Monday, June 21, 2010

Playing with Food Pics

Playing with Food
Here are some amazing & breathtaking photos of new kind of art: ‘Playing with food‘. [via NYTimes]
Playing with Food Pics
Golden beet butterflies sit on an intricate watermelon flower by Mr. Zhang.

In the hands of James Parker, another of the leading talents in fruit and vegetable carving, a Meridol papaya turns into a flower.
Playing with Food
Ordinary carrots become parrots in a sculpture by Jimmy Zhang, a chef and produce artist in San Francisco.
Playing with Food
… and into a stallion. Jicama, daikon, rutabaga and taro are favored for carving three-dimensional figures because they are firm and don’t brown.
Playing with Food
Mr. Parker creates centerpieces that cost thousands of dollars for restaurants, resorts, caterers and individual clients.
Playing with Food
Many chefs, bored by the precisely defined tasks that often characterize their work at restaurants or catering operations, carve fruits and vegetables as a creative release. A work by Jimmy Zhang.
Playing with Food
Playing with Food
And again Mr. Zhang, who is regarded as a master of this kind of art, transformed taro root into rats.