A video of a supermodel with an accent cooking one of my favourite meals is a testament to the statement that a pretty face is never enough.
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Well Dunn with Jourdan Dunn
Posted in Film & Video, Food Tagged caribbean, Jerk chicken, Jordan Dunn, Kitchen, Life + Times, Supermodel Leave a comment
Agri-Cube Grows Sci-Fi Vegetables
Natural is always better, right? I am definitely on that side of thinking but read up on the Agri-Cube, a hydroponic vegetable growing machine from Japan, and then let’s talk.
Posted in Global Affairs Tagged acquired taste, agri-cube, agriculture, daiwa house industry, farming, Food, garden, hydroponic, japan, vegetables Leave a comment
The Porthole by Crucial Detail
It’s rare that a product has me nodding my head, smiling, thinking and opening my wallet simultaneously. But the Porthole, a beautifully simple infusion vessel has that effect on people.
Posted in Goods, Tools & Utensils Tagged Aviary, chicago, Crucial Detail, design, Porthole Leave a comment
Chop Up Shop (Toronto) Event Recap
Last Saturday, the Chop Up Shop took place at 109OZ in downtown Toronto.
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Chop Up Shop (Toronto)
Come and join us on August 11th for the Chop Up Shop – a market for the lovers of others, where you’ll get to shop from some of Toronto’s most creative closets and living rooms and eat with Shinaki-Co.
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Dan Cretu’s Food Art
I’m sure that most of us, at one time or another, were told by our Mom to stop playing with our food. For some reason I don’t think artist, Dan Cretu, listened.
Posted in Art, Design, Food, Photography Tagged art, dan cretu, design, Food, photography, sculpture Leave a comment
New Wave Dish Racks from Herbst Produkts
Some products, like a spoon or a fork, may have had such a good design to start with that they never needed an update. I’m not so sure a regular dish drying rack falls into the category.
Posted in Design, Goods, Home, Kitchen Tagged acquired taste, design, designlab, dish rack, Goods, gordon segal, herbst, home, Kitchen, product design, wave silicon dishnet Leave a comment
Food Culture: Eating by Design Exhibition
In my mind, design and food have an interesting, if as yet unexplored, connection with one another. This exhibit by Premsela in the Netherlands is an attempt at that exploration.
Posted in Art, Design, Events Tagged art, design, exhibit, Food, netherlands, premsla Leave a comment
Kikkoman’s Iconic Bottle Design
This bottle was a constant presence in my Mom’s cardboard arsenal of sauces, spices and condiments. Who knew that such an innocuous looking bottle would have such an enduring effect on the world of design.
Posted in Design Tagged bottle, design, Food, kenji ekuan, kikkoman, new york times, soy sauce, spout Leave a comment
