Ann Marie Elaban | Baking Enthusiast and Aspiring Food Stylist

Muse Room Podcast

Welcome back to Muse Room! I know it’s been quite a long time but I am so excited to be back talking to people that inspire me. This podcast is going to be a bit different going forward. If you follow me on Instagram you probably saw that I changed my handle to @museroomtable. I am diving into something that I’ve always loved and that is food. Cooking is something that has fascinated me since I was a child and it’s something that makes me really happy. So from here on out everyone you hear from on this podcast will be somewhat related to the world of food - whether that is an avid home cook, professional restaurant chef, food blogger, you name it.

Starting out I am going to keep this relatively simple. I ended up putting a lot of pressure on myself with Muse Room when I first started and with me being a one-woman show, I need to keep my sanity in check. So for now, I am going to try (keyword being try) to commit to a new episode every other week, and then we’ll take it from there. If there is someone you want me to interview please let me know by either emailing me at [e-mail] or sending me a DM on Instagram @museroomtable.

This week I am sharing a conversation that I had with a friend of mine, Ann Marie Elaban. She’s a fellow (former) Bon Appétit fan (we’ll get into what that means in the episode), lover of baked goods, and an aspiring food stylist. She doesn’t call herself a food stylist but I think she should. Her photos are GORGEOUS. Head over to the show notes on my website to see the photo of an egg salad toast that Ann Marie mentions in this episode or just go follow her out on Instagram @annmarieelaban.

In our conversation we talk about:

• Her first memory in the kitchen
  
  • How to cook delicious food with what you have in the kitchen (I.E. the one time she made a shepherd’s pie in her tiny NYC kitchen)
    
• The power that spices have for making use of everything in your fridge
  
• How the pandemic has influenced her cooking and eating habits
  
• Her process for styling food and take photos of her food
  
• Her love of baking
  
• Why we can no longer “stan” Bon Appétit
  

And loads more!

Click here to get the full show notes with links to anything Ann Marie mentions AND the recipe of the week!

If you’re a returning listener of Muse Room Podcast, THANK YOU for sticking with me. If you’re new, welcome! I’m so glad you’re here.

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