Iron Chef Night - Pear and Pumpkin

Our second iron chef night was fantastic!! Everyone stepped up and really focused on winning! Every dish tasted awesome and looked beautiful. It was great for the eyes and even better for the stomach. Just posting these pictures makes me hungry. Can't wait for our next iron chef night.

Our menu for the night

Prickly Pear


Asian Pear


Sliced Bartlett for Pear Wafer


Baking two Japanese pumpkins

Sean's Pear-Pork Dumplings




Carol's ingredients for her Pumpkin Sticky Rice


Shirin's Pear Jello with White Grape Sparkler




Dan's Pumpkin Biscuit with Pear Butter and County Ham


Shea's Roasted Pear Arugula Salad


My beef-bourguignon in a pumpkin bowl


Carol's Pumpkin-Chinese Sausage Sticky Rice


Brandon's Carmelized Pear with Grilled Pork


Steve's Pumpkin Mashed with Pumpkin-glazed Meatloaf

Jenny's Winning Trio Pear Sorbet (Prickly, Asian, Bartlett) with Pear Wafer


Shirin's Pumpkin Spiced Hot Chocolate

Little Ryan Photo Shoot

I had such an awesome time photo shooting my little nephew. The weather was perfect and we had the entire baseball field to ourselves!

We found out the way to get Ryan to smile was by waving to him. That's why you'll see quite a few pictures where he's waving at the camera.

Here are some of my favorites from the photo shoot:

Baby Yoda and Baby Leia | Teasers

Ohh, they are just too cute!

Little Ryan | Teaser

Sorry I haven't blogged lately. Work has been extremely busy, plus, I haven't had any kitchen fire mishaps at home recently, thankfully. =P. Anyhoo... Here is a teaser from a photo shoot that I did with little Ryan yesterday. More to come soon! Enjoy!

Paula & Aaron Wedding | Eagle Ridge, Gilroy

Ok, I know I've shot quite a few weddings this year, but none can compare to this one: My first wedding as the primary shooter. This wedding has been on my mind for the entire year, as I've prepared for it. Training with Augie as his second shooter helped tremendously. Though I was still overwhelmed, it was a huge plus to have seen Augie at work.

The wedding shoot was also much easier because Paula and Aaron are so madly in love. You can see their love in the pictures and I am just so thankful that I was able to be part of it.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the wedding...