Mini Challenge #302 Presenting Food

grandmaR

This challenge is about food presentation - pictures of dishes of food that is ready to eat. Or even partly eaten. Even during lock-down, everyone has to eat. Meat, vegetables, bread, fruit, soup, dessert, snacks. The photos should make everyone hungry. I have been taking photos of food for some years. It is almost as much fun as eating it.:)
White chocolate creme brulee

Cold Gazpacho with celery garnish

Roast Chicken from a roadside stand in St. Croix

NY style Pastrami sandwich

Bread basket

Escargot in melted garlic herb butter

Because I'm not cooking much anymore, most of my photos are taken in restaurants, but home cooking is great

The mini will run until 31 July, 2020.

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JAG

This thread will make me hungry every time I come in! Here is my 3, all dishes I make. I might change out if something better comes along during the time frame of the challenge.

1 Simple bbq chicken salad complete with sliced pear and hard boiled egg

2 Smoked Pork shoulder roast on grilled flour tortillas with cheese and hot sauce

3 Chicken cacciatore pizza on homemade crust. (amazing what you can do with leftovers)

grandmaR

Looks like you are a great cook - I'm almost sorry that I'm not cooking anymore.

dlscott56

Love food! Unfortunately I don't have many photos of food.

grandmaR

Yum

sarasphotos

Here are a few shots from me, coincidentally all from various trips to France. I'll start in menu order

1) Appetizer: Foie Gras and canteloupe sauteed in balsamico. OMG, one of the most divine things I've ever eaten (but of course you have to like foie gras). In the heart of Perigord (duck and foie gras country) in Sarlat, France

2) Main course: on our bike tours we often picnic for lunch or dinner, always accompanied by my trusty Swiss Army knife serving as bottle opener and all-purpose slicer, our ziploc bag of salt and pepper mix and my lightweight (ugly) orange sport towel as picnic blanket. We have learned not to drink wine at our midday picnics - that ends in not wanting to get back on the bicycles... This picnic was along the Loire at Langeais.

3) Dessert: This sublime dish was all about raspberries. Fabulous texture and flavor combination! It was the crowning glory of a wonderful 3 course dinner in La Reole, France.

grandmaR

Hooray for France and French food. Come to think of it - I don't think I've ever had Foie Gras. I like frog legs and snails and caviar though.

pegelli

What a mouth watering theme and photo's

Here's my three entries:

1) Home made starter for our Christmas dinner:

2) Main course in a restaurant

And as a third something completely different, but also good food:
3) Apples from our own trees "ready to bite"

grandmaR

This mini ends tomorrow - there are only four entries. Maybe I made it too short. It can't be that people are away on vacation

jwear

With things the way they are can't afford or can't stand in line long enough to get a shot

grandmaR

I have been taking photos of my food for over 15 years - whenever I eat out, even at a fast food place. I thought that they might have photos from the past to use. I forgot that not everyone considers food something to take photos of. Too ordinary I guess. Or maybe they were too shy to be seen taking photos in a restaurant. It takes practice (or at least it took me some time to get reasonably good at it) - Maybe it would have been a good topic for Out Of My Comfort Zone.

JAG

actually, things have been a little quieter around here anyway. Could be that most people do not take photos of their food too, but it is a good theme we haven't had before.

sapphire73

I keep looking for photos for the recent minis and then have other things come up that push it to the back burner. But we have had some great themes for the minis, and this is one of them! Thank you for running it!

grandmaR

Thank you two for reassuring me about the theme. I will close the mini tonight and put the winners up tomorrow

sapphire73

Here are a couple from me, but please don't judge as entries. Most of my photos of food are taken with a cell phone, and I am having trouble accessing them just now. But I will contribute two for fun. Maybe a third if I have time later.

1. Seen in France
   

2. Banana Pecan Muffins ("healthy" comfort food during the pandemic)
   

grandmaR

Thank you

grandmaR

Mini is closed

sapphire73

@grandmaR You are welcome. And to answer your question in the results thread, yes, I believe those are purple artichokes. I loved seeing the variety of produce in France!

FYI - One of my issues sharing photos of food (that were taken on my phone) is finding that they were HEIF files with an HEIC file extension. I still need to explore converting them to jpgs effectively.

Thanks again, for offering us another fun mini!