded......

18 jun 11

Tasting Notes : Beer, Wine and Birch Syrup

Leggy and Luscious: Meet our sommelier-in-training "I love to drink wine and I love it enough to know that I have a lot more to learn" A Senior Producer at AC360°, studies at the American... ...

13 jun 11

Aperitivo, Champagne, Fizzy Water, ... Bubbly Stories!

The fizzy water, madam? That’ll be 30 dollars a pop "Care to have a look at the water menu, madam?” In LA, the water menu is more eagerly awaited than the wine menu, writes Celia Walden... ... [[...

05 jun 11

Star-Tender Tales, Drinks Forecast 2010 - 2020, Style Notes and ...

Wine making ~ An Ecclesiastical Heritage "Amid the cellars of Schloss Gobelsburg, in the Kamptal region of lower Austria, the Cistercian monks think in terms of centuries not vintages" Today,...

29 may 11

Wine in England, China and ... The Cake Whisperer

A baker’s magic touch ~ Washington Cooks: The cake whisperer "Decoyise Brown’s family and friends know just how blessed they are. The Waldorf resident makes a mean seafood quiche and ... has a......

22 may 11

The Martini : Love at First Sip, Savage Fashion and Digital Detox

Marketing masterpiece ~ What Wine Labels Say About Whats Inside While readers are urged not to judge books by their covers (...), wine drinkers have long been expected to buy bottles precisely... [[ ...

09 may 11

Doughnuts and Wine, Young Italians and Wine Bloggers

L.A. Cocktails ~ Parting Shots "Next time youre pouring top-tier tequila, line up a selection of piquant sangritas (literal translation: "little blood")" Mandarina, Verde, Anaranjadas...

02 may 11

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