We owned & operated a pastry supply business a few years ago. We had a couple of photographers in the building & did some food stylist work with one...we both like steak, so we had a few good meals & lots of shiraz while the photos were being taken!!

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Got many more shots on disc somewhere, most of the sweet stuff was thrown away though. Saw way to much of that!

My second batch of chilli tasted real good . The anaheim peppers added some nice flavor . I think in the next batch i will add a few more. As they did'nt really add any heat just some flavor & texture.

Well it sounds like your enjoying this... Remember dried spices can add some good heat as well.

I thought about getting the cajin pepper powder . But i only wanted to try on thing at a time . So i could notice any change. What dry spies would you suggest ?. I all most bought some crushed red pepper to try as well as well .

Those are some nice shots man.


Looks like this forum needs a Foody sections. Start a thread like, "Chili with your Slipperential". "Steak with MMM", "Shitake Burger while driving Flux".

I would just buy a bunch of different spices. They aren't too expensive, so I try to replace them once a year or so to keep them relatively fresh. Fresh herbs and spices play a good role in flavor too, but start with dried, so that way you can learn which ones you enjoy most.

I made an Asian style chili once using fresh wasabi and fresh habenero chilies. Never again, probably burnt a hole straight down through to the other end, tasty though. It also cleared my sinus for a month :mdr:

Thanks snellemin, they'd want to be, the photographer used them in his own portfolio & by the time the money shot was taken everything so was so cold & "tizzed" for the camera it went into the garbage

Like your idea, Mike could publish the annual RCM Brushless Recipes (fastest food on the web!) book, each recipe contributor could get an RCM gift certificate