Ivan Seligman’s passion for food and travel has encompassed being a busboy, waiter and, along with other cooks, creating gourmet meals for 24 people to benefit local charities. Whether fishing for wahoo, diving for lobster, sampling the South Beach Food and Wine Festival, eating durian in Malaysia, or cooking from 150-year-old cookbooks, he photographs and samples the freshest of foods, authentically prepared. All is fair game for his palate and this blog.

Enjoy Great Food, Wine and Art—For Free—at KAW Gallery

The KAW Gallery’s end-of-season celebration in Naples’ Hibiscus Center is from 6–9 p.m. Saturday. Guest Chef and artist Monika Bokelmann, formerly of Old Heidelberg in Naples, will prepare succulent international dishes to whet your appetite—Hawaiian tuna tartar on sesame crisps with wasabi aioli, Caesar salad spring roll, truffled goat cheese pizzettes and mini chocolate hazelnut tortes—matched with a selection of wines to stimulate your palate.

Visitors enjoy food and artwork at a KAW Gallery event.

See the works of local photographers Gerard Closset, Damaris Gonzalez, Dennis Goodman and Carol Rubin. There will also be surrealistic pieces by Vincent Plzak and Corkscrew Sanctuary palette knife paintings by internationally renowned artist Joseph Swenarton. Stimulate all of your senses, all at no charge!