Food Art

September 3, 2020

These Towering Cakes Look Like Avant-Garde Sculptures Straight Out of a Museum

Moscow-based bakery Tortik Annushka continues to create avant-garde cakes inspired by fine art. Owners and siblings Madina Yavorskaya and Rustam Kungurov founded the pastry shop in 2009 as a way to merge their interests in fine arts and architecture with artisanal confectionaries. From geometric shapes to metallic embellishments, each of their fabulous cakes looks as though it belongs in a museum. “Together we present not only beautiful but also delicious masterpieces,” Tortik Annushka says.

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August 20, 2020

Tokyo Restaurant Offers 3D-Printed Sushi Tailored to Your Health Needs

A new Tokyo restaurant called Sushi Singularity offers 3D-printed sushi that's “hyper-personalized” to each guest's health and nutrient needs. Scheduled to open this year, this restaurant by Open Meals (a Japanese company dedicated to facilitating a new food revolution) aims to revolutionize sushi by digitizing its ingredients, designs, and flavors. In addition to the restaurant's alternative method to food preparation, guests are required to submit biological samples (via a health test kit)

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July 31, 2020

Baker Summons the Force to Create Adorable Star Wars Macarons

There are some baked goods that transcend taste and are in the realm of edible art. Katrina Moon, aka @sugardevotion, is a macaron enthusiast who pours her creativity into these delectable confections. The macaron is a notoriously tricky treat to bake, as it is very sensitive to moisture. Moon has not only mastered the art of achieving the crisp-yet-chewy exterior, but she has formed the dessert into adorable characters from pop culture and beyond.

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June 23, 2020

Food Artist Hand-Carves Incredibly Intricate Patterns Into Fruit and Vegetables

From bento boxes to radish sculptures, turning food into art is a popular pastime in Japan. Inspired by the nation’s traditional art of decorative garnishing (known as mukimono) and Thai fruit carving, Japanese chef and food artist Takehiro Kishimoto sculpts intricate motifs and patterns into fruit and vegetables. The art of Thai fruit carving was originally used to decorate the tables of the royal family, and often involved carving elaborate 3D motifs (such as flowers)

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