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If you love carnivals, and like some fluffy with your salty and sweet, you might consider a plate of Cotton Candy Fries.
Brought to us by alternative fries-specialist, Sticky’s Finger Joint in NYC, the french fries are indeed topped with sugary colorful cotton candy.
Just to make sure that the snack hits every zone on your palate, it’s also topped with caramel sauce and strawberry Pop Rocks. Salty, sweet, fluffy and fizzy… all the flavor profiles are covered.
When viewing colors… Do you ever wonder what they might taste like? If you’re Jeni Britton Bauer, of NYC’s Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, you not only have this thought process, but you go ahead and create a line of ice creams that taste like color.
After being inspired by the cut-outs of Henri Matisse, the vibrant colors of the paper led Jeni to create the Color Collection.
Although there aren’t many blue foodstuffs in the world, Jeni manages to capture the flavor of Ultramarine Blue with wild blueberries, raspberry extract, and pineapple. Cadmium Yellow incorporates crushed whole lemons, bergamot and white grapefruit.
The result… a line of tangible and very delicious colors, that are themselves a work of art. And, I’d like to color my belly with them. Available here.
[link, via Mental Floss]
At the time of this writing, and with the exception of the impenetrable cupcake, there are no hotter food trends than macarons and ice cream sandwiches.
So, with the news that there’s now such a thing as Macaron Ice Cream Sandwiches, the food world could very well implode in on itself… leaving nothing but cupcakes.
This food trend mash-up is the work of Chef François Payard. Presented in three varieties — Salted Caramel, Coconut Mango, and Pistachio Raspberry — they’re only available at François Payard’s Bakery and FP Patisserie in New York City until the end of August.
[link, via designtaxi]
As if eight-dollar, Helvetica-laden bottles of juice weren’t easy enough to make fun of, artist Josh Kline has taken it a step further.
Officially-titled Skittles, Kline’s art installation is an industrial refrigerator stocked with juice bottles. But rather than ingredients that are macro, organic, and the such — these bottles are a commentary on contemporary lifestyles.
A bottle of Nightlife, for instance, contains Coke Zero, octopus ink, Raid, Davidoff Cool Water, and bath salts. Based in Manhattan, there’s also some shade to be thrown at Brooklyn, with Williamsburg Juice containing credit card, American Apparel, kale chips, kombucha, microbrew, quinoa, and agave.
Skittles was part of Archeo outdoor exhibit, appearing at the High Line in Manhattan.
“Each smoothie stands as a portrait of a different contemporary lifestyle. When grouped together, they evoke a landscape of aspiration, taste, and – at times – deprivation in a metropolis like New York City.”
[link, via Junk Culture]
You’ve had a good night out, you’ve got the munchies, and regular french fries just ain’t gonna do. Well, if you’re near Murray Hill in Manhattan, you can stop by Sticky’s Finger Joint, who’s now serving up S’mores Fries.
The answer to your brand of munchies includes; french fries, topped with toasted marshmallow sauce, chocolate sauce, crushed graham crackers and more tiny marshmallows. Enjoy, as the next morning is probably gonna suck.
[via Thrillist]