March 2011 – Foodiggity

Breathe In The Bacon Air

J&D’s Foods, inspired by Le Whif’s breathable chocolate, brings us the next step in meat candy technology — BaconAir.

Potential customers are asked to join a waiting list for the product, which J&D claims is out of stock. At which time, we’re sure that on April 1st, those who let bacon cloud their better judgement, and dumb enough to look past the piss-poor photoshopping, will get an email confirming that they’re a fool.

And after already having our souls broke by the nonexistence of Squeezable Bacon and Talking Bacon Plush Toys*, we’re a bit sensitive to bacon-related April Fool’s jokes. Nice try J&D, but we’ve been hurt before.

*My First Bacon Talking Plush Toys now exist, but started as an April Fool’s joke.

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Interactive Skittles Ads Urge You To Touch The Rainbow

Skittles and BBDO Toronto have teamed up again for a series of interactive and mind-fucky ads. And believe me when I say that ‘interactive’ is used in the loosest terms possible.

Viewers are now asked to ‘Touch the Rainbow’, wherein placing your finger on the screen makes it part of the action. Again, ‘action’… terms… loose. Please watch.

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The Colors You Should Be Eating

With help from the Union Square Greenmarket and Photoshop, Malaysian-born artist Tattfoo Tan created the Nature Matching System. By photographing produce and then pinpointing colors using Photoshop’s eyedrop tool, Tan created a sort of Pantone swatch book for nutrition.

But instead of matching spot and process colors like Pantone, the NMS and its 88 colors represent naturally occurring phytochemicals and beneficial nutrients — encouraging us to eat by color.

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Food In Food Out Onesie

The Food In Food Out baby bodysuit is brought to us by Etsy user gatetim. Just remember that this is only cute for the first month — then God puts odor in the poo-poo.

Available at the Etsy store for $11.49.