Tumblr Blog Statement
This blog is a collection of images of adorable,
animal shaped food. You don't normally see food decorated that way. Most of the
time, most foods, especially baked goods, are decorated abstractly or are
representational of organic forms such as flowers and plants. Generally, common
food decorations appear rather banal and generic in appearance. Foods decorated
as animals, especially in a simplified or cute way is not as common as the
average way of decorating foods. These types of animal food forms are not
normally seen in the baked goods section at a Jewel, Dominick or even at
gourmet cupcake bakeries such as Sprinkles, More and Crumbs.
Animal shaped food requires a different type of
taste level. Animal shaped sweets may not look quite as sophisticated as the
sweets seen in gourmet bakeries or other food restaurants, but they do appeal to
those enjoy animals and cute things in general. Cute food, like the ones on my
blog inspire other people and generally makes them happy, at least that is the
reaction I get whenever I stumble upon something completely adorable.
In essence, animal shaped food is awesome and
requires little to no artistic to make. I hope this blog inspires others to
appreciate this type of food aesthetic or encourages them to try to produce
their own adorable, delectable noms.
I wonder if there's a reason why pastries and other food rarely takes the form of an animal? Is there something transgressive about eating cute looking animals? There is a sort of tension implicit in this food, right. Eating an adorable puppy. I think it could be interesting if you could address this tension in some way, if you could offset the cuteness factor with something antithetical.
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