More sizzle than steak

More art project than genuine cookery, Fancy Fast Food is a collection of recipes for turning fast food items into attractive facsimiles of gourmet meals, like this "Spicy Chicken Sushi" made out of Popeye's chicken.

Via Consumerist.

Blog discoveries for June

Arts, Humanities, Culture:

PAUVRE PLUME

Art History, Old Books, Vintage Style:

ephemera assemblyman
The Flapper Girl

Fashion:

Easy Fashion
FABULON
Nothing Elegant
The Sartorialist
Urban Style

Design, Tech, Advertising:

Words and Eggs

Art Collections:

the art of memory

Nude & Erotic Art:

THE NAKED IN THE ART

Food:

The Museum of Food Anomalies

Food sculpture

Two galleries of egg sculpture by Christel Assante: a gallery of six images and photos from a convention with a few more pieces. Beautiful.




The Egg Man, carved and sculpted egg shells by Ron Cheruka. He uses many different kinds of eggs including emu, ostrich, rhea, and more delicate eggs like duck, goose, and pheasant, both carved and filigreed.
Via Le Web...et le reste.




The Amazing Chinese Art of Watermelon Carving.






The Art of Food Carving is an album of anonymous carved pieces. Most of them appear to be water and other melons, and as for the rest I'm just not sure. They also seem to be by the same artist, so if anyone can identify the work, please let me know.






Food is Art showcases the work of chocolate sculptor Prudence Emma Staite, including sculptures of people and scenes, playable games from checkers to jenga, wearable jewelry (I think I'd stay away from that), and even a life-sized chocolate room complete with chocolate chandeliers and sugar wallpaper (described as "lickable"!).





A collection of great ice sculpture from various fairs and exhibitions.