Miso soup is the ultimate comfort food. It is gentle, soothing and has a delicious savoury flavour. It is the ideal thing to eat if you feel like a nutritious, simple meal.
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Introduction to food blogging and photography - a Guardian Masterclass
I am sitting in room 1.1 at the head office of the Guardian Newspaper, London awaiting 10 students. I know one is called Emily and she has told me she is a journalist and has a young child who has both Type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease.
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Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year 2015
Seven years ago when I bought my first DSLR, a Canon 450D, I did not imagine for one minute my work would make it to the finals of an international food photography competition. My ambition at the time was to become a competent photographer so that I could write and illustrate features for the Yorkshire Post and other publications without necessarily having to hook up with a photographer.
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Food Photography
"How many students have we got today?" I asked Joe Piliero, the director of the School of Artisan Food as we were setting up our first Introduction to Food Photograph course a couple of weeks ago. "Fourteen" he answered and I was delighted. Just enough students to work in four groups on our projects for the day but not too many to overwhelm me.
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Beetroot and coffee - really?
I have been inspired by colour this morning. Returning from running on a steely cold Ilkley Moor I was hungry and thirsty. I needed a drink and sustenance. I rooted around the fridge and store cupboards and came up with this wild, vivid pink, naturally sweet, exotic slurpy and really want to share the idea.
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