Debora Smail

Afternoon / High Tea at the Tea Lounge,
St. Regis, Houston.

Shot 16 years ago today.

You mean the world to me.
Happy Mother’s Day, Mom!
(Donna Firsching)

With love always, deb

Friday night - Pair & Share! 🍷🧀

Camerata at Paulie's ‘All 8 Board’
fresh Charcuterie & Cheese selections from Houston Dairymaids.

Paulie's Restaurant Pasta Salad - daily made shell pasta, artichoke hearts, calamata, red bell peppers, feta cheese, spinach and celery tossed in our house made pesto vinaigrette.
• also served at Camerata at Paulie's

“in earnest & rooted deep”

still(less)life / 11-14-2023
ICM / in camera movement /
monochrome painting with light / leica q2

Give Paulie's
BUCATINI AMATRICIANA a spin!
Smoked bacon, garlic, cherry tomato, chili flake & pecorino!

Timothy assists w/ setting up the portrait wall. 🖤
10/22/2023

Cool off with a Mexican Old Fashioned!
Features Tequila, Coffee Liqueur, Luxardo Cherries & a FAT ICE Collins Cube.
Served in Luigi Bormioli / Bormioli Luigi Glassmaker’s classic ‘Strauss’ 13.25 oz square glass.
The recipe is in, ‘A gift from the heart, Johnny Carrabba’, available later this year! Pre-sale ordering going on now at https://carrabbascookbook.com/
Carrabba Family of Restaurants

pappardelle pasta.

shot for Carrabba Family of Restaurants cookbook available end of 2023.

Is it too early for a Chocolate Martini?

Shot for Carrabba Family of Restaurants' Cookbook
(out 12/2023) in Luigi Bormioli‘s ‘Optica’, delicate, titanium reinforced, crystal martini glasses. 😍

Bone-in Ribeye or Tomahawk Chop? Whatever you call it, get it on your grill!
Shot for Carrabba Family of Restaurants NEW cookbook, coming out the end of 2023.

a couple outtakes, that I love,
from shooting cookbook cover ideas…
🤍🤍🤍

things are what they are.

#1913

color & texture therapy. 🤍

Roasted Garlic

Preheat over to 400 degrees.

Coat bottom of cast iron with olive oil and set aside.

Cut off tops of whole garlic (approx 1/4 of the way down).

Line cast iron with whole garlic, exposed side up.

Pour 1Tbsp olive oil over each whole garlic.
Add sprigs of Thyme atop.
Optional: Sprinkle with peppercorns.

Cover with foil tightly
Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.

Remove foil from cast iron.

Use oil in bottom of cast iron and spoon over each garlic.

Put back in oven and cook an additional 10-20 minutes to your liking.

Sprinkle with Maldon Salt and serve.

Optional: Drizzle with reduced balsamic vinegar.
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Raw ingredients shot - Seafood.
For the Carrabba Family of Restaurants Cookbook, available year end 2023.

Freshwater clams shot for Carrabba Family of Restaurants Cookbook, due out end of 2023.
Extra special thanks to Aron of Fractured Goods for this gorgeous handmade, wood fired, 10” Shino plate. 😍 LOVE.

on the line. shooting the people of Carrabba's.
I got a smile out of him!

😍
Luigi Bormioli’s ‘Vinea Moscato Spumante’ holds Carrabba’s ‘Strawberry Mint Martini’ and their ‘Sublime’ holds the ‘French 75’, recipes available in Cookbook available late 2023.

Thanks to Sahira Malherbe, our specialized ‘ice wrangler’ & ‘drink leveler’ for making the photo extra extra! 😊🍸🥂

Immense thanks to Keren at Luigi Bormioli Italy for making our Espresso Martini EXTRA glamorous in their Jazz Cocktail Coupe, recipe available in Carrabba Family of Restaurants Cookbook available late 2023.

an appropriate theme for the start of the week! eggshells.

seeing red

end to an extra long work week.
back at it tomorrow!
🔴

weekend plans, pasta styling and shooting.

make mine a double!
playing with food photography…