TEAM EPIPHANY

Thanks to illustrator Katie Shelley’s cookbook Picture Cook: See. Make. Eat., cooking is easy and fun again! Filled with sketches of 50 recipes, the book teaches people how to cook by “seeing” rather than “reading”. Making rice pudding or preparing lasagna no longer has to be an intimidating task – a delicious meal is just one drawing away.

We’ve played with our food, but not to this extent. Artist, Hong “Red” Yi, describes herself as “an artist-architect who likes to paint, but not with a paintbrush.” Don’t be modest Red, you do way more than that. She creates artistic stories with food on simple white dinnerware; we can’t imagine chowing down. On her blog, Oh I See Red!, she challenged herself to do “31 Days of Creativity with Food,” and so far, she has succeeded. In this challenge she had the freedom to do anything, butabide by two rules: use only food and place on a white plate as the backdrop. Her food adaptations are fun and impeccable. Puts a new meaning on “don’t play with your food,” doesn’t it?  

BKLYN Larder is a retail grocer that specializes in hand-crafted cheeses, homemade prepared foods and rare grocery items. Since their opening in 2009, they have been a staple in the Park Slope and Prospect Heights community. BKLYN Larder is not only known for food, but for their minimalist posters as well. The posters show different food items in a simple form, with BKLYN Larder’s signature along the bottom. These posters are great gifts for any Brooklynite or food connoisseur. 

Visit BKLYN Larder to purchase the posters. Each poster retails for $20. 

(via Design*Sponge)

The Cube by Swedish manufacturer Electrolux, is a floating restaurant placed atop Europe’s illustrious 19th-century buildings. The glass-enclosed kitchen and dining room is set atop Stockholm’s Royal Opera House and London’s Royal Festival Hall. It was previously atop Brussels’s Parc du Cinquantenaire providing enchanting views of Brussels.

Electrolux created this unique dining experience to highlight Michelin-starred European chefs who use Electrolux appliances in their restaurants. This midair pop-up restaurant accommodates eighteen people at a time and costs roughly $400 per person. 

Electrolux describes The Cube as, “A Unique Experience Where Gastronomy Meets Astronomy.” 

(Source: Fast Company)

(Source: The Wall Street Journal)