friday field trip (from the sketch book).

emeryville, ca

20 january 2010

i am not much of a "bread person." it seems like it fills me up and sits in my stomach for too long. i'd much rather eat something savory and flavorful. BUT i do enjoy a warm baguette fresh out of the oven with a pat of butter every now and then . . . who doesn't ?!

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

san francisco, ca

2005

i love drawing candy, maybe even more than i like eating it (i have a savory tooth, not a sweet tooth). i can spend hours in a confectionery with my sketchbook. the smells, the visuals, . . . pure sweet heaven. i sketched these at recchiuti confections in san francisco. michael recchiuti makes some of the most amazing looking AND tasting sweet treats you will ever put in your mouth. perhaps your sweet mom would like something sweet for mother's day?

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

san francisco

2003

i discovered mulberries in 2003. such a sweet and delicate wee fruit. i found them very easy to eat by the basket full and they might just be the cutest little berries you will ever meet !

mulberry |ˈməlˌberē|

noun1 (also mulberry tree or bush) a small deciduous tree with broad leaves, native to the Far East and long cultivated elsewhere. • GenusMorus, family Moraceae, in particular the white mulberry ( M. alba), originally grown for feeding silkworms, and the black (orcommon) mulberry ( M. nigra), grown for its fruit. See also paper mulberry .• the dark red or white loganberrylike fruit of this tree.

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

paris, france

may 2002

i found this wonderful colourful cutlery in a little store in paris.

(click on the image twice for a closer look)

friday field trip (from the sketch book).

guangzhou, china

november 2003

this sunday, february 14th, marks 2 big holidays . . . valentine's day and the start of the Chinese New Year. it is the year of the TIGER (which happens to be MY year). it is a chinese tradition to eat long noodles on this day to signify a long and prosperous life. because of this, the noodles are never cut or shortened in the belief that it would be bad luck and would shorten that person's life. they are served long and whole, like other foods served during the Chinese New Year, since the Chinese also believe that presenting food whole is symbolic for "completeness."

gung hay fat choy.

friday field trip (from the sketchbook).

vermont to san francisco.

august 2008

this was our airplane breakfast flying from vermont to san francisco. looks pretty yummy for airplane food, no ? well it was. we were lucky enough to fly first class, where they treat you like real people rather than cattle.