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Food Styling, Soup, Chapel Hill, NC, Thince Foods

May 18, 2015

Food & Prop Styling of Soup by Michelle Smith

I’m about a year behind (if not more) in posting some of my food & prop styling work so these posts will come non-linearly, which about accurately reflects the state of my business these days anyway what with juggling a shop, food styling, my own photography work, product design and . . .

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Gather Snippets and Gardening

March 24, 2015

Flower Crown Class at Gather in Cary, NC

I love collecting recipes and combining flavors at home. It’s extra special getting to do this at Gather as well. Each month I try to work with my staff to come up with a “drink of the month”, this month it is a delicious Ginger Matcha Latte. So good. I also adore these green mugs that I stock . . .

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Orange Cake Recipe

March 3, 2015

Orange Cake Recipe - Food Photography by Michelle Smith

I recently had some girl friends over to get dressed up and watch the Oscars and drink fancy cocktails. I made this orange cake and it was very good. Here is the recipe: Print Orange Cake Recipe   Ingredients Cooking-oil spray 1 cup butter, softened 1¼ cups granulated sugar . . .

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Gingerbread Layer Cake with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting

December 15, 2014

Gingerbread Layer Cake with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting

November through January is always a hectic time of year in our household with a ton of birthdays, a seasonal food business (my husband's peppermint bark), a retail shop and family in town but it is also a special time that deserves to be celebrated. I have a large file of recipes I've pulled from . . .

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Skillet Roasted Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

October 28, 2014

Skillet Roasted Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seeds

Carving pumpkins at Halloween is fun, but I especially love cleaning out the goopy innards and turning them into this delicious treat. I don't particularly have a sweet tooth (I'm more of a salty snacker) but these skillet roasted pumpkin seeds are that perfect combination of sweet and spicy that is . . .

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Spicy Thai Chicken Coconut Soup Recipe, Tom Kha Gai

October 13, 2014

Spicy Thai Chicken Coconut Soup Recipe

I'm a big fan of soups in the fall and winter. My husband not as much, but I think they are growing on him, especially, with soups as good as this one that is the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. I tend to be hyper focused during the day when I'm working and usually want something quick and . . .

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Photo Styling Work for Southern Season, Brunch

October 6, 2014

Food Photography by Lissa Gotwals, Food & Prop Styling by Michelle Smith

Here are some photos from one of a number of food & prop styling jobs I worked on for Southern Season this past Spring/Summer. This shoot had a brunch theme.   Food Photography by Lissa Gotwals, Food & Prop Styling by Michelle Smith . . .

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Food Photography & Photo Styling Work

April 29, 2014

Food Styling by Michelle Smith, Photo by Lissa Gotwals

Some photos I styled from a photo shoot a few months ago for Southern Season. What a joy it is to work on these projects. Photo Styling by me, Michelle Smith, Photography by Lissa Gotwals . . .

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Recipe: Homemade Pizza with brussels sprouts, mushrooms & fontina

March 4, 2014

Fontina and Brussels Sprouts Pizza Recipe

Brussels sprouts have become my new food obsession. I was a little late to the party, just not having been exposed to them, I guess. About a year ago, I had them as a side at a BBQ restaurant, and from that point on I was a convert. They taste a little meaty and have a unique flavor that you'll . . .

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Lemon Ricotta Beignets Recipe

February 27, 2014

Lemon Ricotta Beignets Recipe - Photo by Michelle Smith

This past Sunday my husband decided to whip up these Lemon Ricotta Beignets, which are basically fried dough with ricotta in the center and cinnamon sugar on the outside. They didn't look pretty but they sure were good. Here's the recipe for making at home: Print Lemon Ricotta Beignets Recipe . . .

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Brand to Watch: Dram Apothecary, Colorado

February 24, 2014

Dram Apothecary

Dram Apothecary is a Colorado company that makes bitters, syrups and teas from plant-based ingredients. The owner Shae Whitney’s background includes food science, herbalism and botany. There are a couple of companies in North Carolina who make bitters that we stock at Gather and I use them to . . .

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Behind the Scenes: My Food & Prop Styling Work for Southern Season

February 21, 2014

Behind the Scenes of Prop Styling

This past Tuesday I had the pleasure of doing some more prop & food styling for my client Southern Season. I thought it would be fun to show some behind the scenes iphone pics from the last shoot. You can see some of the final images here. For this shoot that I worked on last year, I . . .

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Feminine Modern is the blog of entrepreneur Michelle Smith. She works professionally as a photographer, food and prop stylist, and illustrator. She owns the store Gather Goods Co. in Raleigh, She's worked with West Elm, 3M, Design*Sponge, Meredith Publications, Fons & Porter and Spoonflower among other well-known brands. A garden & DIY lover, she is the photographer of the book Modern Terrarium Studio.

Passionate about shining a spotlight on maker entrepreneurs, she is also the owner of Gather, a maker-focused gift shop and classroom in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. She founded The Rock & Shop Market in 2004 (an event she organized for ten years). The market featured thousands of maker entrepreneurs alongside bands, djs and food trucks and was the first of its kind in North Carolina.

Her husband Ben, a scientist by day, is an entrepreneur too who concocts recipes by night with his business The Apothecary's Kitchen. They live in Raleigh, North Carolina with their elementary school-aged daughter, a prolific doodler who wants to be an artist, a singer, a robot scientist and a teacher when she grows up.

Orange Cake Recipe - Food Photography by Michelle Smith

Orange Cake Recipe

Gingerbread Layer Cake with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting

Gingerbread Layer Cake with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting

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