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Category Archives: Photography

Potato-based photographs of the Progressive Era

April 8, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Earlier this week I dropped in to see The Artist’s Garden at PAFA, an exhibit I’ve been excited to see since I worked on the exhibit catalog for my previous […]

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Photography, Science, Vegetable

Link Buffet: Processing and progressing

January 23, 2015by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Readers and friends! I’ve missed connecting with you on this platform. January has been an incredibly busy month for me, as I wrapped up  my responsibilities at the university press […]

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"Junk" food, Cooking, Film, Link Buffet, Photography, Playing with Food, Rituals and Customs, Texture and mouthfeel, Visual appeal and presentation, Wine

Ain’t Jokin (about watermelon, among other things)

December 10, 2014by Sara Davis 4 Comments

At the National Book Awards last month, author and ceremony host Daniel Handler soured the proceedings by making a racist joke at the expense of the author Jacqueline Woodson, whose […]

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Fruit, Photography, Race

The flight of the kiwi

March 14, 2014by Sara Davis 1 Comment

Via Mashable, I’ve been enjoying these food maps by Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves. (They are also the duo behind a photo of a deep-fried iPad that astonished me in […]

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Advertising, Fruit, Photography, Regional

Link Buffet: Cooking the Books

March 12, 2014by Sara Davis 2 Comments

Dinah Fried is shortly releasing a book called Fictitious Dishes, which features photographs of meals she has styled after notable meals from literary classics: a pretty tea set from Alice […]

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Cooking, Link Buffet, Literature, Novels, Photography

A palette to appeal to the palate

January 30, 2013by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Colossal had some fun fruits-and-vegetables images up last week. These are by Florent Tanet. The linear arrangement of green tints and tones reminded me a little bit of those swatch […]

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Advertising, Fruit, Photography, Playing with Food, Visual appeal and presentation

Inside Out: Medical Students Play With Food

October 15, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

When we epicureans and food culturists talk about food, we’re not really interested in talking about digestion. While other bodily mechanisms may be considered fascinating or elegant–the runner’s fine machine of bone […]

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Art, Body, Health, Photography, Playing with Food, Science

Two food artists you can see for yourself

March 27, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

These two artists recently popped up in my feed reader (no pun intended), and I was struck that for each, an intent to make the art accessible to the public is built into […]

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Art, Ethics, Food in the City, Performance, Photography, Playing with Food

Food Art Opposites

July 14, 2011by Sara Davis 1 Comment

At the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one of the most popular books for children is called Art Museum Opposites.  This book juxtaposes some of the museum’s well-known pieces that illustrate […]

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Art, Blog Notes, Painting, Photography, Playing with Food, Sculpture

The Faces of Food

May 16, 2011by Sara Davis 1 Comment

Some time ago, an in-flight magazine presented me with the fanciful foodscapes of Carl Warner. Warner’s Food Landscapes are scenes built out of edible materials, mostly in their own shape: […]

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Anthropomorphism, Art, Painting, Photography, Playing with Food

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