![A corner slice of pizza topped with pepperoni and jalapenos](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/2595f86f-3168-4685-8f0f-716fd4d9a6f9_rw_1920.jpg?h=06325f302764d269b417e72b73c67fa2)
Pizza with Pepperoni and Jalapenos (Made weekly)
When we went into lockdown in New York in mid March, I found myself drawing food that I was making. It was very low stakes and it was soothing in how mindless it was. I wasn't concerned with getting it exactly right, but more that it caught the essence of what it was.
At a certain point I started dreaming about food that I couldn't make, whether it's because I can't figure out the right proportions to make my own Mission style burrito, or I haven't had enough practice making really good byrek, and so instead of enjoying those foods I drew them.
![A bowl of red beans and rice](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/09c4a3b6-6c38-4ab3-b7d2-dfdd2de25d3f_rw_1920.jpg?h=d6d9210900dc282bdc7d4558af21b61c)
Red Beans and Rice (Made)
![A corner slice of pizza topped with pepperoni and jalapeno, a ball of fresh mozzarella half sliced, a sliced jalapeno, a half full glass jar of tomato sauce, a sliced pepperoni and a ball of pizza dough.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/8a12e286-e71d-4e9e-899e-3f9876ce39d0_rw_3840.jpg?h=8bf2b3b40e1da49fc8f6bc0b3ca2d1d0)
Pizza, Deconstructed with Ingredients Used (Made weekly)
![A blueberry crumbcake with a single slice cut out](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/19a14e1b-11e3-47bf-8299-58c53c7b6c33_rw_1920.jpg?h=4a108aa54b746023d3c0d1c1fc024d25)
Blueberry Crumble Cake (Baked several times)
![An unpeeled potato, a half peeled potato, a fully peeled potato, a cracked egg with shell, a bowl of white flour, and a single gnocchi dumpling.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/30203f76-06a2-414b-9d2c-ffe6d29e7ef6_rw_3840.jpg?h=5e3ceddfaf3416df72deb16ef83e6715)
Gnocchi (In Process: Still perfecting)
![A New York Pizzeria style chicken roll, cut in half](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/84d78325-3e5d-4dd9-a820-0ef8c6c4011f_rw_1920.jpg?h=7f9239e93f78821beb1960f20e9ba29d)
New York City Style Chicken Roll (Can't quite get it right)
![A half eaten Mission style California burrito with boiled chikcen, beans, rice, guacamole, sour cream, cheese, lettuce and pico de gallo, wrapped in aluminum foil.](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/72b09b29-1569-47d8-96be-2d627e914773_rw_1920.jpg?h=c43b28f6085d25a6508f481cdb4e09a4)
San Francisco Mission Style Burrito (Forever dreaming of, unless I'm in SF)
![Wedge of byrek with meat filling on a grease stained napkin](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/036f2c6c-367b-46f5-a8e6-477e9e3a8235/9ae2da3e-3688-4efb-a4c5-da3962fef9da_rw_1920.jpg?h=8b46bcf5a5780a5a9c5386c566677800)
Byrek (With Meat: I've learned to leave these to the professionals)