Last night I started a project I have had in mind for some time now, about the last meals of death-row prisoners. After some research, I chose a person and made the meal they had requested and served it to a few friends at my house. The death penalty is something that I think needs to end in the United States and I want to explore what it means. I think of a meal as nourishment for life, and to serve someones favorite thing as the final send-off seems sick. I am excited to see where this project could lead.
John Hicks was executed in Ohio on November 29, 2005. He asked for: two steaks, a baked potato, salad, bread, apple pie, a soft drink and potato chips. I made steak au poivre, because why not, I'm sure he would have liked it.
