Today’s experiment is portobello mushroom wrapped in streaky bacon, topped with cheese and a fresh sage leaf. Baked for 20 minutes…

I love the lighting in the kitchen in the afternoon. But as soon as the sun goes down, food photography is close to impossible.

Pre-oven experiments: afternoon sun, no camera flash.

Post-oven experiment: after sunset with flash. Look at that terrible lighting! No. Don’t look at it. Just look at the yummy experiment.

Served with fried eggs (with capers, fried garlic and worcester sauce), rice and buttered corn.

I suppose the goal is to cook and photograph food during daylight. It makes a huge difference. But, with winter coming up, it’s probably not going to be likely. Hmmm…at what stage do I set up a mini photography studio in our kitchen?