Words and Artwork by katherine sandoz
Photography by Chia Chong
in the bowl: hundreds of silk, cotton and linen leaves and blooms ready to be sewn and wired into abstract lavender fronds
years in the making: 2
I’ve never met a vegetable I didn’t like, at least not one I couldn’t make more palatable by bathing in butter, showering in salt or layering in liquid cheese. That is, until I met the radish. She came into my life somewhat unexpectedly, showing up in my dinner salad—her dusty, magenta skin and bright white meat a stark contrast to the sickly green manger of iceberg lettuce and sliced celery on which she rested.
Try to imagine being a child again where you saw each dandelion as an opportunity and not merely a landscaping nuisance. Remember back to the time when you would rush at the chance to pluck one with its head of white bursts between your chubby little fingers, fill your cheeks like billowing sails to blow, blow the top clear off sending shining white puffs into the sky.
Recipe by Libbie Summers and Candace Brower Photography by Chia Chong Styling by Libbie Summers Buttery shortbread with just a hint of rose and a kiss on the cheek of […]