Created in 2021.

When Vanessa was younger there wasn't much lactose free substitutes available and always thought that when she grows older there'll be heaps. There aren't (in Australia) although Vanessa found it somewhat ironic that major companies opt to jump straight to vegan food to be inclusive of those with intolerances. Yet she'd prefer to opt out of those products and make her own, entirely skipping on the mass production.

Vanessa see's tofu as a kind of “fake” food, it's often mimicking other food and never the hero of a meal. This painting's mocking vegan food (as she does.. lol), the pear represents the tofu and a clear drape over it as if it's a cow hide, Vanessa's representation of when people use tofu to make “meat”. Instead of human cameramen Vanessa used pink peacocks because she feels the genre is super glorified, often in the spotlight and shaming other diets.