Comments on: To the Cooks, Prosit! Part I http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/11/23/15097/ Celebrating the Culinary History of France and her Former Colonies Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cynthia Bertelsen http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/11/23/15097/comment-page-3/#comment-1979 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:35:02 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=15097#comment-1979 Which is the desktop image, the painting or the picture of your wife? I know, I love the art of food and food of art, too. Happy Thanksgiving coming up. Thanks for writing.

]]> By: kingbiscuitpants http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/11/23/15097/comment-page-3/#comment-1978 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:50:41 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=15097#comment-1978 Again as an Illustrator turned chef I love this post; especially the last painting since it bears a striking resemblance to my wife, it’s actually my desktop image right now.

]]> By: Cynthia Bertelsen http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/11/23/15097/comment-page-2/#comment-1977 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:20:41 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=15097#comment-1977 Thank you, Delia. Your marvelous sense of humor on FB and in your blog makes my day many’s the day.

]]> By: Cynthia Bertelsen http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/11/23/15097/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:19:14 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=15097#comment-1976 Wonderful post, Mae, just superb! I’ll look at the others you mention. Thanks for alerting me to this.

]]> By: delianeal http://gherkinstomatoes.com/2009/11/23/15097/comment-page-2/#comment-1975 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:05:21 +0000 http://gherkinstomatoes.com/?p=15097#comment-1975 What wonderful paintings! They really capture the chaos inherent in a large kitchen (or any kitchen around the Holidays). For some reason, the van Nieulandt reminds me of the kitchen prep for the climactic dinner in “Babette’s Feast” – a gastronomes delight of a meal just for the sake of sharing a meal. And one that didn’t consist of beer soup and stale bread.

You come up with the most fascinating culinary information and stunning artwork to go with it – reading your blog is like diving into a musty corner of a rare books shop and losing myself in golden reminiscences of food lore, luscious paintings and incomprehensible recipes for things like eel pie. Love it!

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