food Archives - MyTrendTales MyTrendTales Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:11:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 TikToker Reviews 3-Foot-Long Croissant and a Giant Cup of Cappuccino https://mytrendtales.com/tiktoker-reviews-3-foot-long-croissant-and-a-giant-cup-of-cappuccino/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=8820 Croissants are usually considered a quick breakfast bite. But the pastry makers at BohoX restaurant in Dubai, UAE, decided this fluffy baked good should also get its shot to be a full-day meal and then some by creating a 3-foot-long croissant. TikTok content creator @treatyoselfeverywhere, aka Leslie, recently made a visit to BohoX to try […]

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Croissants are usually considered a quick breakfast bite. But the pastry makers at BohoX restaurant in Dubai, UAE, decided this fluffy baked good should also get its shot to be a full-day meal and then some by creating a 3-foot-long croissant.

TikTok content creator @treatyoselfeverywhere, aka Leslie, recently made a visit to BohoX to try out this mammoth pastry creation and introduce it to social media users. The croissant comes with a cost of around $67 and has to be ordered a couple of days in advance. The idea is to share it with other people, but Leslie decided to embrace the challenge by herself.

As it turns out, the croissant was better than expected. According to the TikToker, it is “super flaky and buttery.” To wash it down, she also got a giant cup of cappuccino that is filled with about 28 regular cups. Talk about a meal for a giant.

@treatyoselfeverywhere

Would you finish one of the largest croissants in the world?🥐☕🤯 📍The BohoX in Dubai🇦🇪 55 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd – Downtown Dubai – Dubai – United Arab Emirates #dubai #dubaitravel #dubaifood #thebohox #dubairestaurants #dubaiunitedarabemirates #dubaiuae #croissants #dubaibrunch #dubaibreakfast #croissantandcoffee #travelfoodie

♬ Un croissant, un café crème – Sale Petit Bonhomme

Many TikTok users were impressed with the creation, and a surprising number of them believed they wouldn’t need help to go through the gigantic meal.

“who said it’s for sharing, I can finish it off myself,” one person wrote in the comments section.

“I feel like I can eat the croissant by myself,” another added.

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The Tasty Embroideries of Chloë Amy Avery https://mytrendtales.com/the-tasty-embroideries-of-chloe-amy-avery/ Tue, 28 May 2024 16:27:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5922 Chloë Amy Avery treats the needle and thread as though they were brush and paint, creating massive embroidered works that eerily remind of realistic paintings. Her work mostly centers around food, understanding her subjects as symbols of memory and culture. “I love to draw, I love food, so I thought why not try using thread as […]

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Chloë Amy Avery treats the needle and thread as though they were brush and paint, creating massive embroidered works that eerily remind of realistic paintings. Her work mostly centers around food, understanding her subjects as symbols of memory and culture.

“I love to draw, I love food, so I thought why not try using thread as a medium and combine the things I love and am interested in?” she explained in an interview with Dark Yellow Dot.

When it comes to the creative process itself, Avery has it down to a science: “I have developed a process that I know works for me in my creative process,” she says. Depending on the piece she’s working on, so will the process vary.

“For my bigger plates of food I cook the dish, compose the food for the correct photo, and then take many photos to capture the food in its best light and composition,” she says. “The other approach I take is to make a colored sketch for a photo I have taken or a combination of photos to create the best image ready to stitch.” She then draws a very basic sketch on fabric and changes it as she goes along.

Aside from food, she also embroiders portraits. Those often feature icons like Iris Apfel and Malala Yousafzai. “I’m always thinking of new ideas and yet there is not enough time to do them all,” she says. “I’m always excited to start new projects.” We’re just as excited!

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Ipnot’s Hyper-Realistic Food Embroideries Look Good Enough to Eat https://mytrendtales.com/ipnots-hyper-realistic-food-embroideries-look-good-enough-to-eat/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:31:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5975 It’s hard not to be taken by the level of detail ipnot’s hyper-realistic embroideries contain. Known for her food embroideries, her creations are the very meaning of eye-popping, incorporating added props like a ketchup bottle that squirts threaded ketchup or a pizza that, when lifted, that has string-like cheese drooping downwards. Those add a further […]

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It’s hard not to be taken by the level of detail ipnot’s hyper-realistic embroideries contain. Known for her food embroideries, her creations are the very meaning of eye-popping, incorporating added props like a ketchup bottle that squirts threaded ketchup or a pizza that, when lifted, that has string-like cheese drooping downwards. Those add a further interactive layer to her already jaw-dropping creations.

Based and Japan, and known only by her online moniker, ipnot uses her needle as a sort of a paintbrush, stitching one knot at a time – an embroidery technique known as French knotting, in which the yarn or thread is knotted around itself. “I discovered myself that the French knot stitch can be done by wrapping thread around the needle,” she explains on her website. “I find this type of stitching to be a lot of fun to do and it is my favorite type of stitch.”

“I choose a thread of my own preference from 500 different-colored embroidery threads,” she adds, explaining the thought process that goes into her work. “As in the art of stipple painting, I use my needle like a paintbrush and I stitch one knot at a time.” According to her, she doesn’t mind the amount of time and effort that goes into each piece. “It feels like a hobby since I am having fun,” she admits.

Prepare to be amazed.

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Hazel Zakariya Rediscovered Her Love of Drawing Through a Smoothie Bowl https://mytrendtales.com/hazel-zakariya-rediscovered-her-love-of-drawing-through-a-smoothie-bowl/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:56:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=6131 New Zealand-based foodie, Hazel Zakariya, found creative inspiration in the form of a smoothie. “I’ve rediscovered my love for painting and drawing,” she remarked in an interview with Martha Stewart, “and it’s great to create art that is edible and tasty too. My husband and I share them as a treat.” According to Zakariya, she […]

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New Zealand-based foodie, Hazel Zakariya, found creative inspiration in the form of a smoothie. “I’ve rediscovered my love for painting and drawing,” she remarked in an interview with Martha Stewart, “and it’s great to create art that is edible and tasty too. My husband and I share them as a treat.”

According to Zakariya, she was inspired to create her smoothie artworks after messing up the topping on a bowl of butternut squash soup. When her swirls didn’t come out properly, she turned them into a tree and continued experimenting from there. 

A market analyst by day, she tends to her food creations on her time off. But unlike regular painting, her food art doesn’t require any brushes, just wooden skewers, and a table knife. While the smoothies are made of cream, milk, fruits, and berries, the drawings are painted with coconut cream, almond milk, spices, herbs, and vegetable powders. The result is both playful and tasty.

Her smoothie paintings include renditions of pop culture icons as well as animals and cartoons. “It’s become a fun platform for me to express and challenge myself creatively,” says Zakariya. “Personally, it’s also a great mindfulness practice. And smoothies are a good way to enjoy more fruits and vegetables.”

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A Feast For the Eyes: Loria Stern’s Flower Pressed Cookies https://mytrendtales.com/a-feast-for-the-eyes-loria-sterns-flower-pressed-cookies/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=6032 Loria Stern knows what’s cooking. A celebrated chef, with honorable mentions in publications like Vogue Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, and Goop, she’s often found doing one thing or another, food-related: whether it’s planning creative menus, cooking delicious meals, or passing her knowledge onto others through cooking classes. But her most celebrated accomplishment has to be her signature flower […]

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Loria Stern knows what’s cooking. A celebrated chef, with honorable mentions in publications like Vogue MagazineHarper’s Bazaar, and Goop, she’s often found doing one thing or another, food-related: whether it’s planning creative menus, cooking delicious meals, or passing her knowledge onto others through cooking classes.
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Today’s pink full moon inspired this batch 🌸💕🎀🌷💓

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But her most celebrated accomplishment has to be her signature flower pressed shortbread cookies, made by hand using flowers and herbs seasonally available. “On a busy week, we bake over 2,000 cookies,” admitted Stern in an interview with Voyage LA. “I’m most proud that I get to do what I love most for work– and that is feed people.”

With each cookie handled with care, pressed with individual botanicals, the results often differ, making each product unique as it is beautiful. So much so that it’s almost a shame to eat one. ALMOST.

According to Stern, her journey from the garden and into the kitchen came almost naturally. Born in Ojai, CA she recalls how she would grow cherry tomatoes in her family’s garden and sell them at the end of their driveway. “Since those tender days, my journey has meandered from playing professional tennis to working in the fashion industry and then to finding my greatest expression in the culinary world,” she explains.

With more than 150k fand on Instagram, Stern has definitely arrived!

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When It Comes to Food Illustrations, Tom Hovey Takes the Cake https://mytrendtales.com/when-it-comes-to-food-illustrations-tom-hovey-takes-the-cake/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 06:55:48 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5948 Illustrator Tom Hovey describes himself as “the guy who draws all the cakes.” An apt description for The Great British Bake Off‘s official illustrator – a coveted job he’s kept since it’s inception in 2010. His multi-disciplinary approach has seen him apply his unique style across a broad spectrum of genres including TV graphics, food illustration, […]

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Illustrator Tom Hovey describes himself as “the guy who draws all the cakes.” An apt description for The Great British Bake Off‘s official illustrator – a coveted job he’s kept since it’s inception in 2010. His multi-disciplinary approach has seen him apply his unique style across a broad spectrum of genres including TV graphics, food illustration, editorial, book illustration, storyboarding, animation, apparel design, and even murals.

But it all started by sort of mistake. “It’s a real case of being at the right place at the time right time,” he told Vulture. “My best mate worked in television and suggested that I apply for a job in ‘the edit’ at this new cookery show. With no TV experience or idea about how edits worked, I blagged my way in and started two days later.”

After his editing job took off, Hovey shared with the directors and editors that his passion was actually illustration. “It led to the director coming to me in the second week saying that he felt there was a visual element missing and maybe I could come up with some ideas,” he recalled. “I sketched a few examples, we decided on a style that fit the bill and I got the gig.”

Throughout the many seasons of the show, his creative style has stayed consisted, creating appetizing illustrations of the deserts at hand. “The concept was to create drawings based on what the bakers may have sketched out when deciding what to bake in the show in their own recipe sketchbook,” explained Hovey. “The style has grown with the show and I think as the contestants’ skills have improved year on year, so have mine, and in turn my ability to display their creations in the best light.”

Follow his tasty creations on Instagram:

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With Series 10 of GBBO starting today I thought I’d show how my illustrations have developed and changed over the past decade. Illustrations of Series 1-9 winners, @theboywhobakes @jowheatleybakes @john_whaite @frances_quinn @nancy.birtwhistle @nadiyajhussain @candicebrown @sophiefaldo @bakewithrahul 🍰❤🍰❤🍰❤🍰 Series 10 of The Great British Bake Off starts today. Which means I’ve been producing the illustrations for 10 years! I moved to London in 2010, and got a job logging footage in the edit of the first episode. The editor (Simon Evans) & the director (@andydevo) decided there was a visual element missing from the show. Something to help the viewers understand what was hopefully being created. I got the gig and the rest is history! Me and my team have drawn well over 3,000 bakes to date. Bake Off has been a life changing opportunity for me, it’s been the hardest, longest, most challenging and brilliant project I’ve ever been a part of. I’m grateful every day for the break it’s given me into the industry. (Sorry in advance for the long-ass Oscar’s speech 😭) I’m thankful for all the producers, directors, food researchers, runners, loggers and every member of the LOVE Productions, production team that I’ve worked with over the past 10 series. Thank you to everyone that has watched the show and continues to watch. Thank you to everyone that has sent me messages of love and support of my work, you have all inspired me to keep going when it’s 5am and I still have 3 croquembouche to colour! Thank you to all the amazing bakers whose talents and creativity makes my brain melt every year, with what they can create with some, flour and eggs. Thank you to all the talented illustrators who’ve joined Studio Hovey since 2016. @casparwain, @alex_hovey_illustration, Sophie Ridley, @liam_callebout & @laurengoreart . Most of all thank you to my incredible long suffering wife Candy who has had to put up with missing anniversaries, date nights and spending many weekends and evenings alone because I’m drawing cakes. Candy has been my rock throughout, massive love forever! 🍰❤🍰❤🍰❤🍰❤ #GBBO @britishbakeoff #CAKE #illustration #tv ##gbbs @channel4 #food #tomhovey

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Foodie Creates Delicious Plant-Based Food You Gotta Love https://mytrendtales.com/foodie-creates-delicious-plant-based-food-you-gotta-love/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 06:56:16 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5937 Based in London, UK, Samira Kazan is the creator of a plant-based food blog called AlphaFoodie. There she shares yummy rainbow-inspired, healthy vegetarian and vegan recipes you will love! A few years back she realized that she had no time to eat breakfast, so she made a decision to improve her breakfast routine. “I started […]

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Based in London, UK, Samira Kazan is the creator of a plant-based food blog called AlphaFoodie. There she shares yummy rainbow-inspired, healthy vegetarian and vegan recipes you will love! A few years back she realized that she had no time to eat breakfast, so she made a decision to improve her breakfast routine.

“I started my journey experimenting with all sorts of weird and wonderful ingredients. I found myself falling in love with breakfast and food in general! What began with me sharing my food creations on Facebook to family and friends, turned into the birth of my Instagram account in 2016,” she wrote on her blog.

Her Instagram account started to grow each day, and a year later, she realized that “it was becoming more than a hobby”. Now, Kazan has more than 790k Instagram followers and has been featured in media worldwide. She had the opportunity to work with Google, Pinterest, Duty-Free, Disney and Fox Productions. She even met the Royal Family!

To see her delicious and colorful meals, check the gallery below.

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Artist Interprets the English Alphabet as Italian Cuisine https://mytrendtales.com/artist-interprets-the-english-alphabet-as-italian-cuisine/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:49:09 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5392 Here’s a clever way to create typography that’s literally tasteful: add your local cuisine twist to it. Italian artist and designer Erika Rossi did just that when she reinterpreted the English alphabet as her favorite Italian dishes. Her original series was made as part of the #36daysoftype challenge which invited designers, illustrators, and graphic artists to […]

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Here’s a clever way to create typography that’s literally tasteful: add your local cuisine twist to it. Italian artist and designer Erika Rossi did just that when she reinterpreted the English alphabet as her favorite Italian dishes.

Her original series was made as part of the #36daysoftype challenge which invited designers, illustrators, and graphic artists to express their particular interpretation of letters and numbers. “Let’s start the #36daysoftype with this ‘A’ as in ‘Amatriciana,’” wrote the Barcelona-based artist under her first illustration of the letter A. “This traditional roman dish takes its name from the town of Amatrice and the first written record of it comes from the roman cook Francesco Leonardi who served Pasta all’Amatriciana to the Pope in 1816,” she explained. “Yes, it’s gonna be alllll about Italian cuisine my friends!”

Since graduating from Iuav with an MA in Visual and Multimedia Communication, specializing in Interaction Design, Rossi works as an interaction and UX designer. But she still takes her time when it comes to drawing, sharing her graphic illustrations with her small but dedicated following on Instagram.

Enjoy!


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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> food Archives - MyTrendTales MyTrendTales Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:11:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 TikToker Reviews 3-Foot-Long Croissant and a Giant Cup of Cappuccino https://mytrendtales.com/tiktoker-reviews-3-foot-long-croissant-and-a-giant-cup-of-cappuccino/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=8820 Croissants are usually considered a quick breakfast bite. But the pastry makers at BohoX restaurant in Dubai, UAE, decided this fluffy baked good should also get its shot to be a full-day meal and then some by creating a 3-foot-long croissant. TikTok content creator @treatyoselfeverywhere, aka Leslie, recently made a visit to BohoX to try […]

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Croissants are usually considered a quick breakfast bite. But the pastry makers at BohoX restaurant in Dubai, UAE, decided this fluffy baked good should also get its shot to be a full-day meal and then some by creating a 3-foot-long croissant.

TikTok content creator @treatyoselfeverywhere, aka Leslie, recently made a visit to BohoX to try out this mammoth pastry creation and introduce it to social media users. The croissant comes with a cost of around $67 and has to be ordered a couple of days in advance. The idea is to share it with other people, but Leslie decided to embrace the challenge by herself.

As it turns out, the croissant was better than expected. According to the TikToker, it is “super flaky and buttery.” To wash it down, she also got a giant cup of cappuccino that is filled with about 28 regular cups. Talk about a meal for a giant.

@treatyoselfeverywhere

Would you finish one of the largest croissants in the world?🥐☕🤯 📍The BohoX in Dubai🇦🇪 55 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd – Downtown Dubai – Dubai – United Arab Emirates #dubai #dubaitravel #dubaifood #thebohox #dubairestaurants #dubaiunitedarabemirates #dubaiuae #croissants #dubaibrunch #dubaibreakfast #croissantandcoffee #travelfoodie

♬ Un croissant, un café crème – Sale Petit Bonhomme

Many TikTok users were impressed with the creation, and a surprising number of them believed they wouldn’t need help to go through the gigantic meal.

“who said it’s for sharing, I can finish it off myself,” one person wrote in the comments section.

“I feel like I can eat the croissant by myself,” another added.

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The Tasty Embroideries of Chloë Amy Avery https://mytrendtales.com/the-tasty-embroideries-of-chloe-amy-avery/ Tue, 28 May 2024 16:27:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5922 Chloë Amy Avery treats the needle and thread as though they were brush and paint, creating massive embroidered works that eerily remind of realistic paintings. Her work mostly centers around food, understanding her subjects as symbols of memory and culture. “I love to draw, I love food, so I thought why not try using thread as […]

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Chloë Amy Avery treats the needle and thread as though they were brush and paint, creating massive embroidered works that eerily remind of realistic paintings. Her work mostly centers around food, understanding her subjects as symbols of memory and culture.

“I love to draw, I love food, so I thought why not try using thread as a medium and combine the things I love and am interested in?” she explained in an interview with Dark Yellow Dot.

When it comes to the creative process itself, Avery has it down to a science: “I have developed a process that I know works for me in my creative process,” she says. Depending on the piece she’s working on, so will the process vary.

“For my bigger plates of food I cook the dish, compose the food for the correct photo, and then take many photos to capture the food in its best light and composition,” she says. “The other approach I take is to make a colored sketch for a photo I have taken or a combination of photos to create the best image ready to stitch.” She then draws a very basic sketch on fabric and changes it as she goes along.

Aside from food, she also embroiders portraits. Those often feature icons like Iris Apfel and Malala Yousafzai. “I’m always thinking of new ideas and yet there is not enough time to do them all,” she says. “I’m always excited to start new projects.” We’re just as excited!

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Ipnot’s Hyper-Realistic Food Embroideries Look Good Enough to Eat https://mytrendtales.com/ipnots-hyper-realistic-food-embroideries-look-good-enough-to-eat/ Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:31:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5975 It’s hard not to be taken by the level of detail ipnot’s hyper-realistic embroideries contain. Known for her food embroideries, her creations are the very meaning of eye-popping, incorporating added props like a ketchup bottle that squirts threaded ketchup or a pizza that, when lifted, that has string-like cheese drooping downwards. Those add a further […]

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It’s hard not to be taken by the level of detail ipnot’s hyper-realistic embroideries contain. Known for her food embroideries, her creations are the very meaning of eye-popping, incorporating added props like a ketchup bottle that squirts threaded ketchup or a pizza that, when lifted, that has string-like cheese drooping downwards. Those add a further interactive layer to her already jaw-dropping creations.

Based and Japan, and known only by her online moniker, ipnot uses her needle as a sort of a paintbrush, stitching one knot at a time – an embroidery technique known as French knotting, in which the yarn or thread is knotted around itself. “I discovered myself that the French knot stitch can be done by wrapping thread around the needle,” she explains on her website. “I find this type of stitching to be a lot of fun to do and it is my favorite type of stitch.”

“I choose a thread of my own preference from 500 different-colored embroidery threads,” she adds, explaining the thought process that goes into her work. “As in the art of stipple painting, I use my needle like a paintbrush and I stitch one knot at a time.” According to her, she doesn’t mind the amount of time and effort that goes into each piece. “It feels like a hobby since I am having fun,” she admits.

Prepare to be amazed.

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Hazel Zakariya Rediscovered Her Love of Drawing Through a Smoothie Bowl https://mytrendtales.com/hazel-zakariya-rediscovered-her-love-of-drawing-through-a-smoothie-bowl/ Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:56:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=6131 New Zealand-based foodie, Hazel Zakariya, found creative inspiration in the form of a smoothie. “I’ve rediscovered my love for painting and drawing,” she remarked in an interview with Martha Stewart, “and it’s great to create art that is edible and tasty too. My husband and I share them as a treat.” According to Zakariya, she […]

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New Zealand-based foodie, Hazel Zakariya, found creative inspiration in the form of a smoothie. “I’ve rediscovered my love for painting and drawing,” she remarked in an interview with Martha Stewart, “and it’s great to create art that is edible and tasty too. My husband and I share them as a treat.”

According to Zakariya, she was inspired to create her smoothie artworks after messing up the topping on a bowl of butternut squash soup. When her swirls didn’t come out properly, she turned them into a tree and continued experimenting from there. 

A market analyst by day, she tends to her food creations on her time off. But unlike regular painting, her food art doesn’t require any brushes, just wooden skewers, and a table knife. While the smoothies are made of cream, milk, fruits, and berries, the drawings are painted with coconut cream, almond milk, spices, herbs, and vegetable powders. The result is both playful and tasty.

Her smoothie paintings include renditions of pop culture icons as well as animals and cartoons. “It’s become a fun platform for me to express and challenge myself creatively,” says Zakariya. “Personally, it’s also a great mindfulness practice. And smoothies are a good way to enjoy more fruits and vegetables.”

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A Feast For the Eyes: Loria Stern’s Flower Pressed Cookies https://mytrendtales.com/a-feast-for-the-eyes-loria-sterns-flower-pressed-cookies/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 10:00:00 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=6032 Loria Stern knows what’s cooking. A celebrated chef, with honorable mentions in publications like Vogue Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, and Goop, she’s often found doing one thing or another, food-related: whether it’s planning creative menus, cooking delicious meals, or passing her knowledge onto others through cooking classes. But her most celebrated accomplishment has to be her signature flower […]

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Loria Stern knows what’s cooking. A celebrated chef, with honorable mentions in publications like Vogue MagazineHarper’s Bazaar, and Goop, she’s often found doing one thing or another, food-related: whether it’s planning creative menus, cooking delicious meals, or passing her knowledge onto others through cooking classes.
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Today’s pink full moon inspired this batch 🌸💕🎀🌷💓

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But her most celebrated accomplishment has to be her signature flower pressed shortbread cookies, made by hand using flowers and herbs seasonally available. “On a busy week, we bake over 2,000 cookies,” admitted Stern in an interview with Voyage LA. “I’m most proud that I get to do what I love most for work– and that is feed people.”

With each cookie handled with care, pressed with individual botanicals, the results often differ, making each product unique as it is beautiful. So much so that it’s almost a shame to eat one. ALMOST.

According to Stern, her journey from the garden and into the kitchen came almost naturally. Born in Ojai, CA she recalls how she would grow cherry tomatoes in her family’s garden and sell them at the end of their driveway. “Since those tender days, my journey has meandered from playing professional tennis to working in the fashion industry and then to finding my greatest expression in the culinary world,” she explains.

With more than 150k fand on Instagram, Stern has definitely arrived!

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When It Comes to Food Illustrations, Tom Hovey Takes the Cake https://mytrendtales.com/when-it-comes-to-food-illustrations-tom-hovey-takes-the-cake/ Sat, 04 Jan 2020 06:55:48 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5948 Illustrator Tom Hovey describes himself as “the guy who draws all the cakes.” An apt description for The Great British Bake Off‘s official illustrator – a coveted job he’s kept since it’s inception in 2010. His multi-disciplinary approach has seen him apply his unique style across a broad spectrum of genres including TV graphics, food illustration, […]

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Illustrator Tom Hovey describes himself as “the guy who draws all the cakes.” An apt description for The Great British Bake Off‘s official illustrator – a coveted job he’s kept since it’s inception in 2010. His multi-disciplinary approach has seen him apply his unique style across a broad spectrum of genres including TV graphics, food illustration, editorial, book illustration, storyboarding, animation, apparel design, and even murals.

But it all started by sort of mistake. “It’s a real case of being at the right place at the time right time,” he told Vulture. “My best mate worked in television and suggested that I apply for a job in ‘the edit’ at this new cookery show. With no TV experience or idea about how edits worked, I blagged my way in and started two days later.”

After his editing job took off, Hovey shared with the directors and editors that his passion was actually illustration. “It led to the director coming to me in the second week saying that he felt there was a visual element missing and maybe I could come up with some ideas,” he recalled. “I sketched a few examples, we decided on a style that fit the bill and I got the gig.”

Throughout the many seasons of the show, his creative style has stayed consisted, creating appetizing illustrations of the deserts at hand. “The concept was to create drawings based on what the bakers may have sketched out when deciding what to bake in the show in their own recipe sketchbook,” explained Hovey. “The style has grown with the show and I think as the contestants’ skills have improved year on year, so have mine, and in turn my ability to display their creations in the best light.”

Follow his tasty creations on Instagram:

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With Series 10 of GBBO starting today I thought I’d show how my illustrations have developed and changed over the past decade. Illustrations of Series 1-9 winners, @theboywhobakes @jowheatleybakes @john_whaite @frances_quinn @nancy.birtwhistle @nadiyajhussain @candicebrown @sophiefaldo @bakewithrahul 🍰❤🍰❤🍰❤🍰 Series 10 of The Great British Bake Off starts today. Which means I’ve been producing the illustrations for 10 years! I moved to London in 2010, and got a job logging footage in the edit of the first episode. The editor (Simon Evans) & the director (@andydevo) decided there was a visual element missing from the show. Something to help the viewers understand what was hopefully being created. I got the gig and the rest is history! Me and my team have drawn well over 3,000 bakes to date. Bake Off has been a life changing opportunity for me, it’s been the hardest, longest, most challenging and brilliant project I’ve ever been a part of. I’m grateful every day for the break it’s given me into the industry. (Sorry in advance for the long-ass Oscar’s speech 😭) I’m thankful for all the producers, directors, food researchers, runners, loggers and every member of the LOVE Productions, production team that I’ve worked with over the past 10 series. Thank you to everyone that has watched the show and continues to watch. Thank you to everyone that has sent me messages of love and support of my work, you have all inspired me to keep going when it’s 5am and I still have 3 croquembouche to colour! Thank you to all the amazing bakers whose talents and creativity makes my brain melt every year, with what they can create with some, flour and eggs. Thank you to all the talented illustrators who’ve joined Studio Hovey since 2016. @casparwain, @alex_hovey_illustration, Sophie Ridley, @liam_callebout & @laurengoreart . Most of all thank you to my incredible long suffering wife Candy who has had to put up with missing anniversaries, date nights and spending many weekends and evenings alone because I’m drawing cakes. Candy has been my rock throughout, massive love forever! 🍰❤🍰❤🍰❤🍰❤ #GBBO @britishbakeoff #CAKE #illustration #tv ##gbbs @channel4 #food #tomhovey

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Foodie Creates Delicious Plant-Based Food You Gotta Love https://mytrendtales.com/foodie-creates-delicious-plant-based-food-you-gotta-love/ Tue, 31 Dec 2019 06:56:16 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5937 Based in London, UK, Samira Kazan is the creator of a plant-based food blog called AlphaFoodie. There she shares yummy rainbow-inspired, healthy vegetarian and vegan recipes you will love! A few years back she realized that she had no time to eat breakfast, so she made a decision to improve her breakfast routine. “I started […]

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Based in London, UK, Samira Kazan is the creator of a plant-based food blog called AlphaFoodie. There she shares yummy rainbow-inspired, healthy vegetarian and vegan recipes you will love! A few years back she realized that she had no time to eat breakfast, so she made a decision to improve her breakfast routine.

“I started my journey experimenting with all sorts of weird and wonderful ingredients. I found myself falling in love with breakfast and food in general! What began with me sharing my food creations on Facebook to family and friends, turned into the birth of my Instagram account in 2016,” she wrote on her blog.

Her Instagram account started to grow each day, and a year later, she realized that “it was becoming more than a hobby”. Now, Kazan has more than 790k Instagram followers and has been featured in media worldwide. She had the opportunity to work with Google, Pinterest, Duty-Free, Disney and Fox Productions. She even met the Royal Family!

To see her delicious and colorful meals, check the gallery below.

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Artist Interprets the English Alphabet as Italian Cuisine https://mytrendtales.com/artist-interprets-the-english-alphabet-as-italian-cuisine/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:49:09 +0000 https://mytrendtales.com/?p=5392 Here’s a clever way to create typography that’s literally tasteful: add your local cuisine twist to it. Italian artist and designer Erika Rossi did just that when she reinterpreted the English alphabet as her favorite Italian dishes. Her original series was made as part of the #36daysoftype challenge which invited designers, illustrators, and graphic artists to […]

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Here’s a clever way to create typography that’s literally tasteful: add your local cuisine twist to it. Italian artist and designer Erika Rossi did just that when she reinterpreted the English alphabet as her favorite Italian dishes.

Her original series was made as part of the #36daysoftype challenge which invited designers, illustrators, and graphic artists to express their particular interpretation of letters and numbers. “Let’s start the #36daysoftype with this ‘A’ as in ‘Amatriciana,’” wrote the Barcelona-based artist under her first illustration of the letter A. “This traditional roman dish takes its name from the town of Amatrice and the first written record of it comes from the roman cook Francesco Leonardi who served Pasta all’Amatriciana to the Pope in 1816,” she explained. “Yes, it’s gonna be alllll about Italian cuisine my friends!”

Since graduating from Iuav with an MA in Visual and Multimedia Communication, specializing in Interaction Design, Rossi works as an interaction and UX designer. But she still takes her time when it comes to drawing, sharing her graphic illustrations with her small but dedicated following on Instagram.

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