It’s always fun to see chefs’ notebooks… fun and mouth-watering! From Honolulu Magazine:

Some chefs sketch out their ideas for new dishes; most don’t. At Chef Mavro, chef/owner Jeremy Shigekane’s intricate presentations—each of which will end up as a course on one of his tasting menus—begin with a vegetable or fruit. He checks farmlinkhawaii.com, a site that shows what local farmers are harvesting, and starts from there. One month he might choose liliko‘i, another month eggplant. Then he opens his sketchbook and puts pen to paper.

–Mari Taketa, Honolulu Magazine

Read more: Eat a Sketch: We Take a Look Inside One of Honolulu’s Top Chef’s Notebooks