The Art of Cooking at Home ArtJones Artists Share Their Creations, in the Studio and the Kitchen By Jen Ring
NANCY POUCHER
Poucher’s “Parrots in Pastel”
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Nancy Poucher Artwork: Poucher’s “Parrots in Pastel” So, my husband is a cook. I’m lucky! I get to spend more time making art and eating than in the kitchen. These past weeks and months (I’m losing track) have found me out in the backyard observing the birds that come by our feeder to eat. I do some sketching from my hammock and sometimes share some fruit (from the Saturday Morning Market drivethru) with the parrots. The parrots like their fruit straight up. Brooklyn Supper’s Strawberries in Red Wine Syrup: I like the Little Pond strawberries in red wine. I have Meyer lemons and thyme in the backyard, so no need to go to the dangerous grocery store! I think you could substitute mangoes or papaya, which are ripening on the trees around Gulfport right now. The parrots and I have our own little happy
hour in the backyard. Get the recipe at brooklynsupper.com/strawberriesin-red-wine.
LARRY BUSBY
Have you been cooking at home a lot lately? It seems to be the one thing we all have in common since COVID-19 arrived. It was fun and challenging at first, but after so long, a sort of food ennui sets it. Even celebrity chef Ina Garten is “a little sick of cooking,” according to her June 1 Instagram post. To spice things up, the Gabber reached out to ArtJones artists to find out how they’re keeping busy, both in the studio and in the kitchen. Nancy Poucher, Larry Busby, Monica Watson, Jila Davoodi, Jack Providenti and Brenda McMahon responded via email. Each reply reads like a pandemic postcard or letter. The artists wrote of how they passed the time during quarantine, and shared an image of their artwork and a favorite recipe. Here’s what they had to say, in their own words (edited for grammar, clarity and length).
Larry Busby Artwork: Photo collage of Busby images (Larry Busby postcard) I’ve been going out on personal adventures, usually hiking both nature and urban trails in the area with my camera and chronicling them with photographs. These are a few shots from some of my activities during the pandemic: making music
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