'They hate me in the stores,' says Ela Vivonetto, a former caterer who is teaching a class in the Thai art of food carving at the Von Liebig Art Center. 'I'll put it back but I'll tear a display apart. I'm spending $10 for a watermelon. You know I'm going to get the best ones. I mean, if there's a bump, a bruise, a mark, I can't use them.'

Photo by DAVID AHNTHOLZ, Daily News

"They hate me in the stores," says Ela Vivonetto, a former caterer who is teaching a class in the Thai art of food carving at the Von Liebig Art Center. "I'll put it back but I'll tear a display apart. I'm spending $10 for a watermelon. You know I'm going to get the best ones. I mean, if there's a bump, a bruise, a mark, I can't use them."

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