MOST ARTISTS USE PAINT AND A BRUSH BUT FOR
ARMY SGT MELVIN JENNINGS, HIS TOOLS ARE HIS
HANDS AND THE KITCHEN IS HIS CANVAS.
IT’S DEFINITELY AN ART.
THE WAY THAT YOU MIX THE SAUCES TOGETHER,
THE DIFFERENT SEASONINGS, THE HERBS AND THE
WAY IT LOOKS ON THE PLATE, EVERYTHING.
YOU EAT WITH YOUR EYES FIRST SO THAT’S THE
ART PART IN ITSELF IS WHEN YOU COME UP AND
IT DRAWS YOU IN.
AS HE GATHERS ALL HIS PAINTS, OR INGREDIENTS,
THE CREATIVE JUICES START FLOWING AND HE NAMES
HIS MASTERPEICE.
KICKED UP MAYONAISE.
WE’RE GOING TO PUT SOME DIFFERENT SEASONINGS,
SOME SUN DRIED TOMATOES IN THERE, A LITTLE
RICE WINE AND VINEGAR, SOME GARLIC AND SOME
TEXAS PETE.
YOU’RE GOING TO TELL ME YOUR SECRET INGREDIENT?
OH YEAH.
ITS OK, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO APPLY
IT.
I’M A PERSON WHO COOKS WITH MY EMOTIONS.
WHEN YOU EAT IT I WANT YOU TO GET PULLED BACK
TO WHEN YOUR MOTHER, OR YOUR GRANDMOTHER OR
GRANDFATHER COOKED THAT CERTAIN THING.
WHEN I JOG THAT MEMORY IN YOUR MIND, I’VE
ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING.
IT’S TO TAP INTO YOUR EMOTIONS, THAT’S
WHY WE’RE ARTISTS.
LASTLY AFTER SOME FINAL TOUCHES THIS MASTERPIECE
IS COMPLETE.
JUST A LITTLE MORE OF THAT, A LITTLE SALT
AND PEPPER AND A LITTLE “OOO WEE AND WOW”
THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY.
AS HE STEPS BACK TO EXAMINE HIS WORK, I’M
AIRMAN FIRST CLASS DEVIN NOTHSTINE.
THAT’S IT RIGHT THERE.
SEOUL AIR BASE, KOREA.
