Finish Line

Well here it is—after joining in with the #100dayproject on Instagram, my 100th food & drink illustration—Tadaah!

Three months of daily drawings, resulting in 100 completed illustrations. Quite a challenge and one I recommend. It helps with perseverance, personal style development, observation and colour play, plus there's a great online community to interact with and be inspired by.
For a selection from the series take a peek on my Instagram

And... as if you hadn't already had enough, the fun continues with another 30 days left of my second #100dayproject—this one is all about: #100daysflowersandplants

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Straw Hat

In the days that my mother was a stay at home mum with three young children, she enjoyed to cook. As a result, from an early age, we were used to eating international cuisine. 

She also made staples of homemade jam and bread and cookies and it was not until I was a teenager that our mother gave in started to buy bread, because she had taken on a full time job. The Straw Hat, a local bakery was pretty good and the staff were familiar faces. On the odd occasion cakes were bought there too. I enjoyed the enormous meringues, smooth and crisp on the outside, filled with oodles of fluffy whipped cream and topped off with a bright red glace cherry and a sprinkling of chopped (greener than they nature had intended) pistachios. Another favourite of mine were the sugar coated doughnuts. These were filled with a bright red strawberry jam that would ooze out if you bit into it hard enough. Sometimes we would play a game, to see who could eat their doughnut without licking the sugar off their lips. A challenge that was accepted, and won a couple of times, but after that I preferred not to play, because it took the enjoyment out of the sugary doughnut experience. 


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Vesper Shake

3 ounces Gordon’s gin

1 ounce vodka

1/2 ounce Kina Lillet

Green olives or twist of lemon peel

To make a Vesper, shake the gin, vodka and Kina Lillet with ice n a cocktail shaker.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass and garnish with a green olive ir twist of lemon.


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Victorian Tea

Victoria sponge—an inadmissible recipe in cookery lessons from my school days. The cake, also known as Victoria sandwich, was named after Queen Victoria, who was said to be partial to a slice or two with her tea. For the classic recipe: here

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Chocolate Trio

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Maltesers

Mild Chocolate Bar

Chocolate - This and more foody illustrations can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink

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Delicious Half

The healthy and delicious—Avocado.

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Lemon Sicilian

The ceramic pot above was purchased on a spring jaunt to the beautiful island of Sicily, Italy. The ceramic shops of Ortigia in Syracuse, are filled with the bright colours of Majolica, adorning every kind of household object or ornament you can think of. As you can imagine, this makes choosing one piece exceptionally difficult.
The lemon pot, was in a row of pots on top of a wardrobe. Each as different in size and decoration as can be, which meant although my eye was drawn to it, it didn't grab my attention. On the second visit, the pot was brought down for me to take a closer look. I admired the light flowing lines of the painted lemons and leaves, coupled with jade, ultramarine and a rosy glaze—I was sold!

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Gushing Eastwick

The sweet tang of eating cherries in the summer is a delight, but I am unable to eat them, without the scene from the film: The Witches of Eastwick, popping into my head—you know the one!

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Royal Pea

This could very well be the pea from the fairytale: The Princess and the Pea.
A charming fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, about how the extreme sensitivity and hence proven royality of a young girl, was proved by the addition of a pea under her mattress.

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Fruitful Design

Colourful fruit illustrations as part of the #100dayproject. See more on Instagram

Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink. Also #100daysflowersandplants is my other project.

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Coffee & Cake

Sicilian coffee

 Mr Kipling's French fondant fancies

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Sicilian Orange

My latest foody recipe - Sicilian Orange Salad, inspired by a Spring jaunt to Syracuse on Sicily. Wonderful sunshine and good food. This delicious salad is made with blood oranges, which makes the salad less sharp.


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Just Toast

Toast. This and more foody illustrations can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink

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Red Succulent

Strawberries. This and more foody illustrations can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink

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Love it!

Marmite. This and more foody illustrations can be found on my Instagram as part of the #100dayproject. Tag: #100daysfoodanddrink

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Latest nine

My latest set of nine on Instagram for the #100dayproject.

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Avocado Fiesta

Avocados are delicious and their uses are only limited by your imagination. 
Why not try this easy guacamole recipe? Pop open a bag of tortillas and serve accompanied by a chilled glass of wine.

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Floral Salad

Floral Salad—my latest culinary illustration, incorporating edible violets.

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Daily Bite

Today's daily dose of vitamins - for #100daysoffoodanddrink illustration on Instagram.

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Appetising depiction

Some of the daily food and drink illustrations I've made as part of #the100dayproject, tag: #100daysfoodanddrink on Instagram,

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