Cocktail Kingdom
Mariana Velasquez styled these 3 heroic shots for
Food & Wine, shot by
Antonis Achilleos. There's a real art to making a dish stand out as the hero shot - it has to be almost perfect because nothing else on the page matters. Add to the fact that food is a medium involving several senses - taste, sight, smell and touch - and you've got a complex recipe for artistic success. I can tell you from experience, it pays to spend time on set with Mariana. That drink tasted as good as it looks! It's like Mariana always says: "
Eat with your eyes."