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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Tuna Birthday!

0 comments Posted by pece at 2:15 PM

You don't plan on spending your birthday doing hand-to-hand combat with a tuna sandwich...

But life is full of little surprises...

And when the challange is to paint a tuna sandwich...

And you have a deadline, the tuna sandwich takes precedence over champagne et macarons...

I'm always saying I never eat birthday cake...

But last weekend I took myself off to Soho to do chocolate cake research for the same illustration project...

First I went to very 'Frenchie' Ceci Cela patisserie...

And got this layered affair to practice on...

I did manage to get a sketch out of it before I was compelled to eat it. Well it was melting under the table lamp. What else could I do?

Next I headed off to Francois Payard's new patisserie...

Tres mignon non?

Payard's little Sacher cake didn't even make it to the sketch page...

But it did help immerse me in essence of chocolatie cake research. Just what a pastry artist needs...

The tuna sandwich will not be eaten. It has dried up under the lights. But there is nothing like having real props to work from. The new Ladybug kitchen timer is from the Soho Pylones by the way.

BONJOUR TUNA BIRTHDAY!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Fr. Girl's Rouge et Noir Cuisine

0 comments Posted by pece at 6:53 AM

I mentioned to FRENCH GIRL...

That there seemed to be a distinct rouge et noir/red and black theme in her cuisine/kitchen.

She responded,"Absolutement PAS!" Still, I bought the little red and black Ladybug kitchen timer from PYLONES and added it to the shelf with the other red and black items...

Red and green mug sitting on the black cooker...

A hanging red & black light fixture...

Red curtains hang in the kitchen window...

Plus a red with black striped dish towel. Hmm... What do you think? Am I crazy seeing lots of red and black here? I felt compelled to add a red kitchen mitt from Boutique Maille...