Kitchen art

Beyond food and utilitarian devices, color, movement and visual cues tease out our creative talents. So, after realizing that my kitchen is rather bland, and inspired by a recent desire to repurpose treasured items, I may have stumbled upon a fun solution.

Have you seen The Organic Kitchen Garden calendars by Ann Lovejoy (author and Seattle columnist)? Each calendar in the series is a gorgeous work of food and garden art: bold, brilliant, energizing ... perfect for getting through those dreary gray winter days, urging the onset of spring and the return of blossoming life. A small investment (less than $20) yields twelve full color spectacularly arranged professional photographs of fruits, vegetables, edible flowers, dried flowers and garden beds. The mouth-watering monthly recipes and cooking tips are an unexpected bonus!

A pristine 2007 issue (photography by Robin Bachtler Cushman) was recently unearth from beneath a random stack of stuff here at home. So, it's off to seek out creative, sustainable options to display these vibrant beauties in ways that will delight the senses, stimulate the palate, heal the winter blues, and beckon the green thumb. 

For more fun kitchen ideas, check out Spice Up the Kitchen!

Bon Appetit!