This quote holds true for both wine and food. Winemakers and chefs meet to create an extraordinary culinary experience that truly comes from their hearts to benefit the Classic Wine Auction (CWA) in raising funds and awareness for pre-selected non-profits that benefit Oregon-based children and families.
This slide show is from the November 11 dinners:
- Bergstrӧm Wines...
Category Archives: Foodie Talk
“In wine one beholds the heart of another” – Anonymous
WEO at Burdigala
WEO hosted its August Networking event at Burdigala Wine Shop and Wine Bar located in Sellwood. What a great turnout! Poor Didier, the owner, was the sole male in the house that evening. Speaking to the group, he said he felt a little overwhelmed facing 60-something women with all eyes on him! Didier has a...
Techie Talk – Available Light
A fun part for me in photographing an event is the food! This tray of sliders was just about to go out to the guests. Light was bouncing off the cement patio and creating this great vignette on the back wall – seriously this is not a Photoshop vignette. My Nikon 50 mm lens is...
Headshot Sass
Grace Pae is chef and owner of Artemis Foods. I first met Grace in 2001. She was the caterer at the home garden wedding that I was photographing. The layout of the house had only one way to get to the back yard wedding-reception area – through the kitchen.
“Grace under fire” was my first...
Focusing The Viewer – Part 2
DOC is unlike any restaurant. Its named is derived from ”denominazione di origine controllata” - the Italian controls of wines of “particular reputation and worth”. Walking through the front door, you enter straight into the kitchen. The sense one feels seated at the table is having a meal in an Italian cottage out in the rural Tuscan countryside. Watching Chef...