Some of you know that I was a professional chef for 13 years. I was raising two little girls on my own and needed a predictable income, though I still did art too.
That skill set has really helped me as an artist in terms of entertaining guests to my studio. My tea parties have thrived with fun eats and great tea.The most popular teas are cranberry blood orange, ginger peach, and blueberry green.
I found two new recipes this week I am going to try out for the parties. One is sweet potato bread. The other is brie and orange marmalade baked in puff pastry.
I'm going to make lovely cream cheese sandwiches with the bread. I regularly add good recipes to the parties. At one party, I served brownies, fresh fruit, and corned beef pate' on rye crackers topped with pickles and tomatoes. Lately I have been making charcuterie boards with genuine white chocolate bark. Another favorite with guests are my homemade chicken pot pies.
In my view, food and art are a great marriage. People are tired of the wine and cheese thing. They want real food. I stopped serving alcohol at my parties about 10 years ago. No one seems to miss it. The best part of that decision is that the people who used to come only for the free booze and food, no longer come, wasting everyone's time. There was a guy who came to every art opening in town, never talking to anyone or looking at art, leaving after he drank free wine and food. He no longer comes to my parties. Lucky for me!
Artists have a wonderful life......
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