11 January- Taste Test #4 and Food Photography

Wednesday was our fourth taste test, and it was all my favorite. White chocolate! Unfortunately, I came down with a stomach virus Tuesday night. So, I had neither an appetite or my normarl taste buds. The samples included: Green & Black organic, El Rey, Michel Cluizel, and Amedei. The Green & Black had a strong vanilla taste to me, while the El Rey tasted like milk chocolate. The Amedei was very light and didn't have a lot of flavor. I learned that white chocolate has a significantly shorter self-life than real chocolate because of what it is made of.

Next, we discussed food photography. Wofford's photographer Mark Olenki came and showed some photography he has done of food and explain some of the basics when it comes to making food look perfect in a picture. He said the biggest things are to control your ligt and know the limitations of your equipment. He also discussed some of the tricks of food photography, like: using motor oil for maple syrup, using shortening as ice cream, using Elmer's glue for milk, and using accrylic ice in photos. It seems amazing to me that a photographer would do so much for one photo of a dish, but then again a picture is worth a thousand words.