Food Stylist Secrets: Who Does The Shopping

 Clients who are looking for a food stylist often wonder: "Will I do the shopping or will my stylist do the shopping?"

I can tell you that shopping for a photo shoot is much different than just shopping for groceries.  For example, a food stylist will take extra care to pick out the perfect produce, taking size and color into consideration to produce the best result.

Have you ever heard the phrase, "the camera adds 5 lbs?"  I don't know if that is necessarily fact, but things do tend to look larger when put under camera, and scale is import to understand when you want to feature a specific product.

In certain cases, particular brands perform better than others and substitutions are not going to perform the same way.  Let's take a simple example, such as ketchup.  On your grocery list, it may just say "ketchup", but that leaves a lot up in the air as to what brand, thickness, color, and amount needed.  Working with your food stylist to shop for the project avoids confusion and in the end saves time and money by not having to send someone out for extra items on the day of the shoot.

The bottom line is to keep your food stylist in the loop about your products, and use them to help gather the best ingredients.  It can save you and your stylist time, money and headaches!

If you are looking for a food stylist, please contact Impressions Food Styling at (612) 636-1994 or visit http://impressionsfoodstyling.com. 

The Best Part of Wedding Planning

What is the best part of planning a wedding?  Picking out the dress? The location? The cake?  As Joey and I near our wedding date in August it was time for our tasting. For myself and almost any food lover this is considered the best part of planning. 

We chose our caterer with care wanting one that would let us personalize the menus not just have the standard "wedding chicken" we chose a local family owned group in Minneapolis Three Sons Signature Cuisine. Not only can they serve a group of 200 dinner in 20 minuets.  When they say customize they were not kidding. They don't even have a set menu just a list of suggestions that have created in the past. Our entire wedding menu is chosen with care incorporating both our tastes as well as cultural influences  like traditional Polish recipes and some family favorites like stuffed shells that I have every year for my birthday dinner.


As we had lunch with the chef we were able to make slight adjustments to the flavors and presentation. Also, no need to worry about diet restricted guests, all of the four options are made to order and can be adjusted to fit any needs on request. I am so excited for our menu.  I know I can't possibly make the food for my own wedding but if I could this would be it. I feel it is a meal I would truly make and serve my guests at home.  Here is a sneak peak of our big day meal. To be honest I am most thrilled about the vegetarian option. I think the biggest problem is the guests won't know what to choose.

My Polish and Italian creation Pierogioli with vodka sauce

Even The butter was cute!

Ta Da! The Vegetarian option yes, it tastes even better than it looks

Stuffed Chicken Roulade with MN wild rice