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Armenia. Symphony of the Stones

If to come down to the Garni Gorge, one can see wonderful assembly of rocks. In Armenia it's simply called Symphony of the Stones. It's very beautiful place but so scary. At the entrance to the gorge, there's local ‘mafia’. A three-minute conversation and thousand dramas — and an active old man allows us to [...]

By |January 6th, 2015|Armenia, Travel|1 Comment

Parmesan Gnocchi with Truffle, Sautéed and Raw Mushrooms

Many people ask me, how I arrange shooting for my Food&Chef project. Do I come to restaurants and show to chefs a fat album with photos of other wonderful and famous chefs? Do I take hostage the prettiest waitress with my camera in one hand, requiring from a chef to pose and to tell about [...]

10 Tips For Beginning Food Photographer (Part 2)

This is a second part my article '10 Tips For Beginning Food Photographer' (Read part 1 here). I glad what you like my advices about food photography. It's inspiring to write more and more things about this not easy way. And I promise writing new tips about food photography. And now read second part. Camera [...]

By |January 2nd, 2015|Photo Tips|0 Comments

Armenia. Infatuating landscapes of Garni

If my hosts say the truth, I wasn't particularly lucky with weather in Armenia. But if to trust my feelings, at some points the beauty of this highland country made my heart soar. Today we went to Garni – a region famous for its tastiest water and dessert named 'gata'. Frankly speaking, both of them [...]

By |January 1st, 2015|Armenia, Travel|2 Comments

«Sesame coins» Dessert with Cream and Cashew

To be honest, I’ve never took the raw food seriously. Tell me, how can one eat raw vegetables and nuts all the time?Therefore when I got acquainted with Vladimir Stukotin and was told he was an outstanding raw-cook, I was rather sceptical. People insisted I should add him to Food’n’Chef project. - Yeah-yeah - I [...]

Armenia. How to cook lavash in tandoor

Lavash, perhaps, is one of the key elements of Armenian cuisine. Armenians eat it with everything and rap everything in it. It's an all-purpose thing that can be even used to wipe your lips. At least, this is what I saw in some restaurants. This is low-caloric and very tasty bread. And it has nothing [...]

By |December 30th, 2014|Armenia, Travel|0 Comments

Pentax 645Z Medium Format DSLR Camera Test And Waffle Cone With Condensed Milk And Nuts

I'm anything but a technical person. I don't care about different specifications, number of megapixels and other features so cherished by geeks. 1.0 from 1 reviews Waffle Cone With Condensed Milk And Nuts Recipe   Save Print Recipe type: Baking Cuisine: Austrian Cuisine Ingredients Dough ingredients: 50g butter 100ml milk 50g sugar 50g powdered sugar [...]

10 Tips For Beginning Food Photographer (Part 1)

It's rather difficult to put all my shooting experience in just 10 tips, since there are much more rules, and every day we open more and more new things, with each new examined and analysed photo we're becoming more and more involved with a wonderful world of food-photography. But if to speak about the basics [...]

By |December 26th, 2014|Photo Tips|4 Comments

Armenia. Tufenkian Hotel in Alaverdi

High in the mountains... But after all, in Armenia everything is located high in the mountains... Well, high in the mountains in the vicinity of Alaverdi there can be found a unique hotel that looks more like a palace of an Armenian prince. This hotel belongs to the Tufenkian Hotels chain, named after its founder [...]

By |December 25th, 2014|Armenia, Travel|0 Comments

Chicken in Orange Sauce

When people ask me, how it was in Armenia, I grin and say: '+5 kilos'. Yes, it's no joke. Chicken in Orange Sauce Recipe   Save Print Recipe type: Meat and poultry Cuisine: Armenian Cuisine Ingredients 0.1 kg olive oil 1.25 kg chicken leg quarters (fresh frozen) 0.1 kg butter 0.25 bulb onion 0.4 kg [...]