Holiday Spirit :: Seasonal Sips, Mocktails and Modernist Design

Mini Bundt Cakes :: Recipe and styling Orsola Ciriello Kogan;
Photo by Lucia Zeccara

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“There is no essential difference between the artist and the artisan.” ~ Walter Gropius

"Delightfully yours, Food Meditations"

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Tasting Notes

Festive Cocktails :: Have you ever considered pairing your signature cocktail with your crazy festive sweater? Check this Large Batch Holiday Cocktails via Fix.com

Boozy Recipes to Get You in the Holidays Spirit via marieclaire.com


2 tips to pop the cork with style... How to Open Champagne Safely (Pics & Video) via Wine Folly

Mocktails

A tasty list of alcohol-free festive "mocktails", just as flavorful as the boozy version... Easy Non-Alcoholic Holiday Mixed Drink Recipes - 'cause there's nothing junior about the faux cocktails... 9 Mocktails That Are Worthy of New Year's Eve via townandcountrymag.com

Whether you are entertaining a large group, or just a handful of guests, here are The 11 Best New Year's Eve Mocktail Recipes via the11best.com

Party Time

It's never too late to plan the perfect party, and you definitely don't want to run out of champagne... 10 Last-Minute New Year's Eve Party Ideas - Quick New Year's Party Tips from Designers via elledecor.com

Dinner for One is an 18-minute comedy sketch - a baffling New Year’s tradition - starring two British comedians, May Warden and Freddie Frinton, as a 90-year-old socialite and her manservant... How Dinner For One became a NYE tradition via sbs.com.au

Modernist Design

Paul Klee’s innovative and unusual lesson plans, which often provided students with a step-by-step approach to artistic expression... Artistic expression :: Lesson #2 Observe a fish tank via artsy.net

Bauhaus defined modernist design and radically changed our relationship with everyday objects... via openculture.com

Comforting Bites

We are so blessed to "bee in a world" where honey exists... Check this 5 weird but useful uses for raw honey via AOL Food

For the cold-weather season... Hot Chocolate Recipes That'll Warm You Up On Chilly Days via The Huffington Post

Spillproof: On Coffee, Wine, Food and Fashion

Layer cake and espresso... by OCKSTYLE

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For millions of Italians, it is perhaps the first cooking “tool”... Letters from Italy: “M” – Set the moka on fire! via APPETIBILIS

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:: Food n Fashion ::

Artist Combines The Best Of Both Worlds With Food And Fashion Sketches via elitedaily.com

:: Coffee ::

Six Degrees of Caffeination - New York City’s obsessive love affair with the perfect cup via nowness.com

:: Dieting notes ::
Does Dieting Actually Make Your Stomach Shrink? Science via Smithsonian

Massimo Bottura on Lou Reed... when Food meets Art, Science and Schmaltz

On travel, photography and... everything food | photo OCKSTYLE

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“Some people see things that are and ask, Why?
Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not?
Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.” ~George Carlin (goodreads.com)

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An unlikely bond between the king of nihilistic NY sounds Lou Reed and the three Michelin-starred chef... Massimo Bottura on Lou Reed via NOWNESS

Il bollito non bollito di Massimo Bottura – Scienza in cucina via bressanini-lescienze.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it

A piece of natural art that would transform itself... A Tree Grows 40 Different Types of Fruit | Innovation via Smithsonian

From making your own vinaigrette, to substitutions when you’re missing an ingredient, to... 27 Diagrams That Make Cooking So Much Easier via buzzfeed.com

View image | gettyimages.com

Making ramen isn’t brain surgery; it’s just time consuming... Ramen in Japan, Ramen in America via Lucky Peach

52 Places to Go in 2015 via NYTimes.com

Food-n-Design: Suite Dom Perignon, Instagram and Fashion Bloggers

Postcards from Florence: ... and the bride wore red shoes by OCKSTYLE

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ~ Mark Twain (matadornetwork.com)

"Delightfully yours, Food Meditations"

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Inside the $25K Dom Pérignon hotel suite via Luxury money.cnn.com

Immense waste, poor agricultural practices, a lack of engagement with our food systems... Dutch School Opens World's First Food Design Department via FirstWeFeast.com

The world "needs a food revolution" according to designer Marije Vogelzang... Food is 'most important material in the world' via dezeen.com

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Food-n-fashion

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Posting food porn (usually accompanied by a cute hashtag like #nom, #nomnom, or even #nomnomnom) seems to be a requirement to be a fashion blogger... Fashion Bloggers Love Posting Food to Instagram via StyleCaster

If you follow the runways of Europe’s couture capitals, you’ll see how food has infiltrated the world of fashion... How to Dress Like a Hamburger (From Head to Toe) via FirstWeFeast.com

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Travel Bites

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Gone were Istanbul’s fashionistas, hipsters and traffic fumes... A Turkish Town Where Baklava Beckons via NYTimes.com

Dining out was a luxury for ordinary Britons and restaurants reflected the fact that most people weren’t very interested in food... Don’t Tell Me How Bad British Food Was - I Ate It via Bloomberg

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Appetibilis : Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes

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Zeppole di patate
(Photo credit: ockstyle)

In September next year, the United Nations plans to choose a list of development goals for the world to meet by the year 2030... Smart Aid for the World's Poor via WSJ

Humans are at constant war with bacteria, and the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant strains has fuelled fears that one day soon we may lose the fight completely... A Spray That Stops Bacteria From Talking to Each Other Could Reduce Dependence on Antibiotics via newsweek.com

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Food Issues: Beyond Fresh, Local, Seasonal, Sustainable Foods and Clean Water

Postcard from Florence: un piccioncino fiorentino... by OCKSTYLE

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“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (goodreads.com)

"Delightfully yours, Food Meditations"

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Italicamente parlando :: Un piatto di pesce può aiutare a dormire meglio via Corriere.it

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How A Surfer and World Renowned Chef Is Changing the World via The Inertia

What is food? What is cooking? THROUGH THE LENS with Rob Machado - Alex Atala via Vimeo

Fresh, local, seasonal, sustainable, and simple... Beyond Food and Evil via The Breakthrough Institute

Chefs celebrating nature and technology... A Cuisine for the Age of Us - the Anthropocene via NYTimes.com

It's time to stop romanticising where our food comes from via Guardian Sustainable Business | theguardian.com

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Fashion-n-food

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New Look launches food clutch bags including burger, ice cream and donut via Metro News

8 Annoying Food Trends and Their Fashion Trend Equivalents via Styleite

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Appetibilis : Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes

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Flying high ... #kitesurfing #kiteboarding #kites #alghero via ockstyle

Mindfulness or cake? The battle against stress and comfort-eating via Life and style | The Guardian

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• Dishwasher Cooking, Insect diet and The Obesity Conspiracy
• Alex Atala: rediscovering Brazilian ingredients

Eating Design and Why Would I Demand My Dinner Deconstructed?

Salt-Cured, Soy-Marinated, and Fertilized: A Guide to Asia's Amazing Eggs via seriouseats.com

It seems that the art world needs the language even as it alienates the eventual audience... Eat our words via FT.com

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“My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel - it is, before all, to make you see.” -Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim (goodreads.com)

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food-for-thought from the mare-magnum of the emerging media…

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Being able to dine on a meals created by school children – with the help of a famous chef... A meal fit for an ASTRONAUT: Competition launched to design meal for Tim Peake via Mail Online

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:: Italicamente parlando ::

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Also known as the wild leek or spring onion, the ramp is significant to food snobs because it heralds the start of the spring growing season... Food Snob: Ramps via Vanity Fair Video | CNE

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Blogosphere's update

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Marije Vogelzang: I want to design the act of eating via youtube.com

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Appetibilis : Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes

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Vermont the first state to require foods sold within its borders to indicate on their labels whether they contain genetically modified ingredients... Want to Know If Your Food Is Genetically Modified? via The Atlantic

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How can I write great headlines for social networks and my blog?

Why journalists should be salesmen or This blog post won’t be shared on Facebook, and I should be worried... via washingtonpost.com

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What words are we most attract to on Twitter? Why do we click on particular pictures on Facebook? A Scientific Guide To Writing Popular - And Shareable - Headlines For Twitter, Facebook, And Your Blog via Fast Company | Business + Innovation

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Waiting for 'Brodetto alla Vastese"...

Food Styling Notes by ockstyle

Delightfully yours, @FoodMeditations

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Appetibilis : Healthy corner & Gluten-Free notes

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Check our newsletter ::GlutenFree Etc @FoodMeditations:: On healthy eating in the global food community

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• Corporate Logos, Mixologist Club, Food, Taste n Type
• Bubbly Note: Posh Marshmallows and Prosecco, (Austerity Blues n Comfort Food)
• Gluten Free Etc... By the Way, I Gotta Try That! (Newlywed and Broke)
• Spring Clean Detox, Gluten-Free Diet and... Come suono una bruschetta?

Food Styling: Beautiful Food, Sexy Pies and the 'Demon Chef'

Like the old saying goes, the best things come in small packages, and that also applies to pimping up your dish... Food, beautiful food | Stylist Magazine

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Aspettando il "Brodetto"...
Food Styling Notes by ockstyle

"I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting." ~Andy Rooney (brainyquote.com)

Delightfully yours, Food Meditations
food-for-thought from the mare-magnum of the emerging media…

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The room is hot, aromatic. Nearly an hour later, they both enjoy the final satisfaction… of a bite of the pie they made together... Labor Day Sexy Pie Scene: How They Made Kate Winslet's Dessert So Hot | TIME.com

Misconceptions to the contrary, most food stylists do a lot more than arrange food or come up with phony eye-teasing substitutions... Food Styling: The Art Of Making the Basil Blush | New York Times

At a certain point in a photographer’s evolution - a deeper exploration into creation can be fruitful... Photographer Marie Cecile Thijs Shares Her 'Cooks' Portrait Series | mariececilethijs.com

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Blogosphere's update

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Known for his innovative and sometimes risque cuisine, ‘Demon Chef’ Alvin Leung lets us go behind the scenes during the making of a creative food art book... Abstract Food Photography Setup | PictureCorrect


Demon Chef food photoshoot with photographer René Riis from René Riis on Vimeo.

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Puff Pastry with Quail's Eggs
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John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar | Telegraph

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