Wandering through the aisles of a local Whole Foods last week, I happened upon a novel curiosity, the Organic Batter Blaster. Had I discovered this pancake batter dispenser (à la Reddi Wip) at a regular grocery store amid packages of gray bologna and preshredded mozzarella-type cheese, I probably would have moved fearfully onward without giving the thing a second look. But there it was, getting cozy with a rainbow of soy milks, a few aisles over from the organic burdock tea, and my intrigue was piqued. I paused, walked on, doubled back, picked a can up and read the label, put it back, paused again, snuck a can into my cart, slipped it back on the shelf, and walked a...
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From Zach Kowalczyk on Flickr Indiana University photography student Zach Kowalczyk has posted a series of photos in which foods assume the shapes of the containers they're packaged in. Here, broccoli. In this Flickr photo set, corn, peas, Spam, raisins, Jell-O, and ramen, which, out of its container, looks like something you'd find on the floor of your junior high shop class. [via Swiss Miss] And yes, they're reminiscent of Irving Penn's food photos....
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German website Pundo3000 compared the professional photography of 100 types of packaged and fast foods with what they look like in real life. (You can view all the images on one page at Fantasticus.) While some of them look considerably less appetizing than the styled product (refer to the picture above), many foods look surprisingly similar to their professional photograph. I guess it's hard to make simple cookies, cakes and chocolates look bad. [via boing boing] Previously: Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality...
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Costco is good for many things: giants bags of chip, trays of 20 croissants, boxes of candy bars, Post-its in bulk, and most important of all, Emergency Food Kits. For $114.99, you get 275 servings of water-reconstitutable goodness all tucked away in a 23-pound bucket. Have a craving for corn chowder? Just add a corn chowder pack to five cups of boiling water and simmer for 20 minutes. (Kit does not contain water.) You can also feast on Western Stew, Blueberry Pancakes, Whey Milk, and Potato Bakon Soup. Bakon, my friends, bakon! I don't think this is something you should eat on a regular basis just to save money (as tempting as that may be), but if you're trapped...
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