Food Art

June 15, 2017

Loving Wife Crafts Colorful, Pop Culture-Inspired Bento Boxes for Her Husband

Recently, creatively-cooked and artistically-arranged food has been elevated to its own unique form of art. One edible art connoisseur that continues to contribute to this tasty trend is kinakobun, an Instagrammer who creates colorful bento box art with a pop culture twist. Each whimsical meal conveys an impressive amount of detail and a wide variety of colors, flavors, and ingredients. Predominantly inspired by pop culture, many of kinakobun's bento box creations feature well-known characters from beloved cartoons and movies.

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May 17, 2017

Edible Raindrop Jelly Cake Includes a Cherry Blossom Flower Blooming on Your Plate

Nowadays, it seems like it’s not enough for a restaurant to have a simple piece of pie on their dessert menu. Thanks to creative and innovative pastry chefs, trendy locales are producing sweet treats that go beyond conventional offerings and are downright awe-inspiring—and of course, delicious. La Floraison in Sydney, Australia, is the latest eatery making waves with their visionary dessert.

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April 29, 2017

Waffle Pops Are a New Trendy Dessert Covered in Tasty Toppings

Following the popular food trend of cake pops, there's a new addition to the sweets-on-a-stick trend known as waffle pops. Created by California-based company Sweet Combforts, these sweets combine the handheld portability of lollipops with the crispy goodness of waffles. And perhaps best of all: no sticky hands! Each compact treat is simply composed of a honeycomb-shaped waffle on a wooden stick.

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April 11, 2017

Artist Makes Mini Tower Cakes You Can Hold in the Palm of Your Hand

It seems that there’s no limit to what you can do with a cake. From sculptural buttercream flowers to mirrored glazes, bakers are using the beloved confection as a canvas for unconventional art. Paying homage to this craft is Rachel Dyke, who specializes in making miniature cakes that'll fit in the palm of your hand. Her creations, however, aren’t edible. Dyke crafts the mouthwatering confections out of polymer clay.

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