September Challenge - Food & Restaurants

[ilanale]

Finally we back to routine!

http://www.pbase.com/ilanale/image/117697048

So glad to be here again..
Ilana

[emmelafoto]

Yes, pBase is back, but now I am gone. On holiday in France. Only occasionally online.
Will look at all the entries later.
Be back on October 11th.
Have FUN!!!
Maaike

[birsay]

Hello Everyone

Here's Tuesday's penultimate pic:

http://www.pbase.com/image/117720771

Doug

[amoxtli]

Hello everyone. My super hot image for September 25:

http://upload.pbase.com/image/117721998

It took me quite a while to upload and edit this. I'm still getting error messages. I'll upload more and comment once the site stabilizes.

[dbperez]

I guess this is worth a try. It was difficult to load and edit.

My post for Tuesday 9/29/09

A basic Italian dish: Osso Bucco

http://www.pbase.com/dbperez/image/117728706

Cheers!

Dave

[parpho]

Catching up #1

http://www.pbase.com/parpho/image/117682776

Catching up #2

http://www.pbase.com/parpho/image/117682769

Catching up #3

http://www.pbase.com/image/117682760

Catching up #4

http://www.pbase.com/parpho/image/117703235

[fieldstone]

For September 30th. Enjoyed the challenge -enjoyed very much looking at so many excellent photos and some excellent food.

See you all in November (probably)

http://www.pbase.com/fieldstone/image/117732514

As Winnie the Pooh's friend Tigger would say - "Ta Ta for now."

Jim

[borisalex]

Soup du jour...http://www.pbase.com/borisalex/image/117739426

Mail order...http://www.pbase.com/image/117740484

Me...http://www.pbase.com/borisalex/image/117740488

Well, it was really a pleasure and exciting to have been here with you all, I made some friends here and I thank you so much. It was a pity that it got interrupted. I want to say that I´m a chef and if you see the link, you will know more. I especially was happy to see all the food from the US, because it reminded me so much of our time there.
Auf Wiedersehen und vielen herzlichen Dank
Boris http://www.boriskeller.com/Review%20Gou ... gazin.html

[bugette5]

Well I posted photos just up to the 25th. Went out of town.. With pbase being down just lost my stream to keep it going, please forgive my early exit.


Linda

[birsay]

Hello Everyone,

Here's my last food pic; thanks for a great Challenge this month, I've enjoyed seeing all your wonderful photos from around the world...fascinating stuff! And thanks for all your comments and for visiting my gallery - note to self: I must learn to not eat the subject before I've taken the photo....

http://www.pbase.com/image/117743513

See you all in October (I think we need one more subject from Ray - Ray, if you're reading this, October has 31 days IIRC )

All the best!

Doug

[amoxtli]

My Hello and Goodbye image for September 30:

http://upload.pbase.com/image/117754093

Thank you for everyone who stopped by and for the many comments. It was great staying in touch and also making some new friends. Happy trails and happy shooting!

Best Wishes,

Walter

[ilanale]

It was a wonderful month with wonderful pictures and ideas challenging,
too bad that the site fell towards the end.
Hope in October will be interesting, but more important is the site will continuous and without incident.

Here is my last entry for September..

http://www.pbase.com/image/117762077

Best regards,
Ilana

[parpho]

An over abundance.

http://www.pbase.com/parpho/image/117767968

I promised a story to go along with the last image. This is a story about Suzie's sister.
During the mid 70's the neighbours across my parents' back fence were Herman & Suzie. They were older, probably as old as some of us are now, and were from East Germany. Having somehow managing to survive WW11, they escaped from East Germany just before the gate slamed resoundedly shut. Suzie's sister was not so lucky and remained behind where she became an MD.
By the mid 70s East Germans were finally allowed to travell and Suzie's sister came to visit her sister in West Island Montreal. As you may imagine it was an extremely happy reunion. But reunion or not life had to go on and Suzie and her sister went to do the weeky shopping at the local supermarket. When they stepped through the door sis was completely overwhelmed. Never in her life had she seen so much food in one place. She went to a bin of green peppers and industrially burrowed all the way to the bottom and in total amazement announced that they were all perfect. In then East Germany the peppers, and everything else, went from field to bin never experiencing a thing called quality control. Can you begin to imagine pepper dregs. As they turned the corner to be confronted by the meat department she broke down and wept. Before her was a sight that in her wildest dreams could never ever have existed. She told of lining up at the butcher shop, sometimes for hours, and on finally getting to the counter would hand over money and in return receive a mystery package that could turn out to be anything, anything but really good that is, but nevertheless meat.
I never met this sister, as I was away at the time, and do not recall her name, if I ever knew it. But this story has stuck with me and I have related it many times. By now things are greatly improved over there but still is probably not like the west. I don't expect everyone to give away their worldy goods but the next time you are looking for that perfect green pepper, by our standards, or that perfect cut of meat think of Suzie's sister and remember how lucky you and all the rest of us truly are.
This has been a lot of fun, recipes have been exchanged, future heritage tomatoes are in the works and I learned a lot from watching the way various people have solved their photographic problems. But alas, there are not enough hours in the day. A busy weekend can see me shooting well over a thousand images that all have to be dealt with in some fashion, coupled with everthing else I have going on somthing has to give, and for now it is PAD. I will continue to drop by and leave the odd comment and maybe jump back in at a later date.
Cheers,
Michael

[mclew]

Hi everyone, good to see PBase *almost* back to normal...

Here are my catch-ups! This has been a wonderful challenge. It has been such fun shooting and eating with you this month.

19th Salsa verde with tomatillos -- some of you asked for it
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117666842

20th Limes
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691050

21st Radishes
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691054

22nd Boiling water
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691057

23rd Study in blue and white
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691060

24th Onions roasted for a salad Sicilian style
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691063

25th Ingredients for an Indian chicken dish -- everything here but the chicken which was not too photogenic
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691066

26th Purple cauliflower --- new to me!
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691068

27th Purple cauliflower again
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691071

28th From my sister's garden
http://www.pbase.com/mclew/image/117691073

29th Choice --- in a super super market. Designer vegetable display.
http://www.pbase.com/image/117787653

30th Dessert --- last but certainly not least
http://www.pbase.com/image/117787655

I know it's a lot to look at, hope you enjoy them.

Margaret

[chenchena]

My last image of this challenge, something Aphrodisiac

http://www.pbase.com/chenchena/image/117778123

Just click on next if you want to see my other Food pictures, which I took during the crack down of Pbase

Thank you all for your comments, it was an adventurous pleasure this challenge

With friendly regards Mieke