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[thestoriedspoon]

My best attempt at recreating my mood board for rustic-luscious-cozy-flow, and lots of texture and warm colors. Going slow but loving the absorption of everything I can @foodtographyschool Tarte au Citron on a winter's morning. #aquarreloffeasts #foodblogger #foodblog #foodwriterslife #foodwriters #foodtography #foodtographyschool #tarte #lemontart #tarteaucitron #wintercitrus #lemon #feedfeedbaking https://www.instagram.com/p/B7yXD44Fh8E/?igshid=is37bd2tjurh

[cookrunwrite]

I made this deliciousness... banana walnut bread! Also me: @thefierywhiskbaking Typically, I don't care for nuts in my food, but my sweetbreads do not apply. Do you like nuts in your desserts? #authordeannamartinezbey #cookbookauthor #cottagebaker #foodwriter #foodwriterslife #bakerslife #authorslife #foodie https://www.instagram.com/p/CcXlnXCuc0Z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[motherbee-blog1]

Cook Magazine’s February issue is now available! Grab your copy. My article Red Velvet cake is at page 20 to 24. #cookmagazineph #ilovecookmagazineph #influencer #baking #bakingscience #foodwriter #foodwriterslife #nzfoodwriters #nzfoodwritersguild #kiwifoodwriter #nzfoodwriter (at MotherBee)

[thehappyhomecook]

One of my food writing heroes. AA Gill, food critic, historian, artist, controversial columnist and strait talker. Sadly no longer with us, his work still lives on in his books and TV repeats. looking forward to reading this. #aagill #foodcritic #foodwriter #foodjournalist #foodhack #unclepeteskitchen #food #foodie #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #restaurantcritic #foodcriticintown #foodinfluencer #bristol #bristolfood #bristolfoodie #chippingsodbury #book #author #diary #memoir #aagillisaway #columnist #controversial #foodbloggerlife #foodcritics #foodwriterlife #foodwriterslife #instafoodshare (at Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxZOMj6nK16/?igshid=1cyczer7m5sbj

[cookrunwrite]

Check out my new finds! I went to the used book store and bought all of these jems! I love vintage cookbooks 📚 Anyone else have a cookbook addiction? 🤣 #thefierywhisk #thefierywhiskfoodblog #foodwriterdeannamartinezbey #foodblogger #foodwriter #culunary #culinaryarts #books #booksaboutfood #usedbooks #greatfind #bookshopping #bookshelf #dictionary #cookbooks #cookbookaddict #ilovebooks #fortheloveofbooks #foodwriterslife #bloggerlife #foodblogger https://www.instagram.com/p/CRB16W2A_aj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[cookrunwrite]

Oh, just a couple of fun car selfies...to entertain ourselves. #authordeannamartinezbey #writer_deanna #writerdeanna #selfies #funtimes #familytime #familyfun #momlife #momslife #momstyle #authorslife #writerslife #WritingCommunity #foodwriterslife #bloggerlife #foodblogger #onourwaytodinner #sundayvibes #happysunday https://www.instagram.com/p/CQnxojfLciI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thestoriedspoon]

Every week, A Quarrel of Feasts will post some Lit. I'm not your typical reader, so there will be nonfiction, classics, beatnik, medieval, cook books, biographies, philosophy, comedy, poetry, urban decay, and Shakespeare, among others... • Life lessons can be found in all I hope. I also hope you enjoy the selections and scenes... • The Art of Living is a Roman classic written by the Stoic Epictetus, a philosopher who was born a slave, who combined logic, introspection, and humility. Better than any self help book money can by. • "Think of your life as if it were a banquet where you would behave graciously. When dishes are passed to you, extend your hand and help yourself to a moderate portion. If a dish should pass you by, enjoy what is already on your plate. Or if the dish hasn't been passed to you yet, patiently wait your turn. • Carry over this same attitude of polite restraint and gratitude to your children, spouse, career, and finances. There is no need to yearn, envy, or grab. You will get your rightful portion when it is your time." • • • #aquarreloffeasts #foodlit #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriterslife #literature #romanphilosophy #stoics #foodphilosophy #epictetus #banquet #lifeasabanquet #foodandbooks (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAQ7n2zDO9a/?igshid=kr3o4h44ung9

[thestoriedspoon]

My first collaboration with the lovely @prairieandpampa - Plum Tarts! • Photos 1-3: A Quarrel of Feasts' Croatian Plum Custard Tart, made from a sable base and plums cooked in Croatian Sljivovica (80 proof plum brandy) with notes of lemon, cinnamon, and clove. A little custard swirls in to say hello. • Photos 4-6: @PrairieandPampa's Plum and Orange Blossom Cream Tart, also with a sable base, filled with a luscious orange blossom infused cream cheese filling and topped with the most picturesque array of fresh plums. • I wish we could sample our respective tarts, but happy for the first of many fruitful😉 collaborations and a wonderful friendship! • Visit links in profiles for our posts about our collaboration, family longings, and, of course, plums. • www.prairieandpampa.com and aquarreloffeasts.com *please note I am revamping my website so will let you know when it's back up and running in a few days better than ever!* • Thank you @prairieandpampa, this was so much fun! • • •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriters #foodwriterslife #foodtography #foodtographyschool #replicasurfaces #plums #sljiva #croatian sljivovica #rakija #argentine #germanplums #orangeblossom #sabletart #plumtart #instafood #quarentinebaking #instagood #imsomartha #homebakers #custard #fruittart #prairieandpampa (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAL5jd-jx6O/?igshid=blw6tgbwvou1

[thestoriedspoon]

Finally, the Cevapcici Feast Day is upon me. 🌿 I'm so proud to acknowledge my Croatian, formerly Yugo, heritage, the first Cevapcici that I had in Sarajevo 1998 (which I'm working on an essay about), and the heritage of my Turkish beau. 🌿 Cevapci/Cevapcici are grilled minced beef & lamb, made with fluffy Lepinja bread, carmelized onions, roasted red pepper Ajvar, and Kajmak, a sour cream based (I modernized) sauce. A coastal salad of tomato/red onion/cucumber is also usually not far behind. 🌿 I'm so proud of this dish, and this is the very first time I've ever made every element myself. Been hard at it since last night! 🌿 Complete recipes and my essay will be up on aquarreloffeasts.com this weekend, just click link in profile. 🌿 Cevapcici originated from the Turks' influence of course and came to Bosnia, then spreading all around Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, et al. 🌿 Cevapcici remains today as one of the most popular street foods in my peeps' part of the world. 🌿 What cultural mainstays occupy a place in your memories and travels? 🌿 #aquarreloffeasts #foodblogger #foodblog #foodwriter #foodwriterslife #cevapcici #cevapci #cevapi #lepinja #croatianfoodhistory #croatianstreetfood #sarajevo #sarajevocevapi #coastalsalad #ajvar #kajmak #kaymak #grilledmeat #streetmeat #dalmatiangirl #thefeedfeed #croatianfeast #yugoslavia (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Hwsjtlimi/?igshid=1badotwgzyk4r

[thestoriedspoon]

Just a midweek revisit to Berry Guinness Cake and some food memoir lit. • The Berry Guinness post is up on aquarreloffeasts.com, just click link in profile to read my parallel between the cake and the White Stripes;) • Am reading "Coming to my Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook" by the incomparable Alice Waters, who said "...creating a meal means creating your own reality...". It is so inspiring a read for a writer, for a home cook/baker, and for any human with a sense of taste and memory in the world. • Is there a meal, a food, a smell or taste that jettisons you back in time--to childhood, a love, a loss, or an unforgettable day? • Share if you like and I'd love to know what you're reading, and making... • • • • • • #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodwriterslife #foodmemoir #biography #writersofinstagram #homecooksofinstagram #bakersofinstagram #sensememory #foodmemory #foodlife #foodlit #alicewaters #themakingofacounterculturecook (at Brooklyn NY, Bay Ridge) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8ceSj5FBz4/?igshid=12agz3az5zev2

[thestoriedspoon]

I am just getting started with taking photos with camera, going through course, needing a desktop since Lightroom does not really compute with a chromebook(!) but @foodtographyschool beginner shots of orange cheesecake brownies. Working on shooting with light, editing properly. Still, I love it. A great path to take while I ramp up the food writing. A Quarrel of Feasts posts & recipes on Blood Orange Drizzle Cake and Sausage Baked Ziti for a New Years Twilight Zone tradition are up. Click link in bio---> Thanks and shout out to all newbies and seniors in Foodtography course;) #aquarreloffeasts #foodwriter #foodwriterslife #orangecheesecakebrownies #cheesecakebrownie #bakersofinstagram #feedfeedbaking #foodblogger #foodblog #foodtography #foodtographyschool https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Unj5mF0CZ/?igshid=1w9rce7yz2dyy

[thestoriedspoon]

I am currently all over the place, slowly absorbing the first lessons of the Foodtography Course, still working in free Lightroom but upgrading, figuring out light and exposure again manual style, and in planning stages for background, depth of field, props etc. • Remembering all the while that I am a food/memoir/nonfiction writer and trying to expand my truest craft that way. • A Quarrel of Feasts has a long revamp to go, but very happy to get my hands in the creative manual process. • More to come,including this recipe for Spiced Blood Orange Drizzle Cake. #aquarreloffeasts #bakersofinstagram #foodblogger #foodmemoir #foodblog #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodwriterslife #drizzlecake #bloodorangecake #bloodorange #spiceorange #citrusdrizzle #foodtographyschool #stillabeginner https://www.instagram.com/p/B63QK88l3rD/?igshid=1qpitjso7nr43

[thestoriedspoon]

Every Christmas Eve, I make our Croatian "Dalmatian" Shrimp & Risotto...a very classic seafood feast with onion, garlic, white wine, and homemade shrimp shell broth, which is the secret to the rich taste. • It doesn't have to be Christmas Eve... Dalmatian Shrimp & Risotto makes for a fresh, comforting, and delicious New Years meal. • Recipe with photos coming in 2020;) aka tomorrow on A Quarrel of Feasts! • Happy New Year to all🥂🎉 • Mimi the Dalmatian Croatian of A Quarrel of Feasts.com • • • #aquarreloffeasts #foodwriter #foodwriterslife #foodmemoir #foodblogger #foodblog #croatianchristmas #croatianseafood #dalmatiansofinstagram #dalmatinka #dalmatianshrimps #shrimpandrisotto #adriaticsea #christmasevefish https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wa1EClQjB/?igshid=1v1zcwowyn9no

[thestoriedspoon]

A Quarrel of Feasts catching up on 12 Days of (mostly Croatian, some classic American) Christmas Baking. • Croatian Medenjaci (Ginger Honey) cookies, made Croatian American by way of a ginger honey cream cheese filling, morphing them into sandwich cookies. • Did not consider making them look festive until after the fact, so running with the minimalist Holiday winter season bake all the way❄❄❄ • History and Recipe coming today on aquarreloffeasts.com or click link in profile. • Made alone, the cookies are perfect for dunking into tea or coffee, and as a sandwich, dunking into milk works fine too... #aquarreloffeasts #foodblogger #foodblog #foodwriterslife #foodwriters #bakersofinstagram #croatianbaking #croatianchristmas #croatianamerican #medenjaci #gingerhoney #cookies #holidaycookies #christmascookies #creamcheesefilling #sandwichcookies https://www.instagram.com/p/B6GCzxXli_O/?igshid=dhy3sw87giu8

[thestoriedspoon]

Post, history, and recipe coming on A Quarrel of Feasts this weekend: Spiced Carrot Cake, per request from my sweets for his birthday @aquarreloffeasts Stay tuned...🥕🥕🎂🥕🥕 #aquarreloffeasts #foodblogger #foodblog #foodwriterslife #foodwriters #foodhistory #bakersofinstagram #cake #carrots #carrotcake #spicedcarrotcake #layercake #feedfeedbaking https://www.instagram.com/p/B5vsNeYFCSF/?igshid=6y3zvr6i657d

[thestoriedspoon]

A leftover post not yet written for Cranberry Orange Crisp (or Crumble if you prefer). • Records exist of Cranberry sauce being used in Thanksgiving the meal/ritual, perhaps not since 1621, but records exist in the late 17th to 18th centuries as a cranberry sauce. • Native to North America and farmed since the 1800s, cranberries are often paired with apple or pear or some such sweeter fruit. • I love the tartness of cranberry and found that a simple cranberry compote flavored with orange rind/juice as a wonderful complement is only crying out for a nutty oats cinnamon buttery crumble and a little time in the oven for warmth. • The best part is, you can flavor the cranberry compote as you wish and use any crumble recipe you love. A cast iron skillet helps too... • The Cranberry crumble crisp also makes sense in summertime for its light and tart flavors. • The bottom line: whoever quarrels about who did cranberry first, how it made its way into Thanksgiving, or how it should become a baked good, it's simply sharp, sweetened, and textural brilliance as a Cranberry Orange Crisp (or Crumble;) #aquarreloffeasts #foodblogger #foodblog #bakersofinstagram #foodwriterslife #foodwriters #thanksgivingrecipes #thanksgivingleftovers #cranberrysauce #cranberrycrisp #cranberrycrumble #cranberry https://www.instagram.com/p/B5oUS5IlJHQ/?igshid=5e20pihja728