Happy Chanukah, the latke mobile menorah
Years ago, I went to a garage sale and loaded a cardboard box with old kitchen gadgets, pots, pans, and even an old oil tin from the basement of the sale. …
Bull’s Blood Beets
I planted several varieties of beets in my garden including, "Golden, Early Wonder, Flat of Egypt and Chioggio." They range from the lovely pale anemic beet, "Albino", to the "Bull's Blood" beet…
In a circular line, it all comes back
It was announced that for the first time in years the Macy's Fourth of July fireworks were to displayed in the Hudson River. The last time I had seen them over…
Cotton is High!
The world price of cotton in October of 2009 was 66 cents per pound. By October of this year, the price of cotton had risen to $1.26 per pound.The price of cotton had…
The Vari’s Garden Party
The annual Vari's garden party is always held in late August in honor of George's birthday. I painted their portrait a few years ago in my studio in Toronto. When I paint a…
Jason Berger
Today, I received the sad news that my mentor and teacher Jason Berger passed away. A master of linguistict puns, he taught me that paintings contain visual puns and visual…
Summer Squash:Liquid Sunshine
Several years ago I put on an event at my gallery www.vreissgallery.com called " The Neuroscience of Molecular Gastronomy" http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=%22neuroscience+of+Molecular%22&hl=en&sitesearch=# http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=%22neuroscience+of+Molecular%22&hl=en&sitesearch=# It was a collaboration with my daughter, Ariel Garten ,who lectured about…
Sorghum: The Sweet Taste of Success
Sorghum; the sweet extracted juice This Summer's boulevard garden was a great success. The broom corn reached a record height of 15' 8". Nestled among the amaranth, broom corn, cotton, beets,…
On the Boulevard: My Front Chard
One of the most beautiful, healthy and delicious parts of my garden is my "front chard". It grows between the sidewalk and the road on a patch about 140 square feet ,which…