Fellow turophiles, this is for you! A recent editorial assignment, for Our State Magazine, took me to beautiful Western North Carolina to photograph several mountain cheese makers. The second stop was at Looking Glass Creamery in Columbus, NC.
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foodie : spinning spider
Photographing cheese in the mountains of North Carolina has been such a joy! This is our third stop for the May 2026 Our State Magazine story ”In Search of Cheese” by Hannah Lee Leidy. Spinning Spider Creamery is family owned artisan goat dairy in Bailey Mountain. I love goats, so I knew this would be fun!
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primland resort : chef de rieux
On a windy autumn day we drove to the Meadows of Dan to photograph at the Primland Resort with executive chef Ryan de Rieux. Chef Rieux showed us how he crafts his very tasty Pheasant Ballotine, made with the breast meat pounded thin and filled with a mushroomy meat paste.
Enjoy the photos and if you’d like to see this recipe and a few more for game birds check out the Virginia Living story.
Photographer: Stacey Van Berkel
Client : Virginia Living
Art Director: Ann Harvey
Food Styling/Prep : Chef le Rieux
BEHIND THE SCENES . . .
joy : life lessons from a tuscan villa
Release of Debbie Travis’ new book JOY :LIFE LESSONS FROM A TUSCAN VILLA, photographed by Stacey Van Berkel.
Read Moretravel + food : cacao in ecuador
When my friend and former editor of Style at Home magazine texted me and said, “Do you want to go to Ecuador and shoot a cacao story in the Amazon?” I immediately texted back and said “I am packing my bags now!”
Read Morevivian howard | deep run roots
Vivian Howard of Chef & the Farmer and the Emmy award winning PBS show A Chef’s Life has published her first cookbook! It was released on October 4th and I was honored to shoot the cover.
Read Morea chef’s life | season 4 dvd release
We are thrilled to have the cover photo for A Chef’s LifeSeason 4 DVD! And we had a great time attending the Season 4 Premiere Party in Kannapolis, NC. Vivian, food, all the people from the show, a private screening of the first episode at the beautiful Gem Theatre, followed by a little concert by Scott Avett of the Avett Brothers and dinner – what’s not to love?!
Photography : Stacey Van Berkel
Styling : Elie Rossetti-Serriano
Production : Catherine Schramm
for the love of... my food stealer
Simon is a wonderful dog in so many ways but his ability to steal food is pretty extraordinary! He waits until your attention is diverted and then he strikes as quick as lightening and all you are left with are a few pieces of plastic or a plate. Don’t let his innocent stance fool you . . . one time he ate a whole pan of fudge, another time a whole rotisserie chicken!
on rue tatin cooking school
My time at On Rue Tatin was so full of lovely food and beauty, I wanted to share a few more photos. . . you can actually read about Susan Hermann Loomis’ journey to France and the renovation of her amazing house in her book of the same name On Rue Tatin: Living and Cooking in a French Town.
