Food Art

[mollyanne]

...he feeds me smoked salmon on crackers...

Chopper, does your DH have a brother?
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Valentine
Chocolate
Food art
1. Face & Body Art International Convention in Orlando Florida
(photo from "Attractions Magazine")
2. Chocolate Swirl Heart
3. White Chocolate Shoes - BBC
4. Strawberries dipped
5. Cookies - GloriousTreats

 

[chopper]

Dearest Mollyanne,
My DH has only a sister. Sorry.

 

[mollyanne]

...bummer, chopper ^__^

Valentine Sushi
Dinner for Two

1. Sushi Heart Art
2. Kaisen Sushi by World of Okonomy
3. Sushi by Ziralma
4. Seared Black Tuna on Mango
topped with Black Sesame Seeds
5. Valentine Sushi
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[mollyanne]

Kissing the Chef
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[Kathleen]

Kissing the Chef
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AWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!

So cute!!!!

 

[mollyanne]

Valentine's Day
...continued

1. Vintage Chocolate Candy label
2. Apple - by lovebites
3. Pepper Cookies (norwegian)
by RenjithKrishnan
4. Eggs In Love - by getbuttonedup
5. Oysters (aphrodesiac)

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[babetoo]

i love the eggs. what a fun idea. decorate after hard boiling. put in loved ones lunch sack.

 

[Kathleen]

That is a ton of AWWW, MA.

I wonder what pepper cookies are.

 

[cmarchibald]

I want that heart-shaped pot so much! It's so cute... I'm a sucker for novelty cooking utensils. Well novelty utensils and very, very, very expensive ones (I'll get them one day though dangit!).

But now! Year of the Rabbit celebrations continued -

1. Passive Aggressive Bunny cookies
2. Uber cute rabbit cupcakes
3. Rabbit mold mini sandwiches
4. Chocolate covered rabbits. With sprinkles!
5. Rabbit with carrot... made of carrot.
6. Rabbit cake.

I love the cupcakes and the passive-aggressive bunnies....too funny!!

 

[mollyanne]

The ingredients for the pepper cookies above vary widely I've noticed. And there's an italian version and a norwegian version. The common thread throughout all the recipes is about a teaspoon of black pepper and a tespoon of cinnamon. Some use chocolate, some use brown sugar, some use vinegar even. The ingredients that the Norwegian Embassy in Wash.DC hands out to visitors are:

1 1/8 cups butter
1 cup white sugar
1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1 teaspoon baking powder

They're like sugar cookies but with pepper and cinnamon in them. I've never seen cardamom in any of the other recipes. Notice no eggs.

I don't know how they got such a shiny red coating on them though. The typical photos look just like sugar cookies. But the photo was titled "Pepper Cookies".

 

[mollyanne]

Valentine
Breakfast fOr twO
Mini Egg Fry Pan
Egg Dish - from Shutterstock
Eggs - by icypeppersochilly
Egg in a Nest
Vintage Valentine Eggs

 

[babetoo]

cool,

 

[chopper]

Mollyanne,
I love the heart egg pan. I wonder where to find one! I guess I will google it!

 

[chopper]

I found it. Amazon had it. They are out now. So sad!

 

[mollyanne]

Urban Outfitters has them. They're $8 but the shipping is $10. Also try Ebay. Try googling Heart Frying Pan. That will eliminate heart cake pans.

Here's the link for the one at Urban Outfitters:
UrbanOutfitters.com > Mini Heart Fry Pan

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[Kathleen]

Oh, so cute!

I would love to know what the red coating is for the pepper cookies.

 

[potsnpanties]

I will never get tired of the egg caricatures people do. They're so cute and funny ^_^

Such an abundance of beauty, Mollyanne! And a rather intriguing recipe to boot.... yes I will be trying it out teehee.

As for the heart pans - you can get quite a few varieties (not just heart shaped I've seen Hello Kitty and the like as well) on eBay, plus heart molds that can be used in any pan.

 

[mollyanne]

kathleen, I can usually find a recipe for all posted photos in this thread but the icing for the glossy red heart cookies (post #346) is something I can't seem to put my finger on. They are hand-dipped. The photo credit went to renijth krishnan but turns out he is the photographer and not the baker. I suspect he sprayed the cookies with a non-edible high-gloss enamel for photographic purposes(after the hand-dipping)...just a guess...but then again, M&Ms have an edible glossy red candy coating.

Below is a more realistic photo of Pepper Cookies (ingredients listed in post #350) along with some foodie couples.

Valentines Day
Foodie Couples:
Couple of Pepper Cookies
Couple of Vintage Chefs
Couple of FrozenLemonMousse
by HungryCravings
Couple of Fruit&Vegetable Foodies
(the guy scares me lol)
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[chefmeister]

 

[potsnpanties]

I don't know if Poorly Dressed should have had call on that one. EWFTW maybe. I guess it wouldn't be the fancy dress costume you'd want to wear to a party that involved a petting zoo...