DMBLGIT: The top five

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Winner 54/60
Mousse di ricotta con coiccolata, cedro candito o basilico
(Ricotta mousse with chocolate, candied cedar peel or basil
Ilva at Lucullian delights - an Italian experience is the unanimous winner of April’s Does My Blog Look Good in This.
As judges, we were lucky to have the Aussie celebrity f–die couple Terry Durack (restaurant reviewer for The Independent on Sunday in London and European editor of Gourmet Traveller a regular contributor to Travel & Leisure, a food writer for Good Weekend in Australia, and a columnist for Olive in the UK ) and Jill Dupleix (The Times cook in London). Food writers are obviously exposed to food photography but Jill now shoots her own food. It is her pictures that appear in The Times and in her new book, Simple Food.
Both took their judging very seriously and they scored and commented on every entry. The full spreadsheet can be downloaded here. I’ll post the next five tomorrow.
Terry: “Hugely appealing, great use of colour”
Jill: “Gorgeous shot, very modern, love the styling and varied toppings and the light”

No.2 49/60

Matt at Abstract Gourmet was cheeky in entering two pictures and scored the no.2 and no.3 pics. His Parnsip Bisque (soup for the homely types) is just the ind of thing I want to tuck into on this cold Saturday evening.

Terry: “Good feel, nice intrigue.”
Jill: “Love the presentation, the dark bowls, the garnish, the composition, the soup.”

No.3 48/60

Wasabi Risotto with Daikon & Pickled Ginger
Matt started this entry: “Yes, I know what you’re thinking. Wasabi Risotto….So here is my first foray into the world of experimental flavours and (dare I say it) fusion cuisine.” He’s right I was thinking that but our judges put any prejudices aside.

Terry: “Love the dots”
Jill: “Very cute idea and presentation, let down a little by lighting”
Matt: “Ouch!”

No.4 46/60

Tarts!

L at Cookbook 411 comes in at four with a quartet of tasty rustic tarts (although somehow only three made it into the picture).
Terry: “Earthy, rustic, appealing”
Jill: “Very cute, casual, modern, the style says its good picnic food”

No.5 45/60

Candied Peel
Self confessed geek girl Kitarra at Cooking Debauchery has figured out how to candy grapefruit and shot the crystalised results.
Terry: “Textures good, colour good, nice drama.”
Jill: “Dramatic ECU does a good job of showing crystallisation, tells the story.”

Grape glut

Okay, this is embarrassing. It’s me. Perhaps I shouldn’t have entered.
Terry: “Good bright, in your face stuff.”
Jill: “I love ECU’s like this, very romantic.”

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