Awwww. I want one.

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Bento box-lunches - the perfect snackpack for your kawaii kids


[elf.]
(^^ the above link is a gallery of the foodie-creations - click it see more illustriations like posted previously.)

While taking the extra three minutes to research my post, (as well as the prerequisite five minutes already invested into its creation) I've come to learn the artist responsible for these bento creations.

Her name is Maki Ogawa, ans she is a bento designer.
Her personal website / blog is immensely popular, and she is talented and well-liked enough
to have published a book on her extraordinarily-detailed creations - have a look for yourself.

Here is a parting illustration of her talents and creative vision (that goes into her penchant for "playing with her food")

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Photo by: luckysundae (Maki)

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[via.]

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"So Long, My friend" by Chow Hon Lam (FlyingMouse)

Take a break, and make something.
 

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Take a break, and make something.

Take a little piece of me.
 

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Put-In-Bay Pie

morning treat
 

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sugar balls (gobstoppers) Photo by: Alan Sailer

+ bonus

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orange-stoppers | Photo by: Richard Dumoulin (examples of High Speed Photography; * - above)

author's comments:
Strobist info :
-1 flash 430 EX left, manual 1/16
-1 flash 430 EX right, manual 1/16
-1 flash high behind to prevent ghosting
-ST-E2 for remote triggering

Canon 1dmk3 with 70-200IS 2.8L

Camera settings 1/250, f18, ISO250

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Classic Raw Mallomar by sweeteats

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Cereal Milk Soft Serve with Streusel by Aubrey Rose

author's comments:
Details @ Eat/Repeat

Momofuku Milk Bar
New York City

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ひるどき日本ランチ日記: 大手町・リトル小岩井　サンドイッチ6種(1,200円)

translated as: Little Koiwai Otemachi sandwiches (+ spaghetti topping!)

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midnight snack

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for Dessert: Taiyaki (fish shaped waffle w/ red bean) & Ice Cream

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not real, but cool enough concept to visualize as a foodstuff
(yes, that was a pun, and still... I think this could be achieved in what we refer to as 'reality'.)

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A Look at Burger King's Latest Whopper Bar in NYC and Their New Pizza Burgers

+ bonus

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[Visual Architectonics]

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Crepe Cake @ Cafe Landmark | Photo by: Terry Chen

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frozen watermelon margarita (directions inside)

aliment accessories
 

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FOOD FACE™ | Design by: Jason Amendolara

more for the kiddies:
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Not exactly Cheezasaurus Rex, but it'll do...

Steaks for dinner!!!

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Chef Wylie Dufresne on science you can NOM - Boing Boing [article ; video]

synopsis:

Lady Gaga's meat dress outfit that she wore at the VMA's this past weekend reminded me of Gabriela Rivera (see below) covering her body with raw meat.

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I was especially attracted to Lady Gaga's steak hat. But since I'm from Philadelphia, home of the Philly Cheesesteak, I would have liked it better if she just wore this cheesesteak hat:

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It's a popular adornment to make some sort of statement, I suppose (draping one's self with meat; though to what, I have no idea).

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*find, buy and make: your own thrills and chills

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"Your cookie cake has arrived."

Custom-created with care by the Brooklyn-based bakery, One Girl Cookies.

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The Wool Butchery by Clëmence Joly


[nerdcore.]

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ham hocks, t-bones, & whole chickens in knit meat, by s.casper (custom creations)


[flickr.]

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Cuts of Meat- Beef: stitched embroidery (+ infographic) by Melissa


-- courtesy of Elemental Stitches

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The most expensive cheese sandwich you'll ever want to eat

crafted by chef Martin Blunos (as seen on TV!) and available at the Frome Cheese Show in Somerset:

The chef used a £5 loaf of sourdough dressed with extra virgin olive oil and then layered cheese, slices of quail’s egg, heirloom black tomato, epicure apple, and fresh figs.

He added dainty mustard red frills, pea shoots and red amaranth for a salad layer and topped the whole masterpiece with edible gold dust.

This sumptuous snack will set you back a cool $178 (£110).

aliment accessories
 

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Esslack Food Spray From the Deli Garage(Germany), you can now stain your tomatoes, pretzels,
and whatever other food screams out to be covered in gold.

Using these fresh spray cans full of edible silver and gold paint, food goes from ordinary to bling in seconds.

I finally took the time to remember that yes, indeed, I had forgotten to supply the additional info and authorship to my previous post.

mea culpa
courtesy of Britain’s Cupcake Occasions (the masterful creators).


[holykaw.]

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今日のおやつ - chiyuki1355 - はてなハイク

translated as: "pudding Waka (sugar-based) available at MUJI CAFE."
Personal commentary: it's very reminiscent of flan, but this Japanese version is much more sublt in its sweetness acquired, and you don't tired of it as fast as [I] normally do after eating it. It's a pleasant experience, through and throughout.

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The Football Sausage is made from fresh beef and pork, cured and slowly smoked over hickory fires.
In an authentic football shape, complete with lacing and stitches...they may need reminders to not play with their food.

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Caramel apples - the decorative ornaments display, as seen at Las Vegas' Luxor

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Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sandwiches (recipe inside, courtesy of Betty Crocker)

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Apples and Peanut Butter by Capt. Mouffette (Kim Miller)

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1/3 parts Pimm's cup + 2/3 parts bokeh | Photo by: *Peanut

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The watermelon carvings crafted by Takashi Itoh.

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The Cube of Goodness

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-- courtesy of PF&PD


previously


[geekologie.]

sandwiches according to my daily life

1
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2
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3
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[webdesignerdepot.]

Food is Art:

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photo by: ring

Does the above taste any good as is (matured)?
I have no idea what it may be (related to the pumpkin family?) but it does look (at least to me) like some sort of fruit with a built-in 'egg-sac'.

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translated as: Cafe-style sandwiches and bread recipes: Kumachan

Pomegranates! Here's some information. It's a pretty thorough wiki-entry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomegranate They are tart sweet.

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I find most wiki entries I stumble across to be pretty thorough, only on the off-occasion when I find one that is not.

Off to reading the above.

Plus, this may be the first time I've followed up on what another has posted previously (perhaps mostly due in part because it's so lonesome in here) ... but.
[here's what I found anyways]

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Pomegranate by ~Aluthien on deviantART

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Interior design room: Alvaro Rubio

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Designed by Yunyeen Yong (Australia)

“Jooze is a fictional company that manufactures fresh fruit juices, catered especially to kindergarten and primary school students. It is a company that believes that healthy eating habits should begin at a very young age.

The shape of the logo is inspired by the shape of a sliced fruit, and the handwritten typeface used is to portray a sense of fun, hands-on personality and characteristic that appeals to kids and toddlers. The logo also consists of singular bright colours, which may vary depending on the flavour of the juice. This would hopefully be a recognisable icon whereby children can relate and connect to the brand.

A simplified illustration of the fruits are to further clarify the flavours, to add visual aesthetics, and to appeal and connect to the target audience.

The juice box is shaped in an unconventional way to incorporate the essence of the logo, to gain instant recognition from the audience, and to capture their attention, especially if this product is placed alongside other juices on the supermarket shelves.”

[lovelypackage.]

Search Youtube for "Body Parts made of Bread" There's an amazing vid on ITN source. Beats all! (I'd post the link, but I'm not allowed)

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OMG I LOVE the Jooze boxes! That's brilliant!

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Jetee, those bears are unbelievable. I wish I had thought of something liike that!

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Alright folks, this is my attempt to revive this thread. Tell me what you think of THIS:

thanks for the appreciation, worried_monk.
I do, however, believe I already featured the above "artistry", if not on this page, then the page before. I even mentioned the artist (a bit hazy on the details, but I think he was Thai, or Singaporean or...)

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Sudoku cakes! ; crafted by Hannah

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Postcards from Sweden: week 10


(I must be posting these hundreds of portrayals, pieces, and pies for my own health it seems. Ah! I forgot to pick me up a pie today.)

meals created from deals
 

While some foodies love to cook, and others go to fine restaurants, NYC-based Erik Trinidad expresses his love of all things edible by taking fast food menu items from restaurants like McDonald’s and Taco Bell, turning them into gourmet-looking meals and posting the results on his site FancyFastFood.com. Originally just a joke with friends, his first creation was a McDonald’s Big Mac and fries combo meal that he turned into a fancy steak and potatoes dish. But his project got such rave reviews, that he kept at it. Today, his site it full of creative reinventions of fast food items and he's even writing a book, The Fancy Fast Food Cookbook: Mock Recipes with No Bun Intended. WD rounded up our favorites, so take a look at these 10 works of culinary art.


Osso BuKko (Burger King)
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It’s unclear why Burger King started serving fire-grilled ribs in the first place, but leave it to Trinidad to turn them into a meal
fit for a king. To recreate Osso Buco, a traditional Italian dish made with veal shanks, browned and simmered with tomatoes
and vegetables, Trinidad made a reduction of Dr Pepper, barbeque sauce and ketchup, before adding in onion rings
(stripped of their breading), carrots and chopped greens from a BK garden salad. He then added the ribs and simmered,
after which he blended the French fries into a mashed potato consistency before plating everything and drizzling with sauce.

Spicy Chicken Sushi (Popeyes Chicken)
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Using a Popeyes Chicken meal with two pieces of Bonafide spicy fried chicken, one biscuit, coleslaw, one large Coke, one
loaded chicken wrap, a side each of red beans and rice, Popeyes Louisiana hot sauce and wasabi paste to garnish,
Trinidad made the sushi rolls with white rice soaked in a coke reduction and stuffed with red beans and rice,
accompanied by chopped chicken atop cut-up biscuits to resemble raw sushi pieces.

Tacobellini (Taco Bell)
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Creating his favorite dish to date, Trinidad says he “thought outside the tortilla” when he decided to turn Taco Bell fare into
the beloved Italian pasta tortellini. Using two Burrito Supremes, one beef soft taco, one large Sierra Mist soda, packets of hot
sauce and parsley, Trinidad carefully extracted the burrito and taco stuffing and mixed it in a bowl before rinsing each tortilla
and steaming to soften. After cutting the tortillas into small circles, he refilled with the stuffing before folding into a tortellini
shape. He then covered them in sauce and garnished with parsley, pouring the Sierra Mist into a wine glass for a classier look.


{Photos: courtesy of Erik R. Trinidad/ FancyFastFood.com}

Silestone -- 'Por Encima de Todo' by Alex Roman

notes: watch with words


[vimeo. / videosift.]

We had a ton of beautiful food at the buffet at the Wynn. There were red velvet cupcakes that looked amazing, but were unfortunately only good to look at. One met an amusing end after this determination was made...

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Thanks very much for contributing, im2smrt4u. (and I, too, have a great displeasure in eating anything-associative deemed to be 'velvet'; nyoh.)

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Source

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Pie Fries, by Jessie Oleson (“Cakespy”) and how to make their deliciousness for yourself.

[gallery + review] Food at the U.S. Open
 

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The famously esoteric Food Village at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center offers everything from
Indian and Japanese options to a Kosher deli and a French creperie. SI.com invited well-known NYC food
critic Ed Levine to the U.S. Open for an odyssey through the food stands. A frequent contributor to
The New York Times, Levine's food website, Serious Eats, was named one of TIME magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2010.


[SI.]

To thank his subscribers for sticking with him through 500 videos,
Chef John uploaded the first successfully filmed tutorial for
making a potato ball in a potato box carved from a potato.

[youtube.]

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“Hunger Pains” by Ted Sabarese.

author's comments:
Each model’s clothing in the series was made entirely of real food and depicts a meal
that the person was craving. This project was shot in January of 2009 (pre Lady Gaga).

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15 designers, led by Ami Goodheart of SOTO Productions, were involved and each
garment took hours to cook, create and assemble. The artichoke gown was designed
by Daniel Feld and Wesley Nault of Project Runway fame. It took over six hours to
finish (the model stood the entire time while they attached each, individual leaf).


[superpunch.]

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“Beatle Juice” by Marc Valega


[diskursdisko.]

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CONTAINER - without thought, by naoto fukasawa

author's comments:
what comes into mind when people hear the word 'container'?
is there a clear cut image held in common by everyone?
is the shape of a container dependent on its contents?
or do people look at a container and think,
'if it's this shape, then I want to put X in it'?
there's an appeal to containers, regardless of what's in them.
we came up with various designs when discussing just what that appeal was.
we searched out the soul of this appeal that was 'effortlessly good'.

Hark! I want the Beatles juice boxes.

I want the artichoke gown.

Thanks to Starkizzer for the inspiration: Fun with pomegranates and tiny ketchup bottles!

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Thank you again, to the recent contributors. I'll (usually) take whatever sparse comment I can get, and add in any content, I'll also be more than content.

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40,000 Cherry Tomatoes to form Logo

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Creative director Caspian Michalowski organized the making of the HarvestMark logo in tomatoes.

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[scene360. / dudecraft.]

^Its crooked, and it is bothering me :p

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Ann’s Snack Bar in Atlanta Stays Busy as It Looks for a Buyer - NYTimes.com

67-year-old owner Ann Price has been putting in 13 hour days almost every day
since 1972. Ann wants half a million dollars for all her hard work over the last
38 years so that she may retire, in peace, at last. The famous ‘Ghetto Burger’
is an Atlanta land(food?)mark, served at the one and only, Ann’s Snack Bar.

READ MORE

alimentary accessories
 

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Moe Furuya’s Hand Fork / Hand Spoon


-- courtesy of the fox is black

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"A Bite to Eat!", crafted by hercuteness.

+ bonus
[Hamburger's Haven]

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Thanksgiving Christmas Turkey Cake Recipe [instructional ; recipe]

author's comments: (Amy Wisniewski)
Whether this [consumable] centerpiece incites horror, amazement, or
confusion when it’s served, it’s certain to evoke some kind of outburst.

Warning: This dish is not recommended for people who require an inch of space between food groups.

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You cAN EAT IT * -


EDIT:
cAPSlock malfunction.

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-- courtesy of pillsbury recipes

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Homemade (as in: make it yourself) "S’mores Marshmallow Pops", as detailed by Todd & Diane.

Alimentary Accessories
 

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James Ward's “Sandwich Defender”

(* -)
 

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Food About You by Alexandre DUBOSC [photo-gallery ; portfolio ; Proto-artistry]


*also: previously

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another brief example(s) of Bento Box Arrangements, as Art ... further reading

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Anya Richardson made an awesome Angry Birds Cake for her newly-turned 8-year-old.


{I've been told the above is, seemingly, a sort of video game reference.. carry on.}

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City spirit by ~pushOK-12 on deviantART


Photoshopped cityscapes in various beverages.

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xkcd-themed wedding cake, crafted by Denville, New Jersey-based bakery, Pink Cake Box.

The top of the cake includes cutouts of the comic characters
with a red heart on a wire between them. The entire cake is
covered in white fondant with black thin bands at the base of
each tier. Equations inspired by this comic decorate the remaining tiers.

-- courtesy of superpunch.

Some holiday art!

http://www.toxel.com/wp-content/uplo.../foodart06.jpg

More where that came from here.

Thank you for coming back, jewels.
I'm not sure if I can avoid sharing some of those other bento creations found in your link, 'cause some of them are just as creative as other "bento artists" in which I've featured here before. They are really cool.

The above? It is the Xmas !!! Bento box, crafted by nonachan. She actually provides a basic recipe of the ingredients and food that was made in the preparation of the bento. There's also a second fbento box she made as well.

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by Brock Davis [as a part of one of my favourite art installations of the past five years, "Make Something Cool Every Day"]

[Visual Architectonics]

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Shattered banana peel by Laser Bread (aka, Brock Davis)

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转糖画 - Transgenic sugar painting, one of the oldest art or food in China

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How to Make Yourself, a Merry Little Tentacle Pot Pie [recipe ; funtimes]


-- courtesy of Megan (not Martha)

Fun with food:

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Taken by me. :D

Cake by Van Gogh?


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By Megpi

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middag for en

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A chance enounter! [instructional ; creative ; foreign]


translated as: how to create your own (edible) serenity garden.

written & directed by Maya Rota Klein


[gourmetfury.]

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Foodbuzz 24×24: The Ultimate Star Wars party! Just Jenn Designs READ MORE...

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Chocolatier Carves World Heritage Monuments in White Chocolate
Mirco Della Vechia, one of Italy’s most talented chocolatiers, has created a series of replicas of world heritage monuments carved in white chocolate.

Demonstrating immense talent and patience, Della Vechia has taken huge blocks of chocolate and, using a series of fine carving tools, turned them
into sweet models most people would love to sink their teeth into. The Chocolate World Heritage Monuments collection, currently on display at a
Hong Kong shopping mall, features white chocolate models of famous landmarks, such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Colosseum, Stonehenge,
the Parthenon, or Egypt’s Abu Simbel.

Apart from this incredible collection of chocolate models, Mirco Della Vechia also holds the Guinness record for the largest chocolate sculpture in the world
– a 1.5-meter-tall, 2.5-meter-long and 5.37-ton-heavy replica of the Dome of Milan.

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Photos by Bobby Yit/REUTERS via Daylife