Buchanan Studios Blog

One of our regular clients, Jerry’s Seafood Restaurants, is launching a new fast casual concept of crab cake restaurants. They’ve brought in a tremendous executive chef and the first location should open in Annapolis (of course) this winter.

In our last post we talked about how it’s been the autumn of fast casual – case in point… New eatery from our friends at Glory Days Grill – Fanfare.

Yes I know, Afghan and Soul Food don’t really go together but when you find life’s little treasures like this you don’t question.

and one of my favorites from our previous trip…

from Village Cafe in Cross Keys

Food styling by Harry McMann

Hey, anywhere you can get three inches of corned beef stacked on rye bread is ok in my book.  So much the better if it’s got slaw on it and is called the Witness Protection.

mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwich, mint leaves

When things get slow (and they have) I like to take some time and noodle around in the kitchen and studio and see what I can come up with.  This latest pairing came to me in a Robitussin stupor.  (summer colds are the worst.)   What a great job I have, even when hard a work on product development I still get to eat well.

So in my continued quest to make cool stuff I made a sandwich.  This was intended to be something completely different but it wasn’t working out so I went in another direction.  When the actual shooting gets to be slow I try hard to set up the equipment and do a couple of test shots. I find that if I don’t shoot something cool for a while I become a real jerk.