I've always had something of a fascination with imitation food. When I was a kid, I had a plastic fried egg that I served to my parents, my cousins and my sister over and over again, until the rubbery white turned a sickly grey and bits started to flake off the yellow yoke. I loved presenting my relatives with the fake sushi at my grandmother's house. And I would stare, completely transfixed, at the model dishes at our local Chinese restaurant.
It's no wonder then that I feel compelled to share fun examples of fake food with you whenever I come across them. The image you see above is from an artist who posts images of her work on Flickr. In addition to the TV dinner you see here, she has made anthropomorphic cannoli, sandwiches, a half-open tin of sardines and a carton of milk (to name only a few. It is definitely worth taking a trip over to her page to check out all the cute crocheted food items that she has made.
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2-02-2008 @6:43PM Jillian said... I'm also obsessed with fake food, especially tiny fake food :)
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1-09-2008 @6:45PM Janis said... That was an absolutely adorable slideshow & you chose one of the best to feature in your post--thanks!
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1-09-2008 @7:16PM Colin said... I love it! I was obsessed with fake food when I was a young lad. I had the entire line of Fisher Price "Fun with Food" play sets. In fact, I still have them stashed away somewhere. This woman should sell this stuff like that place that does the plush meat. http://meat.burning-house.com/
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