When some people think about learning fruit carving, they think that it must be difficult. It seems intimidating. If that is how you feel, you’ll be inspired by this student’s carving journey, from first attempts, to landing her first carving jobs. Phung Nguyen began learning fruit carving when she came across my website in May. She signed […]
Right now, you can bring a touch of color into your home and brighten your living space with vibrant vegetable bouquets. These colorful, and healthy, veggie bouquets are great centerpieces for any occasion, even an ordinary day. A quick trip to the local grocery store should provide you with all the veggies you need to get […]
For her 25th wedding anniversary, Audrey D’Souza’s 13-year-old son Angelo carved three beautiful edible vegetable bouquets. She was kind enough to share her story and a few photos with me. Angelo discovered my website while searching the internet for vegetable carving ideas. Although he didn’t have enough time to order the tools and ship them […]
Susan Bettridge, a customer/student of mine from New South Wales, Australia, kindly sent over several photos of her amazing autumn vegetable bouquets. Many of the techniques that she used to create these fall vegetable bouquets can be learned in the 101 Fruit and Vegetable Carving Course. Sue joined my 101 Course and my Amazing Carving […]
Easter is coming up quickly, so here are some pretty Easter ideas for food carvings. Calla Lilies which bloom in the Spring have long been a symbol of purity and beauty, resurrection and rebirth. Commonly used for Easter celebrations and weddings the calla lily has a simple and beautiful elegance. I carved the Calla Lilies […]
How does a medical office assistant end up with a vegetable and fruit carving business, get a chance to showcase her skills at a famous Riu hotel in the Dominican Republic and possibly on a television show? This inspiring story is about one of my vegetable and fruit carving students/customers, Aneta Lekas. If you follow my blog, […]
I have many customer/students who have fruit decoration businesses offering their fruit platter arrangements. Aneta Lakas is one of them. A couple of days ago, Aneta sent me an email with some of her photos. Here is what she said in her email: Hi Nita, Thank you for your lessons. I have been carving for […]
One of the cool things about learning vegetable carving techniques like the carrot flowers taught in Amazing Carving with Jimmy Zhang is that once you learn to carve carrot flowers, you can also use other vegetables to carve a variety of different looking vegetable flowers. (more…)
The first time that I carved flowers from vegetables was just before Thanksgiving. I assembled this bouquet and brought it to my mother-in-law’s home where about 25 of us were gathering for Thanksgiving dinner. I was excited to bring them to use as a centerpiece but Wow, I never expected such an enthusiastic response. I […]
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.
VFC 201 Course - Beyond the Basics
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Poinsettia Watermelon Carving
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Vegetable Curler
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Amazing Carving with Jimmy Zhang
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Watermelon Cakes #1 and #2
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