[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-6737-EN":3},{"posted":4,"title":5,"published":6,"summary":7,"news_id":8,"pk":9,"tile_image":10,"permalink":11,"images":12,"tags":16,"body":17,"ex_news":18,"pinned":18,"ex_artist":18},"2025-11-13T12:40:00#6737","Eating With the Sun","2025-11-13T12:40:00","\u003Ca href=\"\u002FLaurenMortimerPencils\">Lauren Mortimer\u003C\u002Fa> collaborates with author Megan Zhang on the cover of 'Eating with the Sun', weaving food, identity and the Chinese calendar into one evocative visual.",6737,"news","blog_6737_638986381917224647.jpg","\u002Fnews\u002F6737\u002Feating_with_the_sun",[13,14],{"filename":10},{"filename":15},"blog_6737_638986381982075595.jpg","#drawing#culture#conceptual#food and drink#china#publishing#landscape#surreal#pencil#book cover#lauren mortimer pencils#","\u003Cp data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"128\">Lauren has created the an eye-catching cover illustration for the author's forthcoming memoir, \u003Cem data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"459\">Eating with the Sun\u003C\u002Fem> (publishing 2026), which \"\u003Cem>braids together memoir, cultural history, and nutritional philosophy to bring readers on a journey through the 24 phases of the Chinese lunisolar calendar.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"128\">Through surreal imagery that fuses food and landscape, her design creates a symbolic concept that beautifully reflects the rhythm of seasonal eating and cultural heritage.\u003C\u002Fp>\r\n\u003Cp data-start=\"97\" data-end=\"128\">Released by Gallery Books, the cover complements Zhang’s narrative of food, identity, and tradition, providing a visual doorway into a story of nourishment, ancestry, and personal discovery.\u003C\u002Fp>",false]