After a week of receiving some wonderful entries, it is time to present this week’s gallery of Black & White Food related photos. Thank you all for participating and sending across their photographs.
If you have sent me an entry & I have missed out by mistake, please let me know I’ll update it here. I immensely enjoyed hosting this event and loved the response. I will surely be back soon with some more BWW event.
The next week’s edition is held by Jasmina of Jazzy Kitchen. Looking forward to see you all there.
Announcing my first second Photography Event. I am so scared 🙂 The first one was a total flop show, I had put in so much effort but no entries… I was quite demotivated and decided to wait a while before holding another event. In the meanwhile I continued with my photography journey and participated in established Food Photography events like DMBLGiT & BWW.
So with lot of hope and trust in fellow bloggers, I am holding this week’s Black & White Wednesday edition # 86. It is a weekly photography event started by Susan of The Well Seasoned Cook, which showcases black and white food photography. Cinzia of Cindystar is now handling the admin for the series currently. Last week’s gallery can be found at The Humpty Dumpty Kitchen.
To participate just follow these simple RULES –
The photographs have to be food related – an ingredient, a kitchen tool, dish in a restaurant, anything related to kitchen or restaurant, anything related to food preparation, presentation or consumption
You can shoot either in Black & White mode or in color and then post-process it to B&W. You can use any effect you like, but photograph should be in monochrome/ grayscale. Sepia & Cyanotype tones are allowed but photograph should not have any color detail.
Approximate size of your photograph should be 500px wide. Please re-size accordingly before sending across to me. It can be either portrait or landscape orientation.
There is no recipe or story required to accompany your B&W photograph on your blog post.
You have to post the B&W photograph from Wednesday this week (29th May, 2013) to Tuesday in coming week (4th June, 2013) so that I will be able to post this week’s gallery on Wednesday which is 5th June, 2013. I’ll be accepting entries till Wednesday (5th June, 2013) noon.
Send me your entries at alika279(at)gmail(dot)com with Black & White Wednesday in the title of your email. Please include your 500px wide copy of your photograph with title, your name, blog name & url of the post carrying the photograph.
Wishing you all a very Happy New year & loads of luck in the coming year!
With turn of New Year, TV & print ads are full of love songs, pink & red color, I also couldn’t help being overcome by the feeling and decided to celebrate Valentine on my blog through this event. It is a simple enough event – Bake any dish (sweet or savory) with Shades of Red or Pink using natural colors, i.e. no artificial colors. You would ask yourself how? Well, to name a few – use red pepper, beetroot, strawberries, cherries, etc. The options are endless in my opinion.
Bake any dish – sweet or savory, with shades of red & pink. Color has to be imparted to the dish naturally. If using Red/ Pink in garnishing, then do make sure that it is highlighted well.
Bake only eggless & vegetarian dishes. No Eggs allowed.
Please link this event announcement with your entry. This is mandatory. You can send recipes using linky below by entering Post Name & Post URL.
Use of logo (any of the 2) is not mandatory but it is appreciated as it helps spread the word.
Multiple new entries allowed. Only 2 archived entries allowed if re-posted & updated with the event link.
It would be nice if you would take a moment to remember & send your love to a special person in your life through that post.
The event is open from 1st January till 15th February 2013.
If linking is an issue then send me the entries at alika279(at)gmail(dot)com with “Lets Bake Love” in the subject line with –
*Your name
*Blog name
*Blog Url
*Post Url
*Picture
Non-bloggers can inbox me their recipe with pics within stipulated event period.
A warm welcome to my first ever blog event! Please excuse the unusual name, I had to oblige my hubby since he is a big fan of Hollywood. 😉
Chocolate Brownie with Ice-cream & chocolate sauce (sizzler) wins hands down as perfect end to a dinner or coffee break. Slowly & steadily this American dessert has found it’s way into almost every Indian restaurant (small towns too) menu, every child’s dream treat & every adult’s sin. A Chocolate Brownie is a flat baked square or bar. It is a cross between cake & cookie in texture. It can be fudgy or cakey depending upon its density & may include nuts, frosting, cream, chips, etc,.
We are holding a blog contest for the most scrumptious Looking Eggless Chocolate Brownie. And the giveaway is a book by none other than Helene Dujardin who writes a mouth-watering & visually aesthetic food blog Tartelette. She is also a Senior Photographer for Oxmoor House, cookbook publisher of titles such as Southern Living, Cooking Light, Health, Sunset. Yes, THE book on Food Photography – Plate to Pixel
Giveaway, Eggless Brownie Contest
Now winning this book is easy. NO random tool, NO following confusion cook blog/ twitter page/ FB page. Just post a wonderful looking photo of the brownie on your blog with the recipe & link to this page. I’ve tried to put across all the details down to avoid any errors or misunderstandings. Please go through it & if still you have some doubts then surely drop me a mail.
Dish – Eggless Chocolate Brownie. Since mine is a completely eggless & vegetarian blog, so the recipe will have to conform to the same. No eggs & gelatin allowed. Any other ingredient which you are doubtful of, please confirm before sending your entry.
Entry – Send me the entries at alika279(at)gmail(dot)com with The Eggless Robert Brownie, Jr. Contest in the subject line with –
*Your name
*Blog name
*Blog Url
*Post Url
*Picture
Non-bloggers can inbox me their recipe with pics within stipulated contest period.
No. of Entries – Only 1 entry is allowed per person/ blog.
Contest Rules – Only eggless & vegetarian recipes. The contest is open only across India. The time of delivery of gift may take time depending upon your State/ area of residence. You need to link your post to this contest page. No re-posting allowed. It has to be a new post. Judges & I would not be participating in the contest. No professional food photo-blogger/ food photographer is eligible to participate in the contest.
Starting & End Date – The contest starts from 16th Oct, 2012 till 30th Nov, 2012.
The Selection of Winner – The winner will be selected by a panel of judges – the very great baker & photographer, Deeba Rajpal of Passionate About Baking, she really needs no introduction in blogosphere & in the food world. 🙂 The second judge is professional food photographer, Ronit Dalvi from Pune, he has shared useful tips & techniques with me in the past. They will select the winner majorly on the basis of photo posted along with the recipe on your blog or submitted in case of non-blogger. Since the giveaway is a book on food photography, so visual treat is very important. You can refer how to get the wow looking shot for some ideas & inspiration!
The Prize Delivery – The prize will be mailed across to you directly.
Winner Notification – The winner would be notified along with a round-up on 15th Dec, 2012
The Prize Acceptance – The winner has to confirm & revert with mailing/ contact details within 48 hours of announcement of winner. Failing which, she will forfeit the prize.
Disclaimer – The winner decision is solely on judges discretion & is not contestable. The contest is only valid subject to minimum of 10 entries.
In the end, just have fun with your recipes & camera. Enjoy baking!
Ever since I have caught hold of Bakin’ Without Eggs, I am on a baking spree with both our b’days being this month. While I was going through this book, I came across this recipe of cupcakes using cream cheese as topping while baking. This immediately made me remember the leftover cream cheese from Eggless Banana Pound Cake. So I knew I had to bake it before I challenge the bacteria to spoil the cream cheese. I also wanted to use my new set of silicone cupcake moulds which my aunt brought for me from US. 🙂 So when we made plans to visit my school friend who is in Indian Navy & posted nearby in Lonavala, I thought of killing all the birds with one cupcake.
Thankfully the cream cheese was perfectly edible as I’d frozen it. I quickly added some cornflour & chopped chocolate & the topping was ready. Pour the cupcake batter uptil 1/2 cupcake mold, then top it with cream cheese mixture & on top sprinkle some coarsely chopped almonds tossed in powdered sugar. I didn’t change the recipe except using the available cream cheese with me.
I made the mistake of filling the cupcake batter upto the mark of 2/3, whereas the recipe calls for filling only 1/2 with batter & rest with cream cheese topping. So the result was over flowing of the entire cream cheese layer on to the baking sheet. Due to this fiasco V didn’t want me to take these OVER THE TOP cupcakes to my friend’s house so I ended up eating almost all. 🙂
V liked them but wasn’t very keen with the cream cheese. I enjoyed them nicely chilled.
Sending these Layered Cupcakes to Bookmarked recipe Tuesday by Priya of Mharo Rajasthan Recipes. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Priya for her encouraging comments. She makes it a point of commenting on almost all of my posts & which in turn makes me feel being read & appreciated somewhere in this world. Thank you so much Priya.
Blog Hop Wednesday is here and my this Wednesday my blog partner is Prathima of Prat’s Corner. She has some amazing repertoire of recipes which are begging a reader to try. Radhika has made me go through this dilemma every fortnight. There are just too amazing bloggers there who enjoy cooking & eating as much as I do if not more. 😀 I love being a part of Blog Hop.
Coming back to Prathima, I chose Mint & Choco-chip Ice-cream which she had made for her mother. I felt that this was something I have never done before & the recipe was easy enough for someone like me to replicate. However, I did make slight changes – I replaced choco-chips with tender coconut & added vanilla essence for just the hint of flavor. Also I doubled the recipe & increased tender coconut as per my needs. I also added coconut before blending rather than after blending as it would give a uniform taste of coconut in the ice-cream. But if one is using choco-chips then they have to be added later.
Mint & Tender Coconut Ice-cream
Tender Coconut & Mint Ice-cream –
Recipe Source – adapted from Prathima of Prat’s Corner
Ingredients –
1 lt – Full Fat Milk
8 Tbsp – Sugar
2 1/2 Tbsp – Cornflour
200 gms – Fresh Cream
4 tsp – Crushed Peppermint (Polo/ Minto)
8 Tbsp – Finely Chopped Tender Coconut (the coconut flesh should neither be too firm nor too soft)
1/2 tsp – Vanilla Essence
Method –
Drink a coconut. Ask the vendor to remove & give you ‘malai’ or tender flesh of coconut. Bring it home, chop it into fine pieces. 🙂 I loved writing this step.
Dissolve cornflour in 50 ml milk & set aside.
Boil the remaining milk in a thick bottom pan. When it is boiled, add cornflour-milk slowly, stirring continuously. Now add sugar & mix till uniform.
Simmer for another 4-5 mins, continue stirring.
Remove from flame and allow to cool completely.
When cool, add the cream, vanilla essence, peppermint & tender coconut. Mix. Transfer to a shallow container & freeze till slushy – about 7-8 hours.
Divide the ice-cream in 2 batches & churn each batch separately in a blender till smooth. Transfer back to the shallow container.
Freeze till set completely.
Serve chilled with wafers or in a waffle cone. The ice-cream was very good, with just a little hint of refreshing peppermint complimenting tender coconut beautifully. Also, it had perfect sweetness – just the way we like it. Though little ice-crystals were formed, the reason for which I have to do some R&D on, the ice-cream was still a hit. If any of you are aware why it happened & how to avoid in future please suggest.
Mint & Tender Coconut Ice-cream
Our friends had their 3rd Anniversary last week & we enjoyed this ice-cream with them to celebrate. Also she loves tender coconut so it became a perfect gift for them from us.
My next partner for Blog Hop is Radhika of Tickling Palates & I can’t wait to visit her blog & have fun. Catch other Blog-Hoppers here to see what they have been doing for their blog hops. If you wish to join contact Radhika of Tickling Palates. Happy Hopping!!
Lemon in Ginger 