Two years ago today, this very day, I bought my  McDonald’s Cheeseburger. To commemorate such a beautiful occasion, I bedecked her in crystal rhinestones with the date on it. Since I don’t eat meat, I have just kept her in a corner of my studio where I can look at her every once in a while. She is wrapped in her original wrapper, but nothing else, really. For a while she lived in a granola bar box. Aside from a/c, she has never been refrigerated.

Nothing  has any desire to eat this, no mold, no bugs, nothing. The natural world just doesn’t recognize this as food.

She smells a little gross, like a 2 year old cheeseburger.  The meat patty has dried up and the cheese has dessicated, but all in all, she has aged well.

Really, Kroger?!

I love love love this recipe for a few reasons

1. cheap
2. easy
3. everyone loves it and wants to be your bff and get the recipe
4. you can pick up the ingredients on your way to the party and make it when you arrive at the party (bring your own pitcher)

Art™ gallery view

Oglethorpe Gallery

406 E Oglethorpe (@ Habersham)

March 19-31, Mon-Fri, 10am to 6pm

Reception March 26, 6-9 pm

Some images

Quote Sampler™ and cockroach detail

Family Portraits™ installed and some details

click on thumbnails for larger image

Mall of America Map Sampler™

Cookie™ & detail

Cotton floss on white silk, Kantha style

Barcode™

QR Code Quilt™

Secret message encoded within.   This is a working QR code that can be read with a smart phone.

Social Networking Dress

Designer Toilet Suite™

Acrylic latch hook

Social Networking Dress™

Quilt™

Rug™

These two little guys have been stored at room temperature, wrapped, but not sealed since the day I bought them and glued the date on in rhinestones.

I am compiling a list of foods with logos built right in, when you eat the food, you eat the logo.

There seems to be no shortage of candy and sweet treats in this category, but I am at a loss for edible logos that would go great with a glass of wine.

Please share your ideas…

Sweet Foods

• M&Ms
• Oreos
• Jelly Belly
• Sweet Tarts
• Lorna Doons

Not sweet Foods

• Carrs crackers
• Goldfish (the food is the logo)
• Chex mix (again, the food is the logo)

Hooray! I finally finished this piece; not including design time (roughly 20 hours) the stitching in this piece took 134 hours, 24 minutes and 29 seconds.

21 x 19 inches. Tea dyed linen; cotton, silk, linen, velvet, wool, metal, and synthetic floss; rhinestones, crystal and glass beads.

The pictures don’t do justice, you will just have to come to the show and see the piece in person. I found the quote in “No Logo” by Naomi Klein, although it originally appeared in an article in the Wall Street Journal. The layout  is loosely based on a 200 year old Quaker sampler.

I could go on and on about the brilliance of this piece, about the simplicity and the energy and the motion and the tension and the balance. But I would so much rather look at it.

By Alice McGrory of London, England, this piece joined our collection as a birthday card from the artist to her Uncle William and will soon be framed and on the wall. Unfortunately, this scan does not do justice to the sunny orange and intrepid blue.

This is for AJ, who is looking for Friday fish recipes. This recipe makes enough for two, but is easily doubled with no extra effort. If you are not used to cooking fish, this is easy, healthy, and won’t make your house all fishy smelly.

In a small food processor, pulse to a paste:

• 1 bunch of cilantro (stems and all)
• 1 jalapeno (seeded)
• 1 Tablespoon minced fresh ginger
• 2 cloves garlic
• juice of 1 lime

Scoop into a shallow glass dish, add, and stir together:

• 1 cup plain yogurt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon each chili powder, salt, sugar

Using one pound of a nice fleshy fish–I just made this with Mahi mahi, which was on sale–score the piece(s) diagonally in each direction. Place the fish in the glass dish and cover with yogurt sauce, making sure to squish it in the slits. Cover with plastic wrap, let sit at room temp for one hour. If you are using salmon, reduce sitting time to 30 mins. In the meantime, pre-heat oven to 450*.

Scrape most of the yogurt off, leaving between 1/4 and 1/2 inch on top. Place on a foiled, rimmed baking sheet. Cook anywhere between 15-30 minutes, depending on thickness of fish.

Not-so-spicy Oven Fries

I used Yukon Golds for these and they came out so nice and sweet, again, recipe for two, but easily doubled. They cook at same temp as fish.

Peel 5 or 6 medium potatoes. Slice in half lengthwise, and then again in quarters for nice fry shapes. Rinse, pat dry. Toss with:

• 2 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4  each teaspoon tumeric & paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Spread in a single layer on a cookie sheet ( I line with parchment for easy clean up).

Cook in 450* oven (same as fish) for 25-30 minutes, until nicely browned.

Roasted Broccoli

Yay, this one cooks at the same temp, too. I know you like your broccoli stalks, and this roasting makes them sweet and tender. Use one crown (usually two or three come in a bunch).

Separate the broccoli into florets and cut the stalks long (drag a peeler across if the skin seems too thick).

Toss with

• 2 Tablespoon olive oil
• 1 Tablespoon fresh orange juice
• salt & pepper, red pepper flakes if desired

Spread on baking sheet (parchment!) and roast for 5-10 minutes.

Yum, dinner is ready, healthy and cleanup should be pretty easy.

Age, next week I will post a more Italian style recipe.

I would like to introduce my two new friends to you. They don’t have names, but handsome husband thinks I should name them after royalty.

What do you think? Best idea(s) will receive Wacky Packages and other fun in the mail…

(drumroll, please)

Why I have been spending all of my time stitching and not posting:

March 19-31, 2010

Oglethorpe Gallery

406 East Oglethorpe (at Habersham)

Savannah, GA

open Monday- Saturday 10 am to 6pm

reception March 26, 6-9 pm

This is a solo show of my MFA thesis work, 4 years and thousands (millions?) of stitches in the making.