Wednesday, February 25, 2009
People would eat the darnedest things, depending on their cultural background and love of unique experiences. The point of this blog is to find the food that is not necessarily disgusting (in most cases it's only a matter of taste), but such food - and things made from food - that cause us to stop in the tracks and think twice before bringing it to our mouths.
Food as ArtPierre Javelle & Akiko Ida make very special
food landscapes where little people go around their business among the tasty morsels we eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Utilizing the variable depth of field, their photography is exceptional in creating the illusion of a miniature world.
Zooming in on the little figures, we see that they are hand-made using the old school skills, no computer trickery here:
Seeing all this miniature activity should cause you to examine your food more closely before taking a bite - who's this construction worker stuck in the cookie's crevasse?
Anime Food
Love your favorite anime characters? Have them with rice!
Asian creativity is put to good use in Hong Kong's fast-food establishments:
Dangerous Food:
Aggressive Food:
Over-grown Food(Now there is a potato...lol):
Curious Food:
Unborn Food:
"Chick Magnet" food:
Geek-oriented food:
(chocolate bar)
Speaking of chocolate... you can lick the whole chocolate-covered Jeep!
Read
more
Asian soft drinks market is simply nutsInventorSpot listed some weirdest Japanese soft drinks, among which you can enthusiastically find
Mother's Milk:
You can drink it from this jug, perhaps:
and
salad-flavored water:
Food that we will hesitate (or flatly refuse) to eatCheck out this
Ukranian Chocolate Pork Fat, described in this
article. The picture here looks as unappetizing as it sounds.
Wasp Cookies are getting to be popular in Japan, believe it or not. Read more about this culinary curiosity
here.
Penguin Poop luckily is only a name for a candy, not the actual noxious substance.
One German
company makes the most curious liquor, which is only one of the many of their "fun liquors" line of products.
Try "Sigmud Freud Watermelon Head Pops":
(just don't keep them in your head for long)
Bacon Mints, anyone?
Some Asian restaurants serve live (or almost live) food. See the full bizarre account of one such family visit for dinner:
Just make sure such animated food stays on your plate:
Innovative Approaches to Preparing & Consuming FoodSimplicity rules:
Boiling water for tea with solar energy:
Make yourself some coffee from a cool PC case mod:
Drink your coffee from the artsy mug:
or use this simple device for tea:
Carry your bananas in style:
Pick the eggs by the bunch:
or cutlery, which is unsure of itself:
Be nice to your coffee:
and it will be nice to you...
(see more latte masterpieces at this
site)
While you're eating, some appliances may look at you strangely:
When you eat, mind the little scavengers:
Make sure your food isn't suicidal:
And don't forget, in the urban jungle, you can become food yourself - at any moment:
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