Food Art

For centuries, artists have painted fruit and cakes as a flex.

Kristina Wong uses comedy to address inequality in the food system.

Creating a cute food decoration takes more enthusiasm than skill.

Inside a group that's spent 25 years turning beets into beats.

Artist Sergey Jivetin engraves incredibly detailed works using a microscope.

Porcelain or plastic, Harry Potter or copulating couple, fèves come in all shapes and sizes.

These symbolic sweets raise morale and funds for defense.

These food cartoons fight stereotypes, share memories, and tell forgotten histories.

In 2022, we covered the world’s most creative cuisine.

Not a gummy bear was spared during the Great Borough Bake-Off.

From disturbingly realistic gelatin portraits to a jiggling Buckingham Palace, Bompas & Parr are pushing the wobbly envelope.

Inside the centuries-old art of transforming butter into dragons, cows, and princesses.

What does home taste like?

Now a cult-favorite party food, hedgehog-shaped snacks have a long history in Europe.

Humans throw out more than 80 billion pairs a year.

Welcome to the world of rockhounds, pebble puppies, and a bizarre art installation almost 40 years in the making.

Maharashtra's halwa dagine symbolizes hope for future blessings.