It is art - all sort of crafts are. Some countries like France and Japan acknowledges this more than others, but it is creation, communication and beauty just like so many other types of what we call art.

The Ketchup thing is probably just Southern Europe - they have a stronger sense of that whole art-food connection and tomato ketchup is not included there (among Anglo-Saxons cold, far east inspired sauces are very important: ketchup, worcestershire sauce, chutneys etc.). The story was that a couple with a child asked my daughter for it and as she hadn't seen any ketchup she asked in the kitchen and they all saw bewildered at each other - then the main waiter just told her: "Tell them this is a French restaurant." So no ketchup.

And my life has just been busy with all sorts of family things and real life work. My youngest have started at an efterskole She'll be there for one school year, so actually my wife and I are about to be all alone... but until everything is settled, I haven't been able to find the rhytme to finally get back to work on all my stranded projects. Soon I'll be up and running I hope.