When I give advice about painting, (usually only when asked), I always tell people to "paint what you know".  I know desserts.  Reflecting them into silver bowls and platters intensifies their appeal.  I find the use of silver combined with lace to be irresistible!  The original painting is in the collection of Fifth Third Bank of Evansville, Indiana.  Other paintings capitalizing on food are Kitchen Still Life, Blanca and Francesca, Summer Garden, Mu Shu, Eye Candy, Maria's Dinner Table Spanish Wine, Food Pyramid and What A Fruitcake!  The antique lace tablecloth was made by the mother of a dear friend.  Lace forms an important part of many of my paintings.  Others that use lace, or lace and silver together, are Cut Flowers, Valentines, Old Glass and Cookbooks, Apples and Silver, Dana's Flowers, Roomie's Daughter Got Married: And Things Don't Always Turn Out The Way You Thought, Myra Ann and Pure Indiana.