I’ve got some beautifully creative gingerbread houses to share with you in this post. Last week I went to a Christmas party with my FitTap tap dancing class. The Omni Hotel La Costa Resort in Carlsbad California was celebrating it’s 50th anniversary. I was pleasantly surprised to see that they were displaying a whole bunch […]
Challenge yourself and have some fun. Here are a few fruit carving competitions that are coming up soon. Ohio State Fair – August 4, 2015 The Ohio State Fair is seeking professional and amateur food artists to join in on the fun of transforming food into magnificent art. on Wednesday, July 31, 2014 from 3 […]
Sarah Kaufmann, also known as The Cheese Lady, started carving cheese sculptures while working as the Creative Director for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Her cheese sculptures were used in promotions for the Wisconsin dairy industry and her love of cheese art officially began. Over the years, Sarah has carved an array of cheese sculptures. […]
Who knew a banana peel and a safety pin is all it takes to create amazing works of Banana Art? We were amazed when we discovered these incredible carved portraits by graphic artist and illustrator, Honey. She’s created amazing recreations of iconic photos, including this James Dean illustration on the right. But there’s more to […]
I’ve featured a lot of unique forms of food art on this blog and when I saw Nathan Shield’s pancake art on YouTube, I knew I had to showcase his special talent as well. While pancakes are simply a breakfast food to most people, Nathan manages to turn them into incredible works of art. Nathan began experimenting with pancake art […]
When reader Diane Keegan organized a Food Art Day during National Assisted Living Week (which is usually in mid September), she demonstrated that it’s just as much fun to make people smile as it is to create a culinary masterpiece. Food art is not necessarily about making the prettiest, perfect designs. Sometimes it’s just about […]
The videos on this page are really WOW! A true feast for the eyes and ears. I recently posted a blog about Kelly McCollam’s works of spice art and while looking for more spice art, came across this fantastic video of a choreographed spice explosion. The spice brand Schwartz, commissioned this amazing video where about […]
For many people, spices are used solely to flavor dishes in the kitchen but for photographer Kelly McCollam, her pantry proved to be the inspiration for her remarkable spice art. She’s recreated famous works of art, such as Van Gogh’s “Starry, Starry Night,” using an assortment of colorful spices. While a lot of her artwork […]
One of my student/customers, Rose Flores recently sent the photos of her carvings that she created for a high school reunion. She did a marvelous job. If you have a reunion coming up, you’ll find some great ideas from these photos. Rose wrote to me, Although this is the first time Rose has done a display […]
The Culinary Olympics brings together the best chefs and culinary artists from around the world every four years. They compete over the course of several days to make impressive works of food art. You’ll see some wonderful photos of some of the magnificent competition entries at the Culinary Olympics further down this page. After posting […]
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