It’s with absolutely pleasure that I am able to show you a sneak peek of Holland’s hottest new magazine called Maria, out on shelves now. Inside it, you will find a story on how to use this season’s fruits, produced by Dutch food stylist sensation & restaurateur, Yvette Van Boven, photographed by Jeroen Van Der Spek, and styled by me, Pia Jane Bijkerk. Notice how nicely my last name fits in here – I feel like goldilocks, having found the porridge that suits her just right. Yes, as a part-Dutchie, I’m as proud as punch…
And do you remember me mentioning the other day how I am drawn to recipe writer’s who are pastry chefs, like our (blog)house guest chef Aran? Well Ms Yvette is one of them too – a pastry chef by trade, her culinary creations continue to inspire and amaze me every time we work together. I will be telling you lots more about Yvette soon, but for now, these…
Yep, that fig tart was to-die-for – I devoured that slice right after we shot it. And it was super fun filling the cupboard with all those jars. Don’t you love that cupboard? I will tell you where I got it from in a post to come – its my little shopping secret that I can’t wait to take you through on a personal, exclusive tour. But for now, these…
Yvette baked all these different little shortbread-like twists, twirls and shapes to choose for the pear and vanilla marscapone recipe, and we selected this one you see, it just sat so beautifully with the pear that it seemed meant to be.
I had such a blast working on this story, and I look forward to showing you more of my work with Jeroen and Yvette in the future. Thanks Maria!
oh what lovely images!
talk about perks – that tart does look scrumptious.
September 11th, 2008 | #
uhhmm that looks delicious and that fig tart oh my 🙂 Congratulations Pia you did a wonderful job everything is so gorgeous.
September 11th, 2008 | #
Beautiful work, Pia.
The colors, textures and volumes are wonderful.
September 11th, 2008 | #
beautiful pia, congratulation on another wonderful project!
September 11th, 2008 | #
beautiful photos once again!
September 11th, 2008 | #
Pia this is gorgeous, your work as always flawless. You have just made me so incredibly hungry. Oh how I wish I could place that slice in my mouth!
September 11th, 2008 | #
Beautiful work Pia! How I wish you could help me style some of my pictures for the cookbook….I’d pay you in macarons or mousse 🙂
September 11th, 2008 | #
Is the magazine just about cooking ? Or are there other sections. It looks amazing. Thank you.
September 11th, 2008 | #
So Lovely – it is a lifestyle magazine, full of different things from beauty to fashion, design products and articles about people, as well as food. I’m so glad you like the images, thank you!
Tartelette, mmmmiam – I’ll take mousse thanks!! Oh how I’d love to style your beautiful food too.
Yoli – you’re back! I’ve missed your beautiful comments here on the blog! Thanks for stopping by, sorry for making you hungry 🙂
And thank you Aran, Nadia, Mary-Laure, Sofia and The Projectivist! Your compliments mean the world to me.
xx
September 11th, 2008 | #
the pear + marscapone shot looks divine, almost too pretty to eat! i love the shot of all the jars in the cupboard, too.
September 11th, 2008 | #
oh how pretty the images are! it’s a shame i cannot understand the text, although who am I kidding, its not like i ever ACTUALLY make the recipes. I’d much rather just look at the well-styled versions made by the pro’s.
September 11th, 2008 | #
These photos are fantastic. And they make me hungry.
September 12th, 2008 | #
LUSCIOUS.
September 12th, 2008 | #
I love the deep fuchsia purples with the white backdrop. So pretty and refreshing.
September 12th, 2008 | #
Oh great – thanks Pia. Now I just need to become fluent in Dutch.
September 12th, 2008 | #
Gorgeous, Pia! Your work is amazing!! I’m so impressed 🙂
September 12th, 2008 | #
wow, so lovely! congrats!
September 13th, 2008 | #
all so enticing:)
September 16th, 2008 | #
Hi Pia, I love your blog! You make amazing pictures and I bought the Maria just to take a closer look at the wonderful images you created !!! They make me hungry!
September 25th, 2008 | #
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