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What Do You Call A Cookbook That Is Actually A Comic Book?
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Veggie incest… Oedipus, Starring Vegetables
Oedipus — the ancient tale of child abandonment, parent murder and incest, has been retold starring vegetables. As silly as the concept might sound, the stop-motion animation is shot brilliantly using classic CinemaScope and is quite beautiful. With a story that would’ve surely took Hollywood 4-plus hours to tell, Veggie Oedipus wraps up in around 8 minutes.
With hand-drawn and artist-rendered recipes becoming more popular, it only makes sense that an entire cookbook would eventually go the visual route. Amanda Cohen, the chef/owner of NYC’s Dirt Candy, has signed a deal to create a cookbook in the form of a graphic novel.
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The Mutato-Archive is an art project by German artist Uli Westphal dedicated to the malformed bastard children of the produce world.
Westphal focuses on the unfortunate fruits and vegetables — such as a carrot with arms — that never make it to our produce section, and in turn are spared the ridicule of picky shoppers. Haven’t they suffered enough?
The Mutato-Archive is a collection of non-standard fruits, roots and vegetables, displaying a dazzling variety of forms, colours and textures, that only reveal themselves when lawfully enforced standards cease to exist. The complete absence of botanical anomalies in our supermarkets has caused us to regard the consistency of produce presented there as natural. Produce has become a highly designed, monotonous product. We have forgotten, and in many cases never experienced, the way fruits, roots, and vegetables can actually look (and taste). The Mutato-Project serves to document, preserve and promote these last remainders of agricultural diversity.
Valentine’s Day draws nigh. And, if you’re the type of person who has a hard time expressing yourself the other 364 days of the year, then February 14 provides the perfect opportunity to at least do it half-assedly.
One thing that cannot be denied, is that there’s no better way to appease your partner with minimal effort, than with a folded piece of card stock containing a message written by a stranger.
However, this year doesn’t have to involve an ordinary card or generic message. With help from Foodiggity and a few crafty Etsy users, make up for a year’s worth of emotional vacancy, and show your partner that you appreciate them in the greatest way possible — by comparing them to bacon. You’re welcome.
This card by Etsy user cottonflowerpress gets right to the point. Tell your lover that they’re greater than the almighty meat candy — unless they view this as an emoticon, in which case they’ll just be confused.
Bacon love runs deep, and this card by bjoytomac establishes that the love for your human partner is even more so. Who’s the big winner this Valentine’s Day? Anyone who can present this card with a straight face.
The good old ‘we go together like…’ approach — it never fails. This card, by dancingant, plays matchmaker with the greatest of dynamic duos. Although, as we all know, bacon goes with everything. So you might have to try a bit harder.
The suspense is killing me… What will the answer be? Well if you actually present this card by PaperPlatesPress, then the real answer is probably either ‘beer,’ or ‘more bacon.’ But because it’s Valentine’s Day, you get a free pass to lie.
Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody.