Photographing Food

Some blogging photographers (that almost sounds rude, but I mean nothing more than bloggers wielding cameras) possess an innate ability to digitally capture the minutest of detail in a way that extracts extreme depth of feeling from the viewer. If you have no idea what I am talking about, please venture off to Belgium and tell me you don't come away craving caviar or smelling roses or hearing the ocean in seashells. If you've already been there, brace yourself for what is about to happen next here:

I wanted to share a recipe on my blog, to try to be helpful and add dimension, you know. I decided I'd better make the recipe first, to be sure it was appealing. I chose Turkey and Veggie Meatballs with Fennel (or onion, if you happen to shop where I shop) from the January/February 2006 issue of Diabetic Cooking, page 46.

I diced and chopped (you can get a good view of what that looked like back in Belgium, return there if you want to see it again) and rolled the turkey burger into 1 inch balls. Then I fried them in 1 teaspoon of oil for 11 minutes, turning frequently.

I placed them in a nice, mustard colored serving dish, sat it on a pottery barn knock off, plaid placemat on my granite-look-alike formica in my Brady bunch kitchen and....to make sure you get a birdseye view...

Stow the snacks, you don't want to be swallowing when you see this....

Okay, freeze......what are you feeling right now....come on, be honest, you can't hurt me, I'm already dying of food photo failure laughter....tell me. Do I take it to the Network, or not?

Kibbles and bits, make mine Biggie- anyone-