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There's no resisting a quick revisit to this Grape, Leek, and Burrata/Goat Cheese Galette with Fresh Oregano & Thyme now that oodles of late summer grapes are about. 🌿 We are currently moving to our new domain for The Storied Spoon, but until complete, you'll find the recipe via link in profile and scroll down or search out grape and you will arrive at your destination. 🌿 Lots of change coming: new domain thestoriedspoon.com (soon!), pdf guides to sweet and savory baking and Croatian bakes and comfort foods, moving quite scare-dy-cat like to artificial light in the coming weeks thanks to my Turk's dad's photo gear, tethered shooting soon after, more props, more backdrops, new fall recipes, rewriting and shooting old ones, and more beautifully spun tales--written, culinary, and visual--to bring some Rustic, Croatian, sometimes misanthropic but always empathic heart and hearth to you on the regular;) 🌿 🌿 🌿 #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #imsomartha #yum #instagood #foodgrams #f52grams #food52 #eater #foodgawker #tastespotting #homebakersofinstagram #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking @feedfeedbaking #galette #tart #crostata #grapes #savory #burrata #rustic #herbs #goatcheese #leeks (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFVFNYAlGdA/?igshid=kwc70em15hgc

I'm not one to share photos of myself on A Quarrel of Feasts. We've been in lockdown, furiously thinking and trying to re-create ourselves with what makes us happy. ☆ The Universe is starting to catch on, but delving back into my writing & food photography, thanks to many teachers, esp. @foodtographyschool and @thebiteshot, have got me on the road to somewhere. ☆ I'm 45 today (this photo was at 43/44😉). I'm happy to be home with my love @jackdarko74 / @john_le_turk, though times are hard financially when trying to keep at one's dreams. I wouldn't trade it for the world. ☆ The point of this post is to say, 45 can teach a lot to others too. Have faith in yourself, don't get too lost in social media even when you're trying to make it your job😂, and take it from a 1990's teenager/twenty something...cherish the moments that real life provide you. Some days you don't need to learn, just live. Sometimes you just need the sound of leaves rustling (hello fall), or a phone call with someone you love, or a real paper book (don't stop reading!). Just my two cents from middle age. Don't lose the other side to life, the one that breathes. ☆ Oh, and enjoy your humble Mimi of A Quarrel of Feasts on her 17th bday (I still loved cake, and miss my eyebrows😑) ☆ I look forward to seeing more from everyone and being more a part of it as I learn and keep going. More posts, more writing, more photos, more of our Croatian & Turkish flavors, more tarts of course. ☆ Thankful to you all! Enjoy your holiday weekend and see you in this realm very soon🍕🍰🍷☕🥂 ☆ Til then, I have a date with a Berry Guinness Chocolate Cake! • • • #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #imsomartha #mimi #croatian #croatianamerican #brooklyn #dalmatinka #happybirthday #cake #birthdaycake (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEwlPkYlD4V/?igshid=lj7n4cpyyzno

I'm so excited to have re-tested, re-edited, and re-photographed my Berry Guinness Cake from last February. 🍫 Also so happy that this is my Birthday cake tomorrow. I re-worked the recipe (it was gigantic; this one makes three 8-inch cakes). 🍫 This is foolproof: rich, moist Guinness Chocolate Cake, made extra special by "blooming" the cocoa in the Guinness stout. In between the chocolate-y layers is a thin spread of berry preserves (stuck to raspberry this time, but my homemade raspberry & blackberry jam in the recipe is SO GOOD). The piles of luscious cream cheese frosting is also no joke. 🍫 Updated recipe on aquarreloffeasts.com right now! • • • #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #imsomartha #yum #instagood #foodgrams #f52grams #food52 #eater #foodgawker #tastespotting #homebakersofinstagram #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking @feedfeedbaking #guinness #chocolate #cocoa #raspberry #berry #creamcheese #irishstout #guinnessstout #irish (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEu31kIlsRt/?igshid=1w7igi2gi7btz

If anyone recalls my favorite summer creation, it would be my lime chocolate tart with coconut meringue. • I left the meringue for a later date, but, my friends, this is the Lime Chocolate Coconut Semifreddo, patterned after the Italian half frozen favorite I made earlier in the summer. • The same chocolate crumb crust bottom is brushed with a little coconut rum, and topped with the super tart, sweet, and creamy lime semifreddo, all topped with more chocolate crumbs, lime zest, and coconut. • Farewell, my favorite flavor creation of the sociopath that was and still is 2020...recipe will be up on aquarreloffeasts.com via link in profile tonight so you can have it always! • • • #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #imsomartha #yum #instagood #foodgrams #f52grams #food52 #eater #foodgawker #tastespotting #homebakersofinstagram #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking @feedfeedbaking #semifreddo #italian #icecream #frozen #limechocolate #limes #coconut #nobake (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEmIgTsleM6/?igshid=n3e8s2cngbet

Of course, we fried our zucchini flowers, but I wanted to post something more beautiful, so my guy's debut @john_le_turk as food photographer on his dad's OG Canon EOS 5D comes in the form of our Zucchini Flower Omelete, recipe from Debi Mazar & Gabriele Corcos at Cooking Channel. • Zucchini, shallot, eggs with parmesan, and dropping an array of Zucchini Flowers to form a glorious wheel of fortune, up and down. As a great man once said (Boethius, by way of Manchester's Tony Wilson), "The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away." • Eat your flowers, and enjoy a beautiful Sunday! • • • #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #imsomartha #yum #instagood #foodgrams #f52grams #food52 #eater #foodgawker #tastespotting #homebakersofinstagram #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking @feedfeedbaking #canon #omelete #zucchiniflowers #zucchini #italianomelete (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEhs4wmFhnZ/?igshid=1jrn0u2vy44ud

Get ready for homemade Neopolitan Pesto White Pizza😋 🌱 All summer, we've been enjoying a smooth, full bodied fresh pesto from the balcony basil (and a touch of fresh oregano), and it was his idea to make a homemade pesto pizza, mine to make it a white pizza, so the pesto would be center stage. 🌱 A Roberta's style pizza dough cradles not just ricotta, but mozzarella and a burrata centerpiece, along with half moons of shallot, and sprinkle of red pepper & olive oil. 🌱 What's your favorite pesto presentation? Recipe on blog link today, along with a small but worthwhile backlog of posts🙄😉! 🌱 🌱 🌱 #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #imsomartha #yum #instagood #foodgrams #f52grams #food52 #eater #foodgawker #tastespotting #homebakersofinstagram #feedfeed #feedfeedbaking @feedfeedbaking #pesto #pizza #whitepizza #ricotta #mozzarella #burrata #basil #neopolitan #homemadepizza #pizzadough (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEb2FdsFhfY/?igshid=1g4v6x76yrv79

Zucchini Flowers, a gift from our Greek landlords: slightly wilted, ready to connote the close of late summer (please no more heat😖), and ready to be fried in olive oil🌼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #imsomartha #yum #instagood #foodgrams #f52grams #food52 #eater #foodgawker #tastespotting #zucchini #flowers #zucchiniblossoms #latesummer #sunset #moodyfoodie #moody #yellow (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEY_NozH0cy/?igshid=x1mhe0f0fz9p

Beautiful fresh figs mean that autumn is coming (thank all the gods🍂), my birthday in early September is on its way😬, and a Dalmatian Croatian Fresh Fig Tart is not too far off, with a twist of course, since this one will be savory (sort of).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Enjoy late summer, what's your favorite part of summer's waning?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #aquarreloffeasts #foodblog #foodblogger #foodwriter #foodwriters #foodphoto #foodphotography #foodtography #foodtographyschool #yum #instagood #foodgrams #f52grams #food52 #eater #foodgawker #tastespotting #moodyfoodie #moodyflatlay #darkfoodphotography #figs #freshfigs #latesummer #autumniscoming #dalmatianfigs (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUuRMYJh8G/?igshid=18d0jt221nfj4