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The Streets Are Alive with Giant Fried Eggs
If you visit Leeuwarden, Netherlands within the next six months, you might get to sit on one of the giant yolks of Dutch artist Henk Hofstra's art installation, "Art Eggcident." Unfortunately, there are no giant strips of bacon or slices of toast to go with it. [via Coldmud] Related Photo of the Day: Meatscapes Photo of the Day: Melting Ice Cream Truck Photo of the Day: Pasta Outbreak...In Videos: How To Carve A Radish 'Rat'
Ever look at a radish with a long root and think, "Hey, that looks like a rat!" Maybe not. But with just a few small slices and cuts, you could make something that kind of looks like a rat. Impress your friends with your food-carving technique; just don't serve your radish rats to anyone who's afraid of rodents. Watch the instructional video, after the jump....Have a Set of Carving Knives? Time to Play with Your Food!
"Once a dusty formality that lived on in the form of radish roses in out-of-the-way hotels, food art, as it is known, is enjoying a new vogue." The New York Times gives us an inside look at the competitive world of fruit and vegetable carving. Some chefs take up produce carving to battle boredom or to impress customers, while top carvers can earn thousands of dollars creating elaborate biodegradable centerpieces for their clients. Related Photo of the Day: Bok Choy Fish The Mutatoes Are Here The Sounds of Celery...Photo of the Day: Optimus Prime Made Out of Cans
It's your favorite leader of the Autobots, ready to kick ass with organic chili and canned tuna: Optimus Prime! Matt Boulton took this photo of Optimus Prime made out of cans at Canstruction Vancouver, a can sculpture competition after which the cans are donated to food banks. For more information, visit canstruction.org. [via neatorama]...Photo of the Day: Meatscapes
"When I was a kid, this whole field was lush with beautiful green trees and grass." "Yeup." "And now there's that...what is that?"...Photo of the Day: Winter Tree in Tangerine Skin
I've never paid much attention to patterns left behind in a tangerine's empty skin, but after looking at designer Svilen Dimchevski's beautiful series of winter trees portrayed in tangerine skins, I'll have to do a double-take before throwing the peel away. [via notcot]...Photo of the Day: Melting Ice Cream Truck
Who needs a thermometer when you have a molten ice cream truck? By that point you don't need an exact reading; it's simply "too damn hot." This sculpture by Orest Keywan in Australia won the artist the $30,000 Sulpture by the Sea prize in 2006. [via The Last Appetite]...Bento Boxes That Look Like Album Covers
Clockwise from top left: The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb by U2, There Is Nothing Left to Lose by Foo Fighters, and Green Album by Weezer. Tired of seeing bento boxes that merely look cute? Jacket Lunch Box is a Japanese blog dedicated to making bento boxes that resemble popular album covers. All it takes is the magic of carefully cut nori, kamabako, ham, shredded cabbage, and more, all atop a bed of rice. [Thanks to Sera for the heads up.] Previously: Bento Boxes on Flickr, Year of the Pig Bento, How to Pack a Bento Box, Character Bento Competition Winner...Closeup of 'Cans Seurat'
Chris Jordan specializes in photographic artwork that depicts gross amounts of consumption in single, giant images. The above photo is a tiny piece of an image that represents the more than 100,000 aluminum cans used in the U.S. every 30 seconds. [via Bitten]...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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