by Kirstie Young | Jun 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week I had a request for pictures of peas & beans, not unreasonable as we are now approaching that season, but I didn’t have any stock shots & the ones in my garden were still tiny shoots. Luckily I knew a man who did & soon a lovely big...
by Kirstie Young | Apr 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
To a Food Photographer, good chefs are akin to rockstars, and being asked to photograph them is a pretty nerve jangling commission. Their reputations are fearsome – with tongues as sharp as their knives, patience as thin as a ginger twille, and a...
by Kirstie Young | Mar 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
When it’s raining outside & my to-do list has become nothing short of epic, I like to ignore the world and spend an afternoon skiving off and testing a recipe I’ve earmarked from one of my favourite food blogs. This one is inspired by the...
by Kirstie Young | Jan 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s January, and although I’m pretty sure that Publicans across the land would disagree, I think it’s time to join the millions who embrace Dryuary as a way of paying back the misdemeanors of December. I am OBVIOUSLY not prepared to give up...
by Kirstie Young | Nov 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
If the BBC was looking to remake 70’s hit show “The Good Life” with a culinary twist they could do worse than knock on the door of Bod & Annie Griffiths, owners & hosts of the Vale House Kitchen near Bath. I had heard a lot of good...
by Kirstie Young | Sep 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was amazed when a chef told me recently that the first Curry house was opened in the UK over 200 years ago. I was brought up in the 70’s, a time when most UK households were eating fairly plain food and pizza was considered risqué, so felt short changed when...