About

As a perpetual student in the kitchen, I’m always buying a new ingredient at the market, reading a cookbook, collecting food props for photography, browsing the kitchen gadget stores or daydreaming about my next food and travel destination.

I have been collecting recipes ever since winning a recipe contest when I was 10 years old. Now I write about my food experiences on my blog and share my encounters with food both locally and during my travels. I also enjoyed the table-side of the kitchen as a restaurant reviewer for a local commuter newspaper, and I continue to freelance as a food editor for a magazine called Taste&Travel. In 2009, I completed Basic Cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu in Ottawa. As well, I've dabbled in some fun baking groups like Tuesdays with Dorie and Daring Bakers where I could bake and test my creativity.

Here are some other highlights:

• mentioned on Food52 news for my blog post called Bringing Mexico Home: Huevos Divorciados
• recognized on The Oprah Magazine website for a variation on a recipe by Dorie Greenspan, May 2011
• mentioned twice in The New York Times in the “What We’re Reading” column of the Diner’s Journal, July and August 2011
• mentioned in Ottawa Magazine, October 2011
• wine and food columnist for Natalie Maclean's blog, 2011
• won two photography awards from DMBLGIT and published photos in Taste&Travel magazine

To contact me, please email. I am available for freelance work in food and travel writing and photography. I hope you'll visit often and share your passion for food and travel with me.

Thanks for dropping by!
Shari Scheske
whiskfoodblog[at]gmail{dot}com

My Profile   Equipment Since some readers have asked, here's a list of the photographic equipment I use: • Nikon D80 and more recently Nikon D7000 • Sigma 17-70mm 1:2.8-4.5 lens • Nikon 50mm 1:1.8 lens • Manfrotto tripod • Nikon Speedlight SB-600 (usually just in restaurants) • Nikon Camera Control Pro 2 software for tethered shooting
My Posts

featured food blogger

Coffee and Vanilla Beautiful Blog Award

Foodista Featured Blog

 
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Thip from Bonbini!~ my very first blog award, so it meant a lot, especially from someone as talented as Thip!! ~Andreea from On [Glorious] Food and Wine
Karen from Something Sweet by Karen
Laura from She's Cookin' Now


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Clara from i heart food 4 thought


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Carrie from Carrie's Kitchen Creations


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Mary Ann from Meet Me in the Kitchen
Natashya from Living in the Kitchen with Puppies


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Holly from Phe/Mom/enon

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Anne from Anne Strawberry


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Chriesi from Almond Corner
Darina from Gratinée

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Jacque from Daisy Lane Cakes
Esther & Hannah from Del Sisters Kitchen


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Nikki from Nik Snacks


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Karen from Something Sweet by Karen Don & Jenn from FoodiePrints

 

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Lorenz from Bravocook Made in Italy

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Cathy from The Tortefeasor

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Gretchen from Canela and Comino

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Monica from Lick the Bowl Good

Tara from Raising Itty-Bitty Bookworms

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Sarah from The Delicious Life

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Faithy from diary of Faithy, the baker

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Diana from Adventuring Through Life

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Le from Le's Little Kitchen

Web Mentions

Super Roundups (NOTCOT)
~ French Onion Soup and Pecan Honey Sticky Buns (May 2008) ~

Coffee Tickle
~ Glace au café (Coffee ice cream) (July 2008) ~

Bites from Other Blogs by Baking Bites
~ Pumpkin Chai Tarts (October 2008) ~
Burkbum (November 2008)

Design Crush
~ Gingerbread Cookie Cups (February 2009) ~

Our Secret Ingredients - Tuesdays with Dorie Recognition

The Most Extraordinary French Lemon Cream Tart
French Chocolate Brownies
Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler


Cooking Clubs

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