One of my color pencil drawings of vegetables

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58. I am a twisted foodie...

as opposed to a purist. I'll need time to explain it but I think my rationale is valid. First I should say I love low cuisine-I have spent a ton of time seeking excellence in burgers and hot dogs and succeeded to at least the degree of a successful food trailer as proof of success-it was mine for six years at a time when 90% of all food startups fail in the first three years. I chose the closing only when my partner became ill.

So I worked in low cuisine. I would rather serve a fine hot dog than a mediocre steak. We had chilidogs-my partner had worked the grill at a Connecticut bar that was on chili dog bus tours (and yes-that's a real thing) and we worked in my kitchen for six months to first approach it and finally to (I believe) exceed it. We advertised having the best chili dogs in the state and offered a refund to anyone who claimed a competitor had a better one-in three years only one patron challenged that and only stated he made a better one at home...In burgers it was just beef and making sure the toppings were fresh. We had two specialty burgers-one with sauteed Portobello caps and Sargento aged Swiss cheese and then an apple cider cured bacon and blue cheese burger.

So my thing was doing the basics as close to perfection as was ever achieved in a lunch for $5. Well-if you bought a specialty burger, fries, and a canned soda it was $5.75...

But I digress. I'm a kind of foodie and your drawing was alluring.