I just love root vegetables. When I was a chef in my catering days, I used to grow

them in raised beds. I grew turnips, parsnips, beets, rutabagas and carrots. I used

them both for cooking and for food garnishing. These vegetables make incredible

flowers. There is nothing lovelier than a silver bowl on a tray surrounded by beet

and turnip roses. My years in art school served me well, not only in painting, but

in sculpture too and food design. As any true foodie knows, food is as much about

art as it is about eating. Most anyone can learn to do basic cooking, but truly 

wonderful food needs an artist to create it. I always wanted to work in a test kitchen. That would be so interesting to me to develop recipes for restaurants or the food industry.

I would like to start teaching a food garnishing class again some time. What a great way to have people come into your business who are already interested in your product. Once I was invited to do a cooking class/demo for a kitchen cabinet shop. it was really great. They had a staged kitchen set up and I went in to cook and do a tasting. It was great fun. I can't let my love for cooking and baking go, even though I am a full time artist. I love cooking and all things 

foodie. Cooking is art after all.

Country painters are foodies too….