A Cooking Experience

A couple of weeks ago, I went on an assignment with Lindsay Sterling.  It was my very first time photographing food that was going to be published in a newspaper.  The Portland Phoenix.  Let's get one thing straight-I love food.  As long as I got to sample the dish at the end of the shoot-happiness was gained.  Also loving spicy foods, I thought that I could handle the Indian spices that were to be used in the dish.  Because my spice experience is limited to medium spicy salsa and most recently, Sriracha-I had completely talked myself into thinking that those would prepare me for true Indian Cuisine.  I was wrong.  I was no competition for the Indian spices.  Upon one bite, my nose started running and I knew that I definitely needed to expand my palate.  

Here's what I learned:

1. Photographing food is super rewarding because I got to taste things that normally I would not get to experience.
2. It's difficult to photograph food when its cooking because all I want to do is eat it.
3. I can't wait to go on another assignment with Lindsay Sterling!

And most important:

4. Did you know:
In India, when you get a scrape or cut, they put Turmeric powder on it to heal because it is a natural antibiotic?  (along with many other amazing qualities-arthritis, cancer fighter, liver detoxifier) While most Americans go running for the bacitracin to heal our cuts and scrapes, parents in India run for the Turmeric.

Here are some links:

The Phoenix Article:
http://portland.thephoenix.com/food/146025-wing-lovers-fantasy/

Lindsay Sterling's Blog:
http://www.ImmigrantKitchens.com

http://www.immigrantkitchens.com/2012/10/see-how-to-do-it.html

Benefits of Turmeric:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric

http://www.healthdiaries.com/eatthis/20-health-benefits-of-turmeric.html

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=78