Archive for the ‘food’ Category
Food trucks and Kickstarter: a perfect pairing? You decide. For as little as $1, a mobile chef’s dream can become a reality. Here are seven food trucks currently looking for funding. I’ve put them in order of deadline, so the first project on the list ends the soonest. Kickstarter is “all or nothing funding,” so if the project doesn’t reach its goal, the entrepreneurs get nothing. Just think: with your help, maybe one day these entrepreneurs will get to hit the road and be immortalized on food truck tumblrs like this.
Guten Brat: A Pneumatically-fitted VW Bus Serving Currywurst WHAT IT IS: Jorge is a welder and fabricator who loves painting and cooking. He wants to turn a 1957 VW bus into a food truck that serves German and Austrian food with a California flare. WHERE IT IS: Bay Area, CA WHAT THEY NEED:Â They have just 12 days to reach their goal of $10K. They are less than 10% of the way there. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU:Â stickers, spices, sauce, meal tickets, bus pass, large original abstract realism bus painting, a year of brats, a LIFETIME of brats, a side dish named after you, catering as far as Oregon, Arizona and Nevada… WHY YOU SHOULD HELP: Of the seven food trucks on the list, this one is the most original. The project melds Jorge’s love for customizing cars and cooking. Wouldn’t it be great to help someone make a living doing not only one, but two things he loves? I’m rooting for this, and I don’t even like brats. Click through for six more food trucks.
I can’t stop watching these amazing edible zoetropes created by French designer, Alexandre Dubosc for The 2011 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Check out his Flickr set for the “Making OeuF”.
Since having my portrait rendered in the form of a ham sandwich, by bento artist, AnnatheRed, I’ve begun seeing food art all around me. The Jacket Lunch Box by Jake Obatchi combines food, art and music appreciation in one tasty tupperware. Â Obatchi recreates album covers using rice, seaweed and other edibles; and he doesn’t discriminate. His culinary covers range from hard rock to trip hop to nu-metal to Mozart. Lady Gaga, who is fond of food as fashion, would likely be honored by Obatchi’s bento tribute. And while Trent Reznor won an Oscar for The Social Network, lots of people have statues: Obatchi has dedicated a unique, hand-crafted bento box to the award-winning soundtrack. Other artists to receive the bento treatment include: Michael Jackson, U2, Radiohead, The Clash, Primal Scream, Prodigy, Slipknot, Metallica, Black Sabbath, Rage Against The Machine, Atari Teenage Riot, Cyndi Lauper, The Beatles and Wilco.
In this tasty stop motion creation by Sam Q. Kim, 10 LBS of Gummy Bears are used to recreate classic arcade games like Tetris, Pac-Man and Brickbreaker. Here at The Jailbreak we’re not big candy eaters, but we do love Gummy Bears! Jeremy Immortalized in Ham, Provolone & Seaweed
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
in Art, DIY, food, pop culture, Press, The Internet, The Toy Maven, Toys
I don’t know what to be more impressed by here: that Jeremy is forever immortalized in ham, provolone & seaweed or the skill and accuracy of the artist, Brooklyn-based bento and plush designer Anna The Red, who made this. It looks just like him! It’s incredible. This all came about after Jeremy was kind enough to answer some questions about the toy industry for Anna, who in turn wanted to thank him by adding something to the “props” page on his website, Jeremyriad.com. Head over to Anna’s blog to learn more about the creation of the meticulous “Coolest Guy I Never Met Yet,” as well as to see detail shots, commentary and learn what happened when she finished. (Spoiler alert: it wasn’t pretty for food Jeremy.) This is a video of Jell-O bouncing in super slow-motion. It was shot at 6,200 frames per second, which translates to the jello writhing at approximately 200 times slower than we’d witness it in real time. Hypnotic, isn’t it? [via Modernist Cuisine]
These are Pick up (with chopsticks, obviously) the four pack for $23.00 from Scope Japan. Think Geek’s Canned Unicorn Meat: Now For Reals
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
in food, geeks, Jailbreak Collective News, pop culture, products, The Internet, Think Geek, Toys
Last summer, Think Geek famously drew the ire of the National Pork Board after using “The Other White Meat” slogan in promotion of its fictional Unicorn Meat product, the 2010 iteration of Geek’s yearly April Fools’ Day prank.
Now, as Think Geek has just done with My First Bacon, it has realized Unicorn Meat into a real and purchasable product [$11.99]. The only downside is that instead of getting a delicious rotisserie-chicken-and-sweet-marshmallow-tasting hors d’oeuvres spread as promised, inside the tin can you’ll find a dismembered plush unicorn.
Further confirming what (I hope) we all already know, a man named Dario D. has put together a photographic expose revealing the discrepancies between fast food advertisements and the slop we’re actually served. After the jump check out advertised vs. real versions of the Whopper, Taco Bell’s crunchy tacos, McDonald’s Angus Deluxe and more. The Official ‘High Times’ Pot Smokers Activity Book
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Friday, November 12, 2010
in Art, Books, Branding, food, guaranteed entertainment, illustration, pop culture, products
Stoned? At a loss for amazing things to do, besides eating, playing video games or ping pong, watching funny teevee or movies, freestyle rapping with the homies, or listening to music? Fear not! High Times to the rescue! Written by Natasha Lewin and the magazine’s editors, The “Official High Times Pot Smoker’s Activity Book” includes numerous games, recipes, suggestions, lessons (like how to give yourself dreadlocks), and nuggets of wisdom that are sure to keep the stoner in your life fully engaged until the green fury wears off. More specifically, the 144-page, graphic-heavy guide offers coloring time, stoner crossword puzzles, a list of 10 bands that sound better whilst high, recipes for cottonmouth cocktails, information on how to host a ganja dinner party, and an entire section dedicated to “High-Ku” poetry. After the jump check out a small sample of the book’s insides, including “A Smoker’s Jumble” and How To Make a Fortune Paper Teller. Pick up a copy for $16.95 at Hightimes.com.
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