more nature & food photography from Myra (final edit)

this is the organic market where Myra goes to. and so, these are organic apples. i was told once before that you could tell whether a fruit or a piece of vegetable  was organic if the appearance wasn’t perfect.

When it comes to professional work, i like perfect, BUT,  when it comes to shapes of fruits and…shapes of people’s faces and their appearances, i like… not-perfect — smiles that are quirky, noses that crinkle and wrinkle when the person is pleased, one tooth that’s slighly not aligned (they call it in Filipino, “sungki”), a strange gait or a peculiar way of walking…even accents! i like people with quaint, “homegrown”   accents (i don’t like people who’ve picked up their colonizer’s accents though, and never did anything about it) — the quaint ones,  i pick up the  intonation  after an hour; friends wonder where’ve been…

i’m blabbering.

flores para la ensalada

…is my pidgin Spanish.

Remove the stamen and pistil, they’re bitter. Then blanch/ steam the petals; drain; pour ice-cold water, drain. Then drizzle with a vinaigrette dressing.

These are organic katuray.  (flowers of the corkwood tree, organically grown), from “The Organic Cooperative”, a member of the Organic Producers and Traders Association.