Cooking is a complete sensory experience. Your sense of sight, taste, smell, and even sound are all ignited as you chop, mince, sauté, and squeeze. Cooking, at the highest level, is an art form and food presentation can be as important as the taste of the food itself. Just like a painter, a chef must consider texture, volume, shape, and color when deciding how to present his dish.
Like chefs, traditional artists have used food as a medium for their work, resulting in some truly spectacular food art creations. The Edible Book Festival in Seattle is one example of a festival dedicated to representing literature through food art, usually focusing on word play (e.g., “The Life of Pi(e)” showing pie in all it’s baking stages). For more cool images, check out the NY Times Food and Dining art gallery here.
While some may debate whether food can truly ever be considered art, at least in meal form, below are 3 examples of some larger than life food art creations that demonstrate the visual power food.
1. The Giant Citrus Sculpture at the French Lemon Festival
And these colorful fruit kebabs celebrate food's natural vibrancy:
Photos by Flickr user RUD66 and D.A.K.Photography
