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Twists & Zests

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Food Photography

The world of food is not exclusionary. It belongs to everyone, so let’s make it approachable! I love exploring the textures and colours of fresh food and drink while minimizing food waste and supporting local businesses. I also do all my own food styling in my home studio.

To discuss your project, use the contact form or email questions@twistsandzests.com.

Tan plate with servings of braised pork and sweet potatoes and a side of sauteed greens. In the background a can of cider is being poured into a goblet and a serving dish with the rest of the braised meat.
Everything local
Overhead shot of white eprson's hand placing arugula on crostini. Other frinished crostini on the cutting board. Cutting board surrounded by fuyu persimmons, bowl of ricotta with spoon, and a plae napkin full of baby arugula.
Autumn appetizers
White bowl on a grey background. Bowl is filled with penne pasta with sauteed zucchini and cherry tomatoes garnished with basil. Kinfe, fork, white napkin, and bowl of salt scattered around dish.
Quick and local summer pasta
Hands of a white person slicing a lemon cucumer on an asymetrical cutting board. Sliced tomatoes and mozzarella already displayed on board. Basket with vegetables falling out to left of board and a glass container full of fresh basil to right.
Assembling the snacking board
Burger on a cutting board with avocado, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and pickled onions. Glass of red wine in background and spiced curly fries to the side.
Burger time!
Bright image of cooked pasta with cherry tomatoes and cooked red peppers topped with small balls of fresh mozzarella
A quick summer meal
3 bao sandwiches in bamboo steamer basket topped with pickled vegetables
A foodie’s fusion lunch
White hands pouring wild rice from a clear jar into a metal measuring cup with some of the rice spilling onto the table
Heritage grains
Small wheel of brie type cheese with a white rind, surrounded by sprigs of fresh roasemary, whole walnuts in shell and walnut halves.
Got your goat
White hand lifting a slice of vegetable pizza away from the whole pizza resting on parchment paper
Gooey but healthy
Top view of geometrically placed baked spanikopita triangles on parchment paper
Geometry
Top view of a flat of brown eggs
Shades of brown
Stack of molasses cookies with a bite out of the top one in front of a grey mug and a pink napkin
Can’t eat just one
Close up view of tightly swirled cinnamon rolls drizzled in off-white glaze
Orange cinnamon rolls
Close up image of a chocolate topped concha pan dulce
Peak shell game
Stacked marbled brownies on a wood cutting board with a whole blood orange at the top of the images and a cut blood orange in the bottom left. Sesame seeds scattered around.
Blood Orange Tahini Blondies
Hexagonal jar of honey in foreground with a hand holding a spoon above it, with honey dripping down. Two cast iron pans with Dutch baby pancakes in background, topped with yogurt and honey. Pink napkin under cast iron.
Honey on pancakes
Top view of a cake on a white plate, on a white background. Cake has a large slice out of it and is topped with whipped cream and sliced kumquats. In the lower right a fork rests on the background and has a bite of cake and cream on it. Messy crumbs between cake and fork.
Impatient Photographer
White wine pouring into a glass from the corner of the frame next to a salad in a blue bowl
Pouring in the light
Spatchcock cut raw chicken on a slate surrounded by rosemary sprigs, bowls of peppercorns and salt, and a lemon.
Get ready to roast
Top view of a spatchcock cut roast chicken on a plate, surrounded by bowls of sweet potatoes, roasted radishes and leeks, and braised greens. Pitcher of gravy and pepper grinder to the sides.
A full roast dinner
Boel of lentil stew with chunks of butternut and avocado on top rest on a blue napkin. small bowl of salt behind the stew and a overturned basket with honeynut squash and oregano sprigs in background
Warming winter stews
Slate with uncooked bacon laid out, small bowl of salt, wood chips, and a tipped over bottle of maple syrup spilling onto the board.
Smoked maple bacon
Cooked spare ribs covered in sauce with bited of cooked peppers on a round wood board with the bark still on. Salt and pepper shakers and a jar of sauce in the background and sliced peaches in the foreground.
Let’s get saucy!
One basket on its side spilling red fruits and vegetables onto the table and one dark basket full of red and orange fruits and vegetables.
Late summer reds
Large grazing board with 4 types of cheeses, sliced apples, honey, almonds, walnuts, dried figs, dried cherries, bread and crackers, surrounded by plum blossomsLarge grazing board with 4 types of cheeses, sliced apples, honey, almonds, walnuts, dried figs, dried cherries, bread and crackers, surrounded by plum blossoms
When you get the nibbles
Grey plate with concentric rings of black wild rice, sliced purple radishes, sliced fennel, and sliced lemons.
Non-binary pride
Produce spilling out of a dark wood basket. Produce includes eggplant, grapes, purple tomatillos, and plums.
Purple Seasonal Produce
Two heads of lettuce in a wooden tray
Lettuce gems
White bowl filling with poke ingredients including raw pink tuna, shelled edemame, avocado, a 7 minute egg sliced in half on a grey back ground. In the top right corner there is a white plate with chapped cilantro and green onions, in the top left is a bowl with sesame seeds. Bottom left has a bottle of red sauce on its side. On the background is debris from making the bowl including spilled sauce, edamame shells, and egg peel.
Messy poke
A pile of green summer fruits and vegetables on white wood table. Includes zucchini, basil, tomatillos, peppers.
Going green for the summer
Cooked shisito peppers in a large cast iron pan with a yellow napkin wrapped around the handle
A quick sear
Burger patty sandwished between sliced bread with leafy arugula on a cutting board. Crumbled blue cheese around with baked turnip chips to the side, a bowl of pepper jelly behind, and a glass of cider.
Is it a burger or a sandwich?
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