Food & Beverage

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.

Mosaic Art by Jason Mecier

Jason Mecier is a San Francisco-based mosaic artist best known for his astounding and kitschy portraits of celebrities fashioned from foodstuff like beans, cereal, and macaroni. His Olsen Twins portrait is made from various candies such as peppermint sticks and (I think) Chiclets and jellybeans. The Carol Channing portrait above was fashioned from yarn and […]

Pancake Art

Garth at Extreme Craft points us today to these two pancakes modeled after Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton made by artist Kathy King. Link. For more pancake art like Dai Harkuki’s pancake dog above, you can check out the pancake art Flickr group. Link.

CRAFT: 02 – Kombucha Tea

Kombucha Madness By Arwen O’Reilly Brew your tea with fermented zing. A special project from CRAFT 02 (subscription information). Kombucha is on its way to being the new “it” drink. This fermented tea is so popular that several brands are available at upscale grocery stores, and its Wikipedia entry has tripled in length since I […]

Wine Glass Photo Frames

Here’s a fun idea for your next cocktail party or knitting group meet up, add fun photos to the bottom of a wine glass. No one will ever mix up their glass. If the idea of a fun face starting back at you is too creepy to imagine, you could even use landscape or close […]

Martha Stewart Kids

Martha Stewart Kids is now on newsstands, with some cute ideas for summer parties (my birthday was always lost during the Christmas holidays, so I pined for a fun summer party): “From themed birthday parties, to scrumptious cookie cakes and irresistible goody bags, the Summer 2007 special issue of Good Things for Kids is chock […]