photo generously provided by Charles Schiller
My favorite thing to style is the mighty baked good. The aesthetics of baked goods speak to me in a nostalgic way that no other food can touch. Probably has something to do with the fact that I am a hard core sugar addict and would main line apple pie if I could figure out how to get it in the damn needle. For these polar cut out cookies I used extremely pale blue, green, purple and pink royal icing with sanding sugar over the piped lines to add to the icy mood. This type of pristine sugar cookie takes hours and hours to make perfectly and is one of the great lies of food styling. I don't know many home cooks who have the time, patience or determination to attempt such detailed edibles only to watch them get snarfed down in five seconds flat. But they are fun to make if you have 12 hours to kill and are able to slip into a piping bag zen trance. Very relaxing.
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This is a beautiful photo of one of my favorite things to eat. I enjoy the photos on your blog and really look forward to what you write. You are very funny and informative.
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