What is your involvement in food styling and photography for your book?


 

Chris Allingham

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Once you've got the book's recipes identified and tested, are you involved in the process of preparing and styling and photographing each recipe? I would think maybe so because I can imagine someone styling a burger or plating a dish in a way that you as the author did not intend.
 
Chis,

The styling and photographing of the recipes are some of my favorite parts of making the books. Yes, I am there at nearly every photo shoot. There is almost always a professional food stylist there to supply the ingredients, prep them, and present them for the camera, but I often have a clear vision for how I want the food to look, so I get in there and cook quite a bit. For example, in Weber's Greatest Hits there is a recipe for Championship Spareribs with Apple Barbecue Sauce. The food stylist had never smoked ribs for 5 to 6 hours and wasn't sure how to get them just right for the camera -- something that was really important to me -- so I cooked them from start to finish. Then I worked with the photographer to make sure they were lit well so you can see the gorgeous bark and caramelized bones. I really enjoy these aspects of book production and I know just enough about them to be dangerous.

Thanks,
Jamie
 

 

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