Food Art & Design

 

Teddy Gray's Sweet Factory

on Tuesday, 21 May 2013.

Teddy Gray's Sweet Factory


Magnum
 photographer, Martin Parr created a gorgeous documentary about Teddy Gray’s sweet factory established in 1826 in Dudley in the West Midlands. Teddy Gray’s has been a family owned and run business for five generations keeping the traditional, hand-made methods of sweet making alive...

Julie Lees Food Collages

on Sunday, 21 April 2013.

Julie Lees Food Collages


Food blogger Julie Lees has attracted many admirers for her impressive orderliness - arranging all sorts of seasonal produce; fruits, vegetables and herbs into enchanting food collages.

Paper garden by Sarah Dennis

Written by Jessica Thompson on Monday, 08 April 2013.

Paper garden by Sarah Dennis

 

Bookery Cook artist and scalpel wonderwoman Sarah Dennis recently received a very special commission - to create a paper rendition of a 'gargouillou', a stunningly decorative and meticulously arranged dish conceived originally by French chef Michel Bras in spring of 1978, to "try and translate the fields".

Domestic Bliss

Written by Georgie Thompson on Sunday, 07 April 2013.

Domestic Bliss


Copenhagen-based art duo PutPut are behind these little beauties that confuse universal love for icecreams with the universal aversion to cleaning. 

You Are What You Eat

Written by Maxine Thompson on Tuesday, 26 March 2013.

You Are What You Eat

 

Ted Sabarese is an NYC based photographer who relishes working with non-professional models and actors who push the common definitely of 'beauty'. 

Galactic Frying Pans

Written by Jessica Thompson on Friday, 01 March 2013.

Galactic Frying Pans

 

Norweigen photographer Christopher Jonassen reveals the darker side of the frying pan with his series, "Devour", where the wear and tear on the bottoms of these kitchen staples are captured to resemble the frozen surfaces, red dust and crater-dotted terrain of our intergalactic surroundings.

Tie the Knot

Written by Jessica Thompson on Sunday, 10 February 2013.

Tie the Knot

 

Tie the Knot by Kyle Drier is a photographic compendium of some of the best flavour combos out there.

Bread and Poses

Written by Georgie Thompson on Friday, 08 February 2013.

Bread and Poses


Graphic designers, Ana Dominguez and Omar Sosa, created these still-life compositions for Apartamento magazine issue 08. Pretty sure I still need to master my Soudough before I try battling Henry Moore in bread jenga... what beauties ! 

Fat & Furious Burger

Written by Georgie Thompson on Thursday, 24 January 2013.

Fat & Furious Burger


A pair of french graphic designers Thomas and Quentin created the Fat & Furious Burger when they started to take pictures of their lunchtime burgers after giving them makeovers influenced by news headlines, pop culture and whatever else they can sandwich in between ... 

Les Diners de Gala: Dali's Cookbook

on Tuesday, 08 January 2013.

Les Diners de Gala: Dali's Cookbook

"One can chose not to eat, one cannot accept to eat poorly" - Salvador Dali

 

In 1973 Les Diners de Gala (Gala's Diner) was published as a collaboration between Dali and a "secret" chef in collaboration with some of the top French restaurants of the time.

Big Appetites by Christopher Boffoli

Written by Jessica Thompson on Sunday, 16 December 2012.

Big Appetites by Christopher Boffoli

 

If Honey I Shrunk the Kids was set in the pantry not the garden, this would be the result.. a cupcake icing snow fight, a blackberry murder scene, scuba diving in a tea cup, cycling over bananas, mowing broccoli tops, waltzing in a clam shell. 

Fictitious Dishes

Written by Jessica Thompson on Tuesday, 27 November 2012.

Fictitious Dishes

 

American graphic designer and photographer Dinah Fried has conceived and constructed meals from some favourite novels - from afternoon tea in Alice in Wonderland to clam chowder in Moby Dick, cheese & pickle sandwich and malted milk from Catcher in the Rye, to a bowl of gruel in Oliver Twist.

Gather Journal

Written by Maxine Thompson on Sunday, 11 November 2012.

Gather Journal

 

It's really refreshing to see a food magazine that doesn't contain celebrity chefs, advertisements about refrigerators and calculated, repetitive images of food.

Miss Moss

on Tuesday, 23 October 2012.

Miss Moss

 

Being a lover of all things food and fashion, the blog Miss Moss, really struck at my hearts strings in a total 'I wish I had thought of that' moment. 

Illustrated Table

on Monday, 22 October 2012.

Illustrated Table

 

This is a beautiful photoshoot that appeared in German magazine Brigitte, and was found on a lovely blog, Dietlind Wolf.

Dan Kenneally's Lunchbox

Written by Georgie Thompson on Monday, 15 October 2012.

Dan Kenneally's Lunchbox

 

Lunchbox is a collection of small acrylic paintings created by San Francisco/New York based artist, Dan Kenneally. These colourful minimalist treasures feature colourful strips representing the ingredients on classic sandwiches.. Head over to Dan's Lunchbox website to check out more of the collection - he even takes commissions for your favourite sammiches. Yeah! 

 

What your fridge says about you

on Monday, 08 October 2012.

What your fridge says about you

Don't judge a book by its cover? Wonder if you'd judge a person by their fridge....

Fischer's Food

Written by Georgie Thompson on Thursday, 27 September 2012.

Fischer's Food


Prolific swiss artist Urs Fischer is best known for his outrageous installations that use foodstuffs both as a subject and a medium. He most famously built a life-size alpine chalet made entirely from loaves of bread. These paintings are from the series Problem Paintings where portaits from Old Hollywod have been eclipsed by oversized silk screen images of food… he so cool. 

What's Cookin? Food Rap

Written by Georgie Thompson on Saturday, 22 September 2012.

What's Cookin? Food Rap

 

Production duo BankShot and DJ Nick Castle team up with label LRG  for this tasty collab - a stop motion featuring legendary food rhymes from the likes of Method Man, Raekwon, Q-Tip and Biggy! Want more!!!

 

Sow Sweet

Written by Maxine Thompson on Wednesday, 12 September 2012.

Sow Sweet

 

There's no better way to say I LOVE YOU than through food right? The team at boutique letter press and design studio, Gilahpress couldn't agree more and have just released a collection of food inspired 'Sow Sweet' greeting cards. 

Scrunchies

Written by Georgie Thompson on Thursday, 06 September 2012.

Scrunchies


Some pineapples, cupcakes and other foodstuff have come together for a photoshoot embellished in 90s scrunchies! The vast minimalist scenes contrast their extravagant subjects in this beautiful and strange collaboration by photographer Catherine Losing and Kate Fotis - jazzy stuff.

Mæt by Per Johansen

on Monday, 27 August 2012.

Mæt by Per Johansen

 


Are you full? 

Danish artist Pe Johansen work 
"MÆT (eng. 'Full')consists of reproductions of meat, vegetables, pasta and other foods which are claustrophobically placed in various synthetic plastic containers. The works comment on the zeitgeist’ artificial overconsumption of products and points to contemporary consumer mentality."

Words by Charlotte Kim Boed

Club Tropicana with DIAZ

Written by Maxine Thompson on Sunday, 29 July 2012.

Club Tropicana with DIAZ

Nothing says summer tropical more than pineapples and palm trees. Australian designer, DIAZ, has hit the nail on the head (or the umbrella in the cocktail) with her S/S 2012 collection Edo Tropica.

Weekend reading: PORT Magazine

Written by Maxine Thompson on Saturday, 28 July 2012.

Weekend reading: PORT Magazine


Weekends were designed for food magazines. Reading, salivating, dog-earring pages, list writing and future dinner parties are all triggered with a pot of tea, a good read and a few hours to spare.

Beverages, Up Close & Personal

Written by Jessica Thompson on Wednesday, 20 June 2012.

Beverages, Up Close & Personal

Photographer William Legoullon takes a (very) close look at our favourite beverages.

Tempura iPad

Written by Jessica Thompson on Tuesday, 05 June 2012.

Tempura iPad

 

Put your money where your mouth is.. no wait.. your mouth where your money is.. with this series by Henry Hargreaves, comprising the gadgets du jour, deep fried in a light golden batter.

Waste not, want not

Written by Jessica Thompson on Monday, 28 May 2012.

Waste not, want not

 

In a sickening twist of irony, key problems facing the modern world include at once food shortage, over eating, and food wastage. Over 1 billion people don't get enough food to live a healthy, sustainable life, over 1/3 of American adults are obese, and over 1/3 of the total food produced in the world is wasted (consumers in rich countries waste as much food as sub-Saharan Africa produces). It is this shocking statistic on food wastage that is the subject of Austrian photographer Klaus Pichler's series, 'One Third'.

Things we like: Pop Culture Cooking

Written by Jessica Thompson on Thursday, 26 April 2012.

Things we like: Pop Culture Cooking

 

If you like food and you like pop culture and have a few spare hours up your sleeve to get lost in a blog bubble, DEFINITELY check out Pop Culture Cooking.

Sandwich Artist by Brittany Powell

Written by Jessica Thompson on Thursday, 26 April 2012.

Sandwich Artist by Brittany Powell

The Piet Mondrian

The Bookery Cook loves a good food and art mash up. This little gem, with the works of artistic greats represented by food stuffs on a bread slice canvas, is another delicious example.

Dessert on the 1s & 2s

Written by Jessica Thompson on Tuesday, 17 April 2012.

Dessert on the 1s & 2s

Nuthin but a ‘G’ thang by Dr Dre feat. Snoop: Pancakes, chocolate mousse & cream

In another inter-disciplinary inter-sensorial combination, Swedish photographer Philip Karlberg and set designer/ chef Mattias Nyhlin have paired songs and desserts in their project 33RPM.