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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

11 Interactive Art Installations at Food Network's 20th Birthday Bash

Lauren Matthews, BizBash Guests headed to Food Network’s 20th birthday party probably expected some delicious eats. However, they likely weren’t expecting eye-catching decorative elements like a 10-foot chandelier of macarons, a giant edible herb installation, and an automat-style wall that had chefs serving dishes out of vintage TVs … READ

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Edible Dali at iNG

Kevin Pang, Chicago Tribune  Salvador Dali’s fingerprints are visible throughout modern art forms — paintings, sculptures, cinema, fashion, interior design. One frontier rarely explored in interpreting the Catalan surrealist is in food. Where does one even start? How deep into the unconscious do you burrow to pull out the melting

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Watch New 'Real World: SF' Cast Member's Food Orgy Art Video

Brock Keeling, SFist And now, an art video from Ari Fitz, cast member on the upcoming final season of The Real World (which, if you haven’t heard, will be set in San Francisco). The PR person who sent SFist this video dared, “Try to watch this without vomiting or masturbating …

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Behind the art of a food video

Lee Khang Yi, The Malay Mail Admit it. Most times we’re glued to YouTube literally devouring food videos with our eyes. Who can resist the drama of fire as it flambes crème brulee or just the simple rhythm of cutting carrots into thin matchsticks. If we could, we’ll want to

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Books offer insight into dining culture

Terri Schlichenmeyer, The Spectrum You can just about taste it now. That special food may be the traditional dish Grandma used to make and now your sister does, biscuits from a recipe your mom found in a magazine before you were born or a new favorite brought to the family by

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Exploring culinary culture through cinema

Debbie Kandel, The Jerusalem Post This year’s Jewish Film Festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque will include a culinary cinema program, featuring films that explore the culture and history of Jewish food in various ways.Israel is a melting pot of cultures with Jews from all over the world, bringing with them

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Plovdiv bids for European Capital of Culture 2019

Two IGCAT experts visited Plovdiv (Bulgaria) in 28th-29th November 2013 to give their advise and expertise by leading four intensive workshops in support of Plovdiv’s bid for the ECOC title in 2019. The workshops were based on a presentation of ECOC challenges and followed by analysis of the Plovdiv bid document.

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

The art of the edible

Megan Backhouse, The Border Mail Slotted between the de Kooning bronze and the Leger mosaic in the NGV sculpture garden is an art installation of a different kind. It changes daily, needs watering and is fit for eating. Composed of edible plants growing out of vessels concocted from former advertising

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Liverpool artist's tasty-looking exhibition goes on show at Ripley's London

Rob Pattinson, Liverpool Echo A Liverpool artist who created a series of fascinating  landscapes made entirely from food is set to see his work go on show in a tasty-looking new exhibition. Carl Warner’s “foodscape” photography includes everything from cottages built out of candy to seas of smoked salmon and cabbages …

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Fresh from the street

Yun Suh-young, Korean Times One of Seoul’s biggest attractions as a food destination is that its culinary offerings are not confined to restaurants. An amazing variety of food is available at the food carts and trucks that are a common sight along the streets of leisure and business districts, providing

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Farmette in the frame at US film festival

Marie Claire Digby, Irish Times Small Green Fields, a documentary short film on Irish food and farming, produced and directed by food writer Imen McDonnell, is one of five films being screened today at the Food Film Fest in Chicago … READ MORE

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