Just days after a very nostalgic 80’s gathering, these things happened to pop up.
*Sigh* Where were you on Saturday, Ice Invaders?
And cookies!
Category: food
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Over the weekend, there was some talk among my friends and I about hosting a chocolate tasting party. I would love to have a little something from Sterling Confections there. The combination of chocolate and art seems tailor made for me!
There are a number of unique flavors and designs, all handmade and painted.
You can watch a segment from Unwrapped about the making of Sterling Truffles here.
Found on Candyblog (with an excellent detailed review).
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I had the pleasure of an early birthday celebration this past weekend, featuring lots of nostalgic goodies.
Friends contributed all kinds of treats, like these “30 things for turning 30” from Matt and Steph:
And homemade chocolate crucifixes by Lee:
There were TWO Space Invader cakes!
These photos of the Kiddie Comfort Food table don’t accurately reflect the majesty of the Hostess snack cake display.
The table evolved as the evening progressed…
If only I could share the fantastic music and video compilation! I’m so grateful to everyone for making this such a special night for me.
30 is going to be a wonderful year.
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The Radiology Art Project presents visualizations of culturally significant objects such as toys, food and electronics.
Here we have a CT scan of a toy elephant, complete with the “jiggle engine” that causes the animal’s body to vibrate when you pull the tail:
I can imagine this poor fellow is experiencing some bowel discomfort:
Colors in these images correspond with material densities in the object. The McDonald’s fish sandwich is a rich tapestry of varying densities and textures:
See more everyday objects in ways you’ve never seen them before here.
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Love Week went by very quickly, and I’m left with a bunch of things I meant to post. So here they are, with minimal explanation.
FOOD:
Chocolate skulls…
This post from Let Them Eat Cake has some of the greatest chocolate skulls I’ve seen.
And now some Love Carrots…
HE(ARTS) and CRAFTS:
Geekalicious Reutersvard inspired heart (Source)
For the knitters.
Paper Ribcage with Heart (one of my favorite Valentine crafts this year).
Just an art piece I find striking (from here)GREETINGS:
I’ll finish up with one of my favorite passages on Love. Kahlil Gibran has some deeply moving words on the subject. Read them HERE.
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I give much credit to artonthemenu for crafting these wonderful pastry sculptures, entirely out of cardboard and paper.
My only problem is that from afar they look delicious, and upon closer inspection I can’t help but get the imaginary taste of cardboard in my mouth and inadvertently envision how rough they’d feel to chew on.
I’m sure these would make very memorable gifts, or 3D “greetings.”
Found here.
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This one is for my wonderful tech geek friends. They are a shortbread incarnation of traditional message hearts.
Found on Craftzine.
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This image comes from the wonderful Skull a Day blog.
I wish I had made this as a Valentine gift. Love it!
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Time for one of my periodic cake posts. I never tire of these culinary triumphs and tragedies.
Here is a cake that delights the nerd in me. MICROBES!
That was the good. Now for the bad…
And as promised by the title of this post…the OPRAH.
From the ever delightful Cake Wrecks.
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This now famous photo has been making the rounds lately:
But there were many other incredible entries in the Melounovy Festival carving contest.
There’s a great gallery of highlights over on Odee.
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