Pumpkins Pumpkins Pumpkins!

PRE-CARVED PUMPKINS! Inquire about having a professionally carved pumpkin on your doorstep, table or at any fall event! There is only a limited number of pumpkins I, Thomas Cushing Jr., can produce so please reserve your pumpkins before they are all gone. Email tj.cushing@gmail.com with some contact info and what event your pumpkin is for. This way we can work together to find out what kind of pumpkin best suits your needs. Be as creative as you want, I can do anything from cute to gruesome. Pricing varies on the amount of detail. (an exampe of a high detail pumpkin can be seen below) 

Tis' the season, to be freightful, gastly, ghoulish, [Oktoberfest if you live in the KW region ;) ], and anything horrifying. But fall is a season of rich colors including reds, yellows and oranges. Squash and gourds are harvested. Don't forget pumpkin's, the king of the gourds. So with a slash and stabbing of a knife the creature is formed. From the depths of the darkness the king of the pumpkin world arises... and looks something like this! HaHa :)

Photos By Will Jivcoff Click Here To Visit His Website

 

New Gear

Every chef gets excited over new equipment and toys. It's a fact! Not just because they are new, but because of how they can improve performance, speed, and accuracy by utilizing a new technology or instrument. Any professional, in any feild, always has brand new equipment and the latest technologies because they know it will improve performance. OK ... Back to me being excited over new toys ;) ... I went down to S.T.O.P. Restauraunt Supply, Victoria st. Kitchener. and picked out:

 Wusthof - Classic Ikon - 9" Chef Knife
 Wusthof - Sharpening Steel - 10"
 Wusthof - Single Groove
 Two sided Melon Baller
 A Couple Years Old (need a new one, but it has treated me good) - J.A. Henckels - Paring knife - 3 1/2"

HALLOWEEN IS AROUND THE CORNER! EMAIL ME ABOUT PRE-CARVED PUMPKINS BEFORE ITS TOO LATE! tj.cushing@gmail.com









I have a big orange pumpkin staring at me, waiting for me to dig in, STAY TUNED FOR SOME GOUHLISH PICTURES...

Skateboard Company Anniversary

The Stickiest of the Icky which is a media blog dedicated to skateboarding is owned and operated by a really rad guy Matt Pancer. Matt travels alot and films and photographs skateboarding along the way. He was having a 1.7 year anniversary (don't ask about the 1.7 year, I guess the timing was right lol) for his blog and asked for a skateboard themed platter. Here's what I came up with :

 

Baby Shower Sunday

Congratulations Jane, you are going to be a Grandma! What better way to celebrate than a fruit platter. This platter was definately fun to make because it was themed. I wish I had more themed platters to make, they allow me to challenge my creativity. Like this:

Day by the Pool

There is hot beating sun on my forearms. There is a cool refreshing pool to my left. As well as a barbecue warming up while I go to work on a watermelon. Slicing and slashing its red juicy flesh to make something beautiful. I take the last swig of beer and finish the last leaf detail. An old door on a broken patio set frame makes a table. We center the masterpiece and station the buffet surrounding it thus proving any space can be beautiful.

FaceLift

Hello friends, it has been in my mind to redesign my blog for some time now. This new design is more fitting for what I intend to accomplish from my blog. Before it was for business purposes but I have now decided to reposition my blog into a diary of my culinary endeavours. Basically I want nothing more than to showcase my talents no matter who I am carving for.

Welcome to Diary of a Fruit Carver.

No Days Off...

Ya it is Christmas Day, and ya, I am still working doing a blog update! Why, you may ask? Because I'm dedicated.

December 24th I did a small house party for clients Terry and Cindy. They requested a not so crazy intracate platter and I was more then happy to give them what they want, then again, it is their Fruit Expectations. It was fun waking up early and heading down to the Kitchener Market to buy the fruit fresh that morning. December 23rd at Bingemans I did a large fruit platter and had tons of fun making it. You will see why when you scroll down! Last but not least I found a photo that I didn't know I had but I decided to throw it in, its of three simple fruit carvings.

Merry Christmas to all and I hope Santa treated you good this year. Don't forget to send me an email and we will talk numbers if you want to spice up your New Years Eve Party!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Thomas Cushing Jr.!