Watercolors...

anthers and petals
when my heart falls apart
watercolors and carbon pencil
on 140# cold press arches
7x10 inches

Watercolor Paintings

anthers and petals
the fabric of my heart
watercolor and charcoal pencil
on arches cold press 140#  paper

Black and White

Here are some photos I took with my phone. I used the photo editor app to turn them black and white. I think they turned out pretty cool.

Summer Desserts

The last time I made these I grilled the apricots. The grilling made them too soft in my opinion. Yes these are some kind of fancy red and yellow apricot. Honestly they tasted like a plum. I would just use firm plums. Cut them in half and remove pit and then stuff with mashed goat cheese and honey. I sprinkled chopped almonds and honey with a sprinkling of sea salt. They were yummy and easy and no oven. Hooray!!

Pate Brisee

The terrible thing is I could just eat this raw. Its a little salty with a little sweet. I use it for a ton of things. Sometimes I just cut it out with cookie cutter shapes and sprinkle sugar on it and call them sugar tarts. you could even stuff it with savory stuff like meats and veggies and it would be good. Here is the recipe online. My mother uses vegetable shortening for her crusts which are delicious too. She also recommend keeping all the ingredients cold before using. She puts the flour sugar salt everything in the fridge before she uses it. I tried this and honestly I didn't notice a difference but I do cut up the butter and refrigerate it for a bit before I use it.

Blackberry and Blueberry Handpies

yesterday i got a hankering to make pies. they were a little rough looking but delicious. they are all gone now. where were you? i got the recipe here.

Kumquat Concoction

so i used a tom colicchio recipe for marmalade. obviously i tweeked it.
i used about 40 kumquats sliced into thirds and seeds removed
i boiled 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water a couple of chopped garlic cloves 1 teaspoon crushed peppercorns and 1 branch of chopped rosemary. once everything was melted  i simmered it until the kumquats were translucent. his recipe didnt have garlic or salt in it. it was delicious. so very very very delicious.