Jalapeno

Our amigo, the jalapeno.

Kettle

...I think this was
a generic "melting pot"
notion for multiple cultures...

Teapot

...also for the Oriental
section...Surprise!

Bowl of Rice

...this one was used for
a generic Oriental food mart...

Garlic

...another icon for the Italians,
although many cultures would
proudly claim this wonderful bulb...

Mezzaluna

This, I learned, is a mezzaluna...
for chopping foodstuffs. Ann brought
one back from Tuscany.

Espresso Brewer

For years I never drank coffee,
but then we were at the late Gus's
party and he brewed up espresso
on the stovetop and I enjoyed that
as a pick-me-up after drinking. We
had one of these at home, never used,
so I tried it from time to time and
then one night it exploded! Oops!

Horse Icon

...and for some reason
this is considered a
suitable icon for
Scandinavians, though
one would think not.

Cod

...another unused icon, this
for the Scandinavian section...

Ziggurat

....another Mid-Eastern icon,
also unused, for the Cook's Guide....

Camel

...icon for "A Cook's Guide to Chicago",
a Middle-Eastern section, not included...
(http://www.acooksguide.com/)

Rapscallion

Here's a send-up of a 78 record label
(the musical era I love best) for a
poster when my buddies and I
played at the Borders coffee shop.
We were the Clueless Rose Trio, riffing
off the obscure songster Bayless Rose and
the song title refers to the fact that we
would not be playing any songs by the
equally obscure Dick Justice...both artists
recorded versions of "Old Black Dog Blues".

George W. Bush

Here's my lame
caricature of
cousin-in-law
George

William Howard Taft

Picture for the greatest
Presidential Palindrome
of All Time, which I wrote:
Butt fat? Taft tub!

U.S.Grant

We all know that the "U.S."
stood for Ukelele Strummer.

Ben Franklin's Warning

Lipinski

Republican America, and especially
Illinois, has a long tradition of
establishing aristocracies. Here
is our congressman, Daniel Lipinski,
installed by his dad.

KIM JONG-IL

His daddy wuvved him too.

Bashir Assad

Here is a series of portraits
of guys whose daddies installed
them as their successors.

Pineapple

template for a tile floor
I did in slate

Flaming O's

Here's a team logo for
one of Bill's road rallys.

Emo Philips

Here is a logo I made for
the comedian Emo Philips.