Cook & Eat Like an Artist ! Paint your beauty from the inside out with life-affirming spices and herbs that carry Mother Earth¿s secrets. Bring zest and vitality to your life by including a few simple ingredients in your daily diet. Increase your joy with saffron. Reduce anxiety with cinnamon. Relieve joint pain with ginger. There is a saying, ¿Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.¿ Pari Danian says, ¿Eat all meals like an artist!¿ Take your time to prepare for cooking. Create your meal with the passion it deserves. Love what you eat! After all, we are what we eat, so be delicious! Pari Danian is a sculptor, photographer, and author. Born in Iran and educated in both England and the United States, she now resides in Dallas, Texas. Pari¿s childhood was influenced by her parents who instilled in her a love and appreciation for the arts. Her mother taught her gardening, cooking, and sewing while her father introduced her to sculpture and encouraged a love of rich literature such as Rumi and Haffiz and music appreciation. Throughout her artistic career, Pari has worked in many art forms: textile, doll making, sewing, ceramics, sculpture, culinary art, photography, and poetry. The evolution of Pari¿s culinary expression reflects her unique life experiences living on three continents. She creatively brings Persian cuisine to the American palette with simplicity and modern style.