I'd like to confess. I have an addiction. I have a problem. Well... I actually have two problems and two addictions. One - cook books. Two - food photography props. I guess both of those things go hand in hand together. It's getting a little ridiculous because I literally don't have any more places in my condo to put any of these things. I mean I have a choice, I either buy more props and books or I have a comfortable place to sleep.

But the thing is that there are so many wonderful cook books that I'd like to have. I love just leafing through them during long dark winter evenings. I like discovering new recipes that I missed the first time around, I like remembering my favourite ones when I look through the books again and again. It's a journey through time. I look at the pictures and I remember what I was thinking and feeling the first time I looked at them. I remember how I felt when I cooked some of the things. It's my life, my love, my memories and I can't deny myself the pleasure of discovering new books, new recipes, new authors, new wonderful pictures. How can I?

And what about the props? I can't shoot food using the same plate over and over again. It's not even about using the same prop, it's about which foods go well with which dishes. Yes, I need different flat plates for salad and yes I need multiple bowls in different shapes and colours. I need all of them and more. Each time I go to a store, I see possibilities. This little dish would make a perfect creme brulee vessel. And this colourful bowl would go so well with risotto. And this... and this... Pictures form in my mind and dance around filling me with joy and eagerness to go home and cook and take pictures. Yes, I've never used this plate which I bought a year ago, but I will, of course, I will.

The pictures are terrible. It was overcast outside and it's quite dark in my apartment, and I had no choice but to use the internal flash. But if you'd like to see my food photography props, my cook books... my treasures, then