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Is It Art, Food, or Math?
The unfortunately named food blog Eat Me Daily has a great profile on artist Kevin Van Aelst, who turns food photos into high- (or at least medium-) brow art. If you’ve never seen cellular mitosis as depicted by Krispy Kreme doughnuts, now’s your chance. Equally goofy and wonderful: a finger print rendered in mustard, a yin-yang Oreo, and a periodic table of elements executed with gummi bears.
In this image, “Cantor Set,” Van Aelst uses (no doubt painstakingly) manipulated egg yolk to illustrate a mathematical concept that, trust us, is best left unexplained.
Photo used with permission.
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Tiny Baboons in a Gumdrop World
Gumdrops, broccoli, sugar cubes, marshmallows, corn, peanuts, and popcorn are among the props St. Paul–based artist Steve Tomashek uses to complement—and bring a sense of scale to—his itty bitty sculptural animal creations. A menagerie of carved and painted tiny wooden monkeys, sheep, camels, dogs, penguins, dragons, and loons hang out in the generally food-themed little worlds that Tomashek designed for them. Thumb through his gallery—it’s a guaranteed delight and diversion.
Photo used with permission.
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New Finds: Ritzy Hostess Gift for Your Hamptons Trip
In an alternate universe—maybe yours—people get invited to fancy rich people’s houses in the Hamptons, and need to find a unique-and-classy hostess gift. Why gosh darn it, this porcelain flower, one of a kind, made to replicate table decorations used by the Bavarian monarchy in 1765, is just the ticket! These “fantasy flowers,” each one a different flower and one-of-a-kind, were made by craftsmen in Nymphenburg, Germany. Pricey, yes, but in this alternate universe, it’s a mere bagatelle.
Fertile Garden: Table Flower, $330
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How to Make Meat-Infused Liquor
Bacon-infused bourbon is all the rage at fancy cocktail bars these days, and you can buy bacon-infused vodka at the market now. You may be tempted to try to make meat-infused liquor yourself. But note that you shouldn’t just put the bacon fat right in the drink, because that would make it really gross and oily. Instead, you can use a process called “fat washing,” which extracts the smoky, savory flavor, but leaves behind the oil. Simply add the fat to the liquor, let it sit for a few hours, freeze it, skim off the fat (which rises to the top during freezing), and then strain the resulting liquid to extract any remaining meat bits. Read about it here on Chowhound.
However, know that the results can be pretty subtle, rather than giving you a big hit of meat. You may want to infuse your booze with other spices to simulate more of the cured meat flavor you’re seeking. Evan Zimmerman of Portland’s Laurelhurst Market, makes a mean chorizo margarita. He first infuses tequila with the spices used to make chorizo (paprika, cinnamon, chiles, salt, pepper, and sugar) before fat washing, in this case with bacon. He also makes a foie gras–infused Armagnac.
“The result is a lot more delicate than it sounds,” says Zimmerman. “[The fat-infused booze] adds a subtle, meaty note.”
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Katie Lee and Billy Joel Split
Representatives for TV food critic Katie Lee and Billy Joel confirmed Thursday that the pair are on the rocks. Their official statement says they’re still friends, admire and respect each other, yadda yadda. But, as Fox News sensitively reports, “Lee, 27, has been rumored to be involved in a romance with Yigal Azrouel, a 36-year-old Israeli fashion designer. The two have been photographed together and were reportedly spotted dirty-dancing together in Miami last January. Azrouel is even said to have referred to Lee as his ‘girlfriend’.” Fox News also ran a photo of Billy flanked by Katie and Alexa, his daughter with Christie Brinkley, who’s only four years younger than Katie. The photo is captioned: “Which one’s the daughter, which the wife?”
Ouch. That has to really hurt. But probably not as much as this NY Daily News story, which features a picture of Azrouel, looking tasty and youthful, right underneath a shot of Billy Joel looking every one of his 60 years.
Image source: flickr member kevindooley under Creative Commons
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Pass the Chicken and Biscuits
Little Skillet, one of the new generation of Twitter-trackable eateries, is a takeout window that magically produces fried chicken and waffles (two pieces with slaw and a biscuit for $6.50) and excellent red velvet cupcake ($3), says Windy.
And now it is testing breakfast items, like biscuits and gravy. “B&G is really, really good—solid southern biscuits with exceptional meaty gravy,” says larochelle. Note that these are angel biscuits, a fluffy type common in Texas that may seem more like a dinner roll than the more typical kind of biscuit. Little Skillet also does breakfast po’ boys, which are good but not destination-worthy like the biscuits and gravy, larochelle says.
Little Skillet [SoMa]
330 Ritch Street, San Francisco
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Board Links: Little Skillet [split from Nonstaurants thread]
Windy’s month of lunches - SOMA edition
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