entries Tagged as [culinary]

Basanti

‘Basanti is a gourmet tea brand in Mexico, targeted for premium audience.’

Packaging (and custom typeface) designed by Menosunocerouno.

Of course, I love the black. Beautiful creation.


Found via TheDieline

Bubbly Basil

‘An inspired herbal elixer’

Package design by Jen Herr. Love the ‘Basil’ type treatment.

Jonah and the Whale vodka

‘A whimsical and childlike look for a premium Vodka’

Bottle design by Talia Cohen.

Found via TheDieline

That a pickle in your vodka?

‘Horseradish vodka – Natsionalnaya Traditsiya – is distilled and bottled in Russian Saransk (Mordovspirt)’

I just think of it as another way to get pickled.

Found via Popsop

Pickled Helvetica

Waitrose pickled products.

Package design by Pearlfisher.

Rick Field’s Phat Aromatic Pickled Beets

‘Rick’s Picks artisinal pickles – all natural, award winning, hand-packed pickles’

From NYC. Snag a bottle here.

And – here’s the recipe (with video).

Photo found via Sodium Girl

Eat your dirt and enjoy it

Food trend alert: Edible ‘dirt’ has made its way on to menus – added to dishes to give them an ‘earthy’ feel. Article here.

Photos of Justin Bogle’s spring salad with mushroom ‘dirt’ found via Star Chefs

Lost in translation

Found via Meiko

Junk food, painted

‘Each one of these paintings is five or six feet tall and takes Pamela two months to finish.’

The work of Pamela Michelle Johnson. Interview here. Website here.

Found via Bit Rebels

Color coded Safeway, 1953


David Rose: Holiday For Strings

Found via Pleasant Valley Shopping

Illustrated ‘Food Mart’ renderings, circa 1962

Vintage architectural renderings of storefronts by an anonymous artist. These were found in a photo album.

It’s amazing how many of these appear to be prototypes for stores that did exist. Wonder what the story is behind them (one agency created facades for many major chains)??

More here.


Sir Julian Gould: Movin At Midnight

Found via Justin Panson


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