TWO more chances for this one! Local artisans, farmers and even free Reiki and Massage! Music plays and you can get “backyard dinner” for Whole Foods brings out the grill! Oh, and naturally, you can say hi to us and purchase some Mini Art, or more!
Alas, Never Fear, Whole Foods Market Bellingham has an October Fest, which we rare delighted to be part of!
October 28- so mark your calendars for a fantastic event!
OH, and by the way…don’t forget
We are at THE WHOLE FOODS (BELLINGHAM MA) FARMERS MARKET Monday AFTERNOONS
4:00 ON TO DUSK (7ish or there about)
I often watch a Sunday Morning TV on CBS show called “Sunday Morning”. It is a 90 minute show focused often on the arts “featuring videos, extended interviews, photo galleries and much more.” One Sunday morning a few months ago they (Sunday Morning) did a piece on Carl Warner, it made me smile and so I filed away the name away to share with you all, my readers, on a Fun Food Friday! Today, here it is: Art and Food- two of my favorites! By the way, videos showing Carl’s can be found on You Tube.
All this info is per www.carlwarner.com
“Born in Liverpool, England in 1963, he moved to Kent at the age of seven where as an only child he spent hours in his room drawing and creating worlds from his imagination having been inspired by artists such as Salvador Dali, Patrick Woodroofe and record sleeve artists such as Roger Dean and the work of Hipgnosis. Carl began his career by going to art college with a view to becoming an illustrator as he had a talent for drawing yet quickly discovered that his ideas and creative eye was better suited to photography as a faster and more exciting medium in which to work. After a year’s foundation course at Maidstone Art College he moved to the London College of Printing in 1982 to do a three year degree course in photography, film and television. In 1985 he left to assist various photographers in the world of advertising for a year, after which he became one himself.
Although a very keen landscape photographer he initially established himself as a successful still life photographer, and then began to branch out into other areas of photography in the advertising world, shooting people and landscapes for a wide variety of products and brands. Over the past ten years he has been developing a body of work making landscapes out of food, and has been commissioned by many advertising agencies throughout the world to produce these for clients in the food industry. ….
The Work
The ‘Foodscapes’ are created in Carl’s London studio where they are built on top of a large purpose built triangular table top. The scenes are photographed in layers from foreground to background and sky as the process is very time consuming and so the food quickly wilts under the lights. Each element is then put together in post production to achieve the final image.”
Please check out Carl’s work. I can pretty much guarantee you will smile, be a bit amazed and glad you did! Again, here is the website. http://www.carlwarner.com/
A quick reminder we will be at Whole Foods, Cranston RI today from 4-6 pm! It’s a Holiday Happening!
Have you ever been to Longwood Gardens? It is in Kennett Square, PA. and well worth the trip if you love gardens. In my garden days I got to go a few times… so glad I did.
“Details: In 1906, industrialist Pierre du Pont purchased a small farm near Kennett Square, PA, to save a collection of historic trees. Throughout his life, Mr. du Pont indulged his passion for gardening, turning his small farm into a magnificent horticultural showplace. Today, Longwood Gardens is among the finest gardens in the world, promoting innovation in horticulture through world class display and research, and contributing to society through robust education programs, environmental stewardship and community engagement”
Now I subscribe to the blog and get these lovely reminders and notices of all things Longwood Gardens. When this crossed my screen on Wednesday, I just knew it had to be Fridays Fun Food Post.
We are thrilled to welcome Liz Marden & her daughter Kat Marden from Liz Marden Bakery & Cafe in Kennett Square, PA as guest bloggers for Behind-the-Plants! Liz and Kat created more than 8,000 gingerbread cookies, as well as two stunning gingerbread models of the Conservatory and the Peirce-du Pont House that are used throughout this year’s Christmas display. They share their “construction grade” gingerbread recipe below! {Check out Liz Mardens Website. An award-winning European-style patisserie and bakery.}
Construction Gingerbread recipe Yield: 1 Gingerbread House or a lot of ornaments!
All Purpose Flour 6 ¾ cups
Ground Cinnamon 1 Tablespoon
Ground Ginger 1 ½ teaspoons
Salt ½ teaspoon
Light Corn Syrup 1 ½ cups
Light Brown Sugar 1 ¼ cups firmly packed
Butter 1 cup
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 F. Get all of your ingredients and measuring cups together. Choose cookie cutters!
Step 2: Sift flour, cinnamon, ginger, and salt and place in large bowl.
Step 3: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine light corn syrup, brown sugar, and butter, stir. Do not boil – heat only until butter is melted.
Step 4: Pour butter mixture into the bowl with the flour mixture and stir until well mixed and dough is formed.
Step 5: Roll out gingerbread dough with a rolling pin on a piece of parchment paper* while the dough is still warm – if dough cools put in microwave for 45 to 60 seconds to reheat. This makes rolling much easier.
*Parchment paper is available at quality kitchen supply stores.
Step 6: Using your chosen cookie cutter, cut out the cookies, peel away excess gingerbread from parchment paper and save to re-roll. If you are going to hang the ornaments, poke the holes now with a straw, taking away the excess gingerbread.
Step 7: Bake until golden brown and firm to the touch approximately 15 to 25 minutes.
To Decorate: We like to make royal icing the easy way – with meringue powder. Mix it up, make it any color then pipe away! We used a pastry bag with a #4 round tip. You can also use a plastic bag that zips with the corner snipped off.
Meringue Powder 3 Tablespoons
Confectioners’ Sugar 1 lb.
Water, lukewarm 7 Tablespoons
Combine meringue powder and confectioners’ sugar in bowl. Whip with electric hand mixer on low speed, adding water one tablespoon at a time. Then continue to whip on medium speed for 8 minutes until icing becomes stiff, but not too stiff to pipe. Keep royal icing bowl covered at all times with a damp towel to keep it from drying out!
Voila! Easy, homemade ornaments beautiful enough to decorate any tree!
Note: to see images/photos of these steps check out the article itself from Longwood Gardens.
~ See you on Monday — Cheers to the weekend!
