The Donut Project

Pamela Michelle Johnson’s American Still Life series of paintings is a commentary on the American way of life. These large oil paintings throw our junk food culture back into our faces. The work is both gross and enticing.

Teetering towers of hamburgers, drippy stacks of syrupy waffles, sticky piles of sugary candy… Junk food. It’s the taste of America. It is what we eat. It is who we are. The insatiable American appetite is set on a path of consumption. Devouring to the point where we are left with nothing, nothing but the consequential garbage. Quintessentially American, junk food is not just part of our diet, it epitomizes our cultural ideals and social norms.

Continue for more of her work.

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Hungry yet? That’s the idea behind FoodPornDaily. Atleast once a day, they post the most delicious food pics they can find (sometimes with recipes, sometimes without). Flipping thru has made me realize how I need food right this instant.

Go and salivate at FoodPornDaily.

(Sent to us by @Nelsie)

I thought I’d post these cookie cutters for my sister, who is obsessed with Helvetica. If they were purchasable, Kelly, I’d buy them for you, I promise. Simply awesome idea from Beverly Hsu. Please let us know when you market these for real, Beverly!

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Remedy Quarterly is a quarterly publication of submitted food memories and recipes from storied pasts and personal histories. Each issue shares a common theme that ties together a collection of recipes, stories, photography, and illustrations. The first issue’s theme is “home” and includes a Q&A with Tim Mazurek of Lottie + Doof, an interview with Will Gilson of Cambridge’s famed Garden at the Cellar and a story from Stacey Slate, writer for the New York Times food blog Bitten, and others.

A few specs about the magazine:
- 48 pages at 8.5″ by 5.5″
- 100% content, no ads!
- 2-color offset printing, not unlike the old community cookbooks that inspired us.
- quarterly publication

In order to print their first issue, they are currently working to raise funding on kickstarter, where you can pre-order the magazine, subscribe, and get all sorts of Remedy Quarterly goodies like a tote bag, recipe cards, even homemade cookies. See the kickstarter video to hear about Remedy Quarterly in their own words:

I’ve made a pledge and urge you to go help them get this great project off the ground. Just go to their site on kickstarter and make a pledge.

FYI – Kickstarter is a site where you can post a project that needs funding and people can donate any amount of money to help you out, and if the goal isn’t reached, no money is exchanged.

Corey Holms’ amazing Flikr set is full of gorgeous photographs created from primarily food dye, vegetable oil and water really inspires me. I find the colors and shapes so beautiful and bold. Makes you take a second to look at simple combinations to create stunning work. Enjoy more of the set here.

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Design is my passion. Food is my second. If I’m not doing something design related, I’m watching a cook-off challenge, Top Chef, Man vs. Food, looking up recipes or actually in the kitchen acting like I know what I’m doing. I think almost everyone, both foodie or designer alike, knows who Wolfgang Puck is. If not, he is by far one of the most amazing chefs both in what he cooks and to watch in the kitchen.

What makes him even more of a phenom, is that he IS his brand. Duffy & Partners put together an identity that is versatile to match Wolfgang’s full potential, which I think is so critical, especially when he has now expanded his expertise into everything from restaurants and menus to expresso drinks and frozen foods. I love the versatility of his brand and seeing what one person is capable of. Now I need to get cooking! Enjoy the full article here.

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Ever have a strong craving for carbonated milk? Well your prayers have been answered by CocaCola. Introducing Vio, the world’s first “vibrancy drink.”

Vio is a combination of carbonated water, sugar, flavoring and a “hint of rBGH-free skim milk” and requires no refrigeration. The drink is available 4 flavors (peach mango, very berry, citrus burst & tropical colada) and comes in 8 oz. bottles for $2.50. It is making a test market run in New York City before possibly being released nationwide. If $2.50 for an 8 oz. beverage sounds a tad pricey, remember it’s being sold in NYC and a bottle of Pellegrino there goes for roughly $74 and a slice of pizza is $87.

Almost as remarkable as this odd product, is the language used to describe it. CocaCola must have purchased a stack of thesauri and hired the slickest bunch of marketers/copyrighters money can buy. This “vibrancy drink” is “so delicious and effervescent, you just have to try it to believe it.” The Very Berry flavor apparently tastes like a “birthday party for a polar bear” and another “tastes like a dreamsicle in technicolor.”

Interesting. I wonder if this will catch on? I’m sure they’ll sell plenty to curious first-timers, but will it have staying power? View the site at viovibe.com.

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In honor of the holiday approaching and the plethora of food and drink choices available to us this Fourth of July weekend, I think this website is very appropriate to prepare you for the eating extravaganza that is in your near future. Please throw out that diet and enjoy a 6 layer pancake platter, a whopper with an entire piece of pizza in it, or the best of all, the pizza with an entire bag of chicken tenders on top covered in cheese. Find more recipes and submit photos here and please note: This is why you’re fat. Thank you.

{ blood orange margarita }

{ gingerbread waffles }

{ jalepeño infused vodka }

The beautiful photography and recipes on Eat Make Read give me such a warm feeling inside. The blog is full of drink and food recipes, directions and beautiful imagery to match. I’m really curious to try the jalepeño infused vodka and the gingerbread pancakes, but there are so many choices it’s been very hard to choose which one to make first! I love the idea of bringing good design into the kitchen as well, and this blog has inspired me to take pictures of my own recipes for my personal cookbook. Thanks Eat Make Read!