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Trend Watch: Turquoise Blue Backgrounds in Food Photos

OK, we'll admit this trend is somewhat confined to Gourmet magazine (and one particular photographer), but we're seeing food against this peacock, turquoise blue so much it's starting to get weird. Do...

Beautify: Enjoy Your Treasures

Yesterday we talked about remembering to beautify your kitchen with flowers. Today we're thinking about little treasures - those bowls, plates, cups, ramekins, and other small kitchen objects that we ...

Food Art: Rocks Resembling Food

I came across this photo on the internet of rocks that resemble food. Now, I don't know about you, but that "bacon" sure looks real!...

Beautify: Flowers in the Kitchen

Why is it that the kitchen is often the last place in a home that is made beautiful and comfortable? It's where everyone wants to congregate, but the floors are left bare and the walls unadorned. The ...

Kitchen Decor: Do You Buy Food Photography?

With the growth of food blogs and the explosion of Etsy, we're starting to see more and more artsy photos of food being sold as home decor. What do you think?...

Look! Handpainted Sushi Cookies

We came across these beautiful hand-painted sushi cookies made by Philadelphia pastry artist Zoe Lukas....

Food Art: Creative Food Sculptures

We came across this showcase of some amazingly funny food sculptures! Some of them are cute, and some are naughty. ...

Letterpress for the Kitchen from Yee-Haw! Industries

Yee-Haw! Industries is featured right now on Etsy's homepage, and when we flipped through their work we were struck by how inspired it is by the farmers market and old seed catalog prints. There is so...

Food Tattoos: Would You Get One?

We've always thought it would be cool to get a tattoo, but we've never thought of the perfect image. Why not food? Some pretty vegetables, perhaps? Or maybe a nice cupcake? (Now if only we could get o...

Good Question: Where Can I Find These Vintage Posters?

Here's reader Renata with a great find and good question on where to find vintage American agriculture posters: I saw these in my school library and wanted prints for my kitchen. Any idea where to ...

Food Art: Tropical Fruit Stamps at the USPS

In April, the United States Postal Service released these new 27-cent stamps with beautiful illustrations of tropical fruits....

Food Art: Mutatoes

German artist Uli Westphal has started a photography project called Mutato Collection, which is a collection of mutant vegetables....

Funny Food Art: Green Eggs and Ham

Over the weekend, a friend gave us some fresh eggs from her Araucana hens. These eggs have a slight pale-green tint that's so subtle, it's hard to photograph. We also happened to have some cured ham...

Look! Play With Your Food!

Have you seen this yet? The New York Times Dining Section has a whole piece on knife skills, vegetable carving, and food art. These knife skills are way out of our league... ...

NYC Event: Umami Festival This Week

The Umami Festival brings together artists who use food as a medium with more traditional culinary events like chef roundtables and wine tastings. The festival ends this week, but there are some inter...

Food Art: Stephanie Rauschenbusch's Still Life With Turtle