culinary

Arrowroot Maranta arundinacea pen and ink completed for Montserrat National Trust

Arrowroot Maranta arundinacea completed for Montserrat National Trust

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruit split to reveal red seeds

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruti split to reveal seeds

Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica showing plant in flower and fruit

Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica pen and ink line drawing

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum with detail of flowering head

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum pen and ink line drawing

Bay tree Laurus nobilis in terracotta pot, trimmed into a sphere.

Bay Laurus nobilis sprig showing small white flowers and aromatic evergreen leaves

Mint sprig showing flowers and growth pattern.

Sage Salvia officianalis sketchbook study showing leaf and flower and tonal study of leaf texture

Staghorn Sumac Rhus glabra sketchbook study with detail of individual flowers

Persian Hogweed Heracelum persicum and Giant Hogweed Heracelum mantegazzianum comparison with info on flower shape, umbel shape, and leaf differences

Persian Hogweed Heracleum persicum sketchbook study showing rounded curve of flowering head, and convex toothed leaf lobes.

Garden pea Pisum sativa showing leaves, tendrils, peas in a pod, flowers and closed pods

Walnut Juglans regia nut in shell and loose nut

Walnut Juglans regia tree showing typical growth habit

Pomegranate Punica granatum fruit and halved fruit with leaf

Pomegranate Punica granatum tree in fruit showing typical growth

Olive Olea europea sprig with leaves fruit and detail of one half olive

Old Olive Olea europaea tree showing typical gnarled growth

Yellow morel Morchella esculenta fungus pen and ink illustration

Wild basil Clinopodium vulgare in flower