A couple of weeks ago I played around a bit with carving watermelon faces. I wanted to see how well techniques for carving 3D faces in pumpkins would work for carving faces in watermelon. Here is my result. I was aiming to make friendly looking guy. Because I was using my own face in the […]
August 15th this year would have been the 100th birthday of Julia Child, legendary TV chef and cookbook author. This event has inspired chefs, restaurant owners and food enthusiasts all over America to celebrate in honor of her memory. And rightly so, since she was, and still is, a major iconic figure in the culinary world. Julia Child […]
After the recent July 4th celebrations here in the United States, several readers sent me photos of their patriotic watermelon carvings. It’s great to see that so many people are using their creativity with fruit carving to celebrate special events like July the 4th. In fact, vegetable and fruit carvings are a great addition to any special […]
It’s been a crazy busy week! One of the highlights is that two days ago I made my first live TV appearance. San Diego Living asked me to come and do a segment on fruit decorating. On Monday, July 3rd i spoke to the segment producer and the very next day, I was on TV. […]
I often get e-mails from customers and readers who have used my fruit and vegetable carving techniques in their own unique vegetable and fruit arrangement displays. I always enjoy seeing their creations and want to share them so that other readers can get ideas for their own projects. Today, I have a few interesting vegetable and […]
In April, I wrote a post about upcoming fruit and vegetable carving competitions, which included the Plain City Heritage Days festival competition on May 19th. Well, I got a first hand account from one of my readers, Luis Rodriguez, who was a contestant in the Plain City fruit and vegetable carving event in May. This was Luis’ first carving competition! Here’s […]
The Competitions Season is here for Food carvers and sculptors, both professional and aspiring! If you enjoy vegetable and fruit carving as a hobby, there’s no better way to challenge yourself than to test out your skills at a few carving competitions. Competitions Push You to Challenge Yourself I know for some people just hearing […]
One great thing about fruit carvings is that they can really enhance your food presentation and even make you stand out as a caterer or chef. Customers want food to not only taste good, they are drawn to food that is pleasing to the eye. Many chefs use special plating techniques, but adding fruit carvings […]
Today, I’d like to show you a few vegetable bouquets of carved radish flowers that people have made after watching my free radish bouquet video lesson. People who visit my blog are usually impressed by the carvings of fruit flowers or vegetable roses they see and want to know how to make their own edible […]
In a recent post, I showed you photos of melon roses that students carved after learning rose carving techniques from my lessons. Now, I’ll show you how these rose carving techniques are versatile when applied to other types of fruits and vegetables. Rose Carving Techniques Applied to Tropical Fruits I teach these rose carving techniques […]
Nita is inviting you into the world of fruit and vegetable carving. You'll join thousands of others who've become watermelon carving and fruit carving experts using Nita's simple and easy-to-follow food art instructions! Her how to garnish & melon carving video lessons will show you how to sculpt beautiful fruit bouquets & arrangements! Create spooky pumpkin carving creations this Halloween.
Watermelon Cakes #1 and #2
$34.95 – $39.95
Carving Watermelons - Roses, Buds and Leaves
$35.95 – $39.95
Hearts and Roses Lessons
$22.95 – $26.95
Carving Letters and Words 1, 2 & 3
$54.97 – $69.97
Portrait Carving Course for Pumpkins and Watermelons
$119.00 – $147.00
