One of the nicest things about working in a collaborative environment like Polara Studio is how we often “feed” off each others creativity for ideas, images and inspiration. Jeremy, one of our photographers, spent a weekend hunting for something that Oregon is rightfully famous for, mushrooms. He didn’t have much luck as these wonderfully tasty [...]
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Finally a recipe link
Here’s the first recipe from the new cookbook I promised to post. Everything shopped local and all the food photography natural, natural light, that is. I thought something hearty for winter…so to quote Nancy Ponzi…”Winter in the Willamette Valley is often, well, inevitably-cold, grey, damp and drizzly.It’s really not that uncomfortable outdoors, days of snow [...]
The Ponzi Vineyards Cookbook
Here a few of the photos from 10 amazing days my crew and I spent in the kitchen of of one of the most charming and self-effacing chefs I’ve ever met, Nancy Ponzi. Matriarch of the Ponzi Family which is not only one of the pioneer wine families in the Willamette Valley but also founded [...]