by Kirstie Young | Jun 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
I often get asked to photograph the process of turning raw food into cooked. It’s a pleasure to see the chefs work their magic, turning ordinary ingredients into extraordinary dishes. The way we cook our food tells a lot about who we are, and when you watch a...
by Kirstie Young | Jun 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week was frantic, and the busier I got the more coffee I drank, and the more coffee I drank the faster I worked until the Wheels. Came. Off. As much as I am one of Madame Caffeines greatest fans, there is a time and a place for less stressful drinks, and after...
by Kirstie Young | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is a (not-so-new-anymore!) food craze sweeping the country – the Pop-Up restaurant. This is the idea that a chef, or restaurant will take over a temporary venue for a night or two and cook up a storm for the lucky diners. I love these, there is a sense...
by Kirstie Young | May 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
All this rain rain rain was giving me the squelchy blues, until I looked through my green tinted spectacles and saw what it was doing for the plants. There is apparently a reason that England is known as a “green&pleasant land”, and it’s not for...
by Kirstie Young | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Asparagus. It’s loaded with vitamins, has supposed aphrodisiacal powers and is reputed to cure a hangover. Entire festivals are devoted to it’s arrival. People write reams in newspaper columns about the “joys of asparagus”. Am I missing...
by Kirstie Young | Apr 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Happily I am pretty overloaded with work right now, and as if that’s not enough, some of the jobs this week have involved enormous cakes! Since seeing him live on stage, I can’t look at cake now without thinking of this genius sketch by the queen of...
