As a cookbook fan, I hit the mother lode of cooking magazines. Years ago I had a subscription to Cook's Illustrated and loved it. What was great about the magazine was it didn't have any ads and the cooking tools or products they recommend were not sponsors. Always felt that I could trust what they were saying. Since Christopher Kimball left the company you could see the change. Sponsors products were being featured, so you had no way of knowing if their endorsements were legit or not. I also like the artwork for the covers on the older magazines.
Now these older vintage magazines when Chris was in charge have no resell value (regardless of what people tell you) so at the store they're given away. I'm currently cat sitting so I have over 60 magazines to go through! Yes, I'm a happy camper!
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
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