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Linda Yi's <em>Panda Cub Stories</em> comics feature a panda and a cat who offer Sichuanese cooking instructions.
food

The Delicious Universe of Asian Culinary Comics

These food cartoons fight stereotypes, share memories, and tell forgotten histories.
Sam Lin-Sommer March 17, 2023
Amateur baker Sherry Kozlowski recreated her neighborhood cafe in gingerbread form.
food

A Year in Food Art, From the Beautiful to the Bizarre

In 2022, we covered the world’s most creative cuisine.
Sam O'Brien December 30, 2022
Kozlowski used food coloring to paint an edible copy of the classic mural at Madame Sousou's Cafe in Astoria.
food

The Bakers Transforming New York’s Buildings Into Gingerbread

Not a gummy bear was spared during the Great Borough Bake-Off.
Sam Lin-Sommer December 13, 2022
A luminous jelly.
food

Meet the Duo Molding the Weird, Wondrous Future of Jelly

From disturbingly realistic gelatin portraits to a jiggling Buckingham Palace, Bompas & Parr are pushing the wobbly envelope.
Diana Hubbell October 7, 2022
Gerry Kulzer works on sculpting Princess Kay winner Rachel Rynda.
food art

How a Big Block of Butter Becomes a Masterpiece

Inside the centuries-old art of transforming butter into dragons, cows, and princesses.
Sam O'Brien September 12, 2022
Home tastes like “Chinese food. And sometimes Mexican food,” said Taylor Holliday and Fongchong Havighurst of Mala Market.
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How the Chinese Diaspora Feeds Itself, in 100 Dazzling Illustrations

What does home taste like?
Sam Lin-Sommer August 5, 2022
Though the mettigel is popular now, chefs have been crafting mock hedgehogs from food for centuries.
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Meet the Mettigel, Germany's Hedgehog Sculpted From Meat

Now a cult-favorite party food, hedgehog-shaped snacks have a long history in Europe.
Rachel Glassberg May 20, 2022
Sorting chopsticks.
food

This Startup Is Transforming Used Chopsticks Into Beautiful Furniture

Humans throw out more than 80 billion pairs a year.
Diana Hubbell February 25, 2022
A view of the dinner section of the Rock Food Table.
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The 'Rock Food' Feast That Looks Good Enough to Eat

Welcome to the world of rockhounds, pebble puppies, and a bizarre art installation almost 40 years in the making.
Diana Hubbell December 17, 2021
The Khauwale Patankar sweet shop in Pune makes sugar jewelry every year.
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In India, a Sweet Tradition Calls for Head-To-Toe Sugar Jewelry

Maharashtra's halwa dagine symbolizes hope for future blessings.
Shoma Abhyankar December 9, 2021
From the cavity of this florid horn emerges dozens of petit fours and chocolates in a bountiful display of plenty.
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Behold Denmark's Gravity-Defying Marzipan Cake

Creating one of these cornucopias is expensive and time-consuming.
Priya Mani November 23, 2021
An ofrenda for Day of the Dead.
Toluca, Mexico

Museo del Alfeñique

This museum tells the history of Day of the Dead sugar sculptures.
Assorted people pot pie facial features.
food

The Macabre Art of Baking ‘People Pot Pies’

Crafting skin and flesh from the sweet and tasty.
Leigh Chavez-Bush October 28, 2021
A scene from <em>Gone With the Wind</em>, in rice.
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The Epic Landscape Art of Tiny Inakadate, Japan

Each year, entire rice fields grow into masterpieces.
Selena Takigawa Hoy August 27, 2021
Lemonade berries are as sweet and sour as their name implies.
food

Gaze on Ghostly Portraits of North America’s Wild Edibles

From familiar flowers to unusual salad greens.
Anne Ewbank August 20, 2021
The Cosmos cake.
food

This Jelly Cake Captures the Wonder of the Cosmos

Centrifuges and syringe-tipped knives are behind this edible miniature galaxy.
Diana Hubbell July 9, 2021
Clever wordplay makes this festive dessert especially appropriate for the new year.
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The Easy, Edible Art of Lunar New Year Dumplings

Celebrate family and good fortune with these simple goldfish.
Grace Kwan February 18, 2021
Tiny radish people dancing
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10 Stunning Feats of Edible Art

These museums and festivals feature food-based masterpieces.
Sam O'Brien January 25, 2021