Statement: I love cooking! My first ‘formal’ dinner was potatoes 3 I love cooking! My first “formal” dinner was potatoes three ways – tater tots; baked potatoes with sour cream and chives; and fluffy, creamy whipped potatoes. I made that dinner for my family when I was eight. It made them happy, it made them laugh, and it stimulated a lot of conversation. Eventually I learned that art could be like food. Both had the potential to give large numbers of people nourishment, provocation, and contemplation.

My passion for food and art intensified and as a young adult I was working in NYC as pastry chef and using my earnings to finance an art studio on 123^rd and Amsterdam. These pies touch on my former life and honor the fine art of luxury food production.