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Reinterpreting the term “street food,” French artist Lor-K repurposes discarded mattresses into giant food art.
What starts off as a curbside eyesore, Lor-K spray-paints and forms into pieces that almost look good enough to eat. But, please so not eat… that food has been on the floor.
Sausage is a short animated film by Robert Grieves. It begins adorably with two street-food vendors — one selling hand-reared sausage, the other with freshly-baked artisan breads.
It isn’t until a new mustache-twirling food vendor moves in and starts stealing their customers, that the two have to get creative in order to survive. Then, with a little help from sausage sandwiches and innuendo, the plans of the bad guy are thwarted. Sausage sandwiches solve everything.
[link, via Laughing Squid]
To promote the launch of The Great Food Truck Race, Food Network has commissioned the World’s Most Expensive Kebab.
Created by chef Andy Bates, the ‘King of Kebabs’ includes champagne-infused mint and cucumber yogurt, barrel-aged ewe’s milk feta cheese, and coeur de boeuf. And of course, no over-the-top foodstuff would be complete without the superfluous edible gold leaf.
The asking price for this new street-food-gone-fancy is $1,225. In other news, the US is still broke.
[via Buzzfeed]
The hot dog — an already questionable food item, made even more appealing with its history told by a talking rat. From the dog’s humble beginnings on the streets of New York City and Coney Island, to cementing its legacy as the pioneer of street food.