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Culturally Unique Breakfasts from Around the World

England

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, though it may look and taste different depending on where you're from. While in America it is not out of the ordinary to have a stack of flapjacks and bacon as a morning meal, it is wildly different from Thailand's customary fish, pork, and rice dish.

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Added by Pinar on May 9, 2013 at 11:30am — No Comments

Creative Food Art That Will Surely Brighten Your Day

She couldn't have expected it. You see, for Ida Skivenes it started off simply. She didn't start posting photos on Instagram to gain thousands of followers or to become a widely popular food artist. Rather, in June 2012, she saw a photo on the Internet of two pieces of toast that looked like a bear and a fox and she…

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Added by alice on April 3, 2013 at 10:00am — No Comments

Edible Abraham Lincoln Memorial Gingerbread Sculpture



During the holiday season, gingerbread goodies seem to pop up everywhere. From gingerbread houses to gingerbread cookies, and even lattes, the flavor is extremely prominent for about three solid months. This year, baker Patti Paige decided to turn that flavor into something more than just your traditional cookie cottage with a new and clever idea. She created this…

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Added by Katie Hosmer on December 6, 2012 at 10:00am — No Comments

Incredibly Realistic Miniature Meals



Don't these miniature meals look good enough to eat? The handmade sculptures are the work of Israeli artist Shay Aaron who seems to have the perfected the art of clay food! In fact, he's even selling these mini treats on Etsy as jewelry! Care to have a croissant and coffee necklace or salmon sushi earrings? Talk about a…

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Added by alice on April 14, 2012 at 11:30am — No Comments

6 Best Travel Food Blogs



Heading to Paris or Rome? Looking to spend some time in Asia? As any traveler will tell you, enjoying the local food is one of the greatest experiences one can have. Before you hit the road, we've put together a list of websites you'll want to check out that will guide you to the best restaurants around.

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Added by alice on February 13, 2012 at 9:48am — No Comments

Planetary Chocolates Are Out of This World

L’éclat, the chocolate boutique of the Righa Royal Hotel Japan, has created beautiful planetary chocolates that look too pretty to resist. The chocolates are edible replicas of the planets Mercury (coconut mango), Venus (cream lemon), Earth (cacao), Mars (orange praline), Jupiter (vanilla), Saturn (rum raisin), Uranus (milk tea) and Neptune (cappuccino).

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Added by Claire on January 18, 2012 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Top 6 Apps for the Ultimate Foodie



For this week's tips, we present to you six apps you're going to want to have if you believe you're the ultimate foodie. What qualifies as a foodie? If you're one of those people who daydreams about your last great meal, who believes eating is a treasured experience, or who looks forward to your next meal even before you've finished your last, then most likely you're a foodie or…

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Added by alice on January 11, 2012 at 8:22am — No Comments

Unique Celebratory Desserts from Different Cultures



This Post is Underwritten by San Pellegrino.

Regardless of culture or religion, food plays a central role…

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Added by alice on December 13, 2011 at 8:00am — 6 Comments

If Fashion Brands Designed Cupcakes...

Food isn't just for eating, as we've all seen, it can also be associated with art and photography. For prop stylist, Lisa Edsälv food art means designing cupcakes that replicate famous couture brands such as Chanel, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, and Vera Wang.

Each of the…

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Added by Claire on December 7, 2011 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Hilarious Muppet Cake Pops



With the impending release of the Disney's The Muppets (in theaters November 28th), the furry, lovable characters can be found everywhere. Just on this site alone, we've seen retro concert posters,…

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Added by Alyssa Anda on November 15, 2011 at 1:35pm — 1 Comment

Seasonal Dinner Plate Landscapes

As we've seen before, food isn't only for eating, it can also be used for art! That's the way Andrea Bricco also sees it. This Wisconsin native grew up working for her parents in the restaurant business. It was during this period of her life that she learned to appreciate the art of food… Continue

Added by Claire on November 9, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Fine Art of Food



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Added by alice on November 8, 2011 at 7:00am — 2 Comments

Why Do I Shoot Food?

Why do I shoot food? I have been asking myself this question lately, what is it that makes me prefer food to, for example, shooting people? Or nature photography? Or any other of all the incredible things to photograph in this world. Well, first of all I love food, I enjoy cooking and buying food. I think food in its original state, as ingredients, is beautiful and innumerable are the… Continue

Added by Ilva Beretta on October 31, 2011 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Rainbow-Colored Ants



Imagine if people could actually look inside your stomach and see what you’ve eaten. How strange would that be? Well, for ants, that's a reality. Their transparent stomachs let us see what they’ve ingested based on color.



Photographer and scientist Mohamed Babu placed colorful sugar drops inside his garden and captured these ants while eating. "Some of the ants even wandered from one color to… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on August 13, 2011 at 7:00am — 7 Comments

Portraits Made of Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables



Who doesn’t love fanciful art? As a perfect mix of fun and creativity, photographer Klaus Enrique Gerdes creates a series of portraits made of fruits, flowers, and vegetables. "I had been working on a photography series in which I surrounded an isolated human body part with a large quantity of a certain object, when I was struck by the idea for this project," he told… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on June 23, 2011 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

Contorted Bodies as Food



Originally commissioned for Sleek magazine's Food/Feed issue, these artistic photos combine three different elements that don't often go together - contorted figures, fashion and food. Photographer Bill Durgin found this series, called Figures & Wares, "quite challenging" because he needed to figure out how to make distorted and unrecognizable bodies mimic still life. In… Continue

Added by alice on May 22, 2011 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Refrigerators Around the World



Documentarian, fine art and architectural photographer Stephanie de Rouge gives us an incredibly interesting look at what's In Your Fridge. Comprised of photos of people and the food in their refrigerators (similar in idea to What the World Eats), the series will make you think twice about what… Continue

Added by Alyssa Anda on May 6, 2011 at 3:59pm — 3 Comments

Miniature Food Sculptures (9 pics)

Kim Burke masterfully mixes two of my favorite things: food and design. Her miniature food sculptures are absolutely incredible. The amazing part is, they all look completely realistic and would be hard to distinguish from real food if it weren't for the giant fingers in the photos. You can find more of her work on… Continue

Added by Kevin Chung on November 14, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Al Gatto Nero (The Black Cat) Restaurant in Burano, Italy

In a recent discussion, Eugene asked everyone what new things they would like to see here at theMET. Kevin Chung responded that he would like to see trip reports, travel adventures, and recommendations of things to see and places to… Continue

Added by Mark Huckabee on October 22, 2010 at 6:30am — 6 Comments

Record Store Meets Delicatessen (5 pics)

For those of you who believe that electronic music only belongs in the club, do we have a place for you. Located in Vienna’s lively sixth district, Tongues is a beautifully designed concept store with two very different sides - the record store where you can pick up some sweet vinyl, and the rustic delicatessen, where you can munch on some delicious meat. The decor is quite… Continue

Added by thinkpossitive on September 14, 2010 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

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