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]]>May’s roots in the Appalachian region run well over 200 years deep, and she came up with a creative and delicious way to celebrate her heritage. She’s developing recipes that are meant to show you the rural Appalachian life from the point of view of someone who has truly lived it.
May is very passionate about gardening, foraging, and cooking, and she came up with a way to mix these hobbies into one. She’s using the veggies she grew in her garden to cook the most delicious dishes, in addition to using flowers and herbs to give her picture-perfect dessert a dreamy vibe.
“Gardening and cooking are therapeutic outlets for me. They help me be in touch with my ancestors, but they also help me be more in tune with myself. Each time I bring in something from my garden, I feel compelled to create something beautiful. That is where cooking comes to play,” she told Upike Magazine.
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]]>The post Egg Butter Toast’s Food Illustrations Are as Intricate as it Gets appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Egg Butter Toast was launched by Nao, an Indonesian illustrator who has been honing her skills as an artist for over a decade. Her illustrations have an instantly recognizable anime feel, but one thing that makes them truly special is her decision to put food front and center and capture it in the most magical way.
Nao is creating her art with the hope that it will bring a small ounce of happiness into people’s lives and make their days a little bit better.
“My vision is simple; I just want to draw some yummy food art that can make people happy and eventually hungry! There was a time when someone said they look forward to their meal after seeing my artwork, and that made me incredibly happy!” the artist told No Issue.
In addition to becoming a huge hit on social media, with over 160,000 Instagram followers, Egg Butter Toast’s illustrations are available in many different formats. She’s selling everything from prints and stickers to keychains and tote bags inspired by her art.
The post Egg Butter Toast’s Food Illustrations Are as Intricate as it Gets appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Gabriela Elgaafary’s Food Oil Paintings Look Incredibly Real appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Elgaafary is an oil painter from Lithuania, who attracted over 100,000 followers to her Instagram page with her realistic food art. She describes herself as someone who finds beauty in little things, happening all around her, and her positive energy and love for life shine through her art.
“I believe, that happiness is a choice, which we are making every single day. I choose to be attentive and grateful, as it allows me to capture tiny moments of everyday magic and place them into my paintings to share them with you. Straight from my heart,” she writes on her Etsy page.
We’ve seen Elgaafary explore many different subjects through her art, but she found her true calling when she decided to focus on food. From fruits and veggies to pastry and coffee, she has a special talent for capturing all sorts of different foods and drinks in the most realistic light, and you can observe her incredible artistic process in her viral videos on Instagram.
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]]>The post Korean Artist Finds Viral Fame With Her Adorably Delicious Creations appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Min Kyungjin has come a long way since joining Instagram, and her page is now followed by almost 700,000 people. She became a viral sensation thanks to her unique take on food art, and she specializes in crafting deliciously adorable snacks and meals, often inspired by the animal world.
Kyungjin’s creations take the shape of puppies, penguins, bears, and many other animals, and she enjoys looking for inspiration everywhere around her.
“I usually collect images that I like and often browse through them for inspiration… Once I find the method, I just execute it. Of course, there are times when I fail, but that’s okay. I can try again another day or move on to something else since there are so many things I love,” she told Bored Panda.
Kyungjin wants her creations to look and taste delicious at the same time, and she’s always striving to find a balance between artistic expression and nutritional value. She’s using her body of work to pay homage to Korean cuisine, putting a fun twist on dishes she enjoys preparing for her own family.
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]]>The post Thanh Huynh’s Watercolor Paintings are Preserving Food on Paper appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Huynh has always been a creative soul, and carving her own path as an artist has been quite a journey. She studied interior design at the University of Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City and experimented with many different mediums—from pastels, pencils, and charcoal—before falling in love with watercolors.
In addition to being a talented artist, Huynh is also a huge foodie, and she’s using her illustrations to preserve and celebrate her favorite recipes. Many of her illustrations are a love letter to Vietnamese cuisine, and she enjoys introducing her favorite dishes to people from all around the world.
“As an illustrator, I’ve found that art is a powerful tool to convey the intricacies of each dish and the cultural significance behind it… Through my work, I can promote the preservation of culture through the food we consume daily, which is beautiful,” she told Vietcetera.
In addition to posting her work online, Huynh is also sharing her talent by hosting watercolor workshops, and she poured her knowledge into the book Watercolor Food Illustration: Learn to Paint Realistic Foods, Ingredients and Keepsake Recipe Cards.
The post Thanh Huynh’s Watercolor Paintings are Preserving Food on Paper appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Kale Junkie is Developing Healthy Recipes to Heal Her Relationship with Food appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Before becoming a food blogger and recipe developer, Modic worked as an employment defense lawyer, but her career didn’t bring her the fulfillment she was craving. She used food to cope with stress, binging, purging, and restricting food, until she found the strength to come clean about her eating disorder to her husband.
Her relationship with food significantly changed when she started developing her own healthy recipes and sharing them on her Instagram page Kale Junkie almost a decade ago.
“Through extensive therapy, yoga teacher training, and changing the way I ate to include ALL foods through an intuitive eating approach, I learned to love food and I healed. My recovery journey ignited my passion for creating recipes made with real, whole food ingredients,” she writes on her official website.
Modic is now on a mission to make healthy eating more accessible to others and prove there’s more to it than green salads and kale smoothies. She’s hoping her recipes will inspire other people to develop a healthier relationship with food and add more nutritious and delicious dishes to their daily menus.
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]]>The post Cakes For No Occasion are All About Embracing Chaos appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Belo is a Brazilian-born painter based in New York, and she embarked on quite a journey before finding success with her quirky cakes. She studied social work during her time in college and eventually moved to the U.S. for her master’s, but never gave up her passion for art.
She explored different mediums over the years, from illustration and multimedia storytelling to ceramics, before finding an unexpected form of self-expression in cake art. It all started when she made a cake for a friend’s DIY wedding and attracted the attention of the food and art space Lil’ Deb’s Oasis.
Belo’s designs only got wilder as time went by, and she doesn’t shy away from fully embracing chaos with each of her creations. Frosting and filling are oozing or dripping out of her abstract cakes that look straight out of this world, and she uses everything from fresh flowers and herbs to layers upon layers of buttercream to make them truly pop.
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]]>The post Primrose Bakery’s Brutally Honest Cakes Say It Like It Is appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Primrose Bakery was founded by Martha Swift all the way back in 2004, who initially worked alongside her partner Lisa Thomas, baking cakes from their home kitchens. Two years later, they managed to open their first baker in Primrose Hill in London, and Swift now remains the sole owner of this small business.
She prides herself on making cakes and other desserts with fresh seasonal ingredients, without using any food coloring, preservatives, or additives. All her cakes are baked in small batches and decorated by hand, in an attempt to keep the spirit of simple old-fashioned baking alive.
Despite their delicious interior, Primrose Bakery’s cakes are pretty biting on the outside, and they become a true sensation on social media thanks to silly messages written in delicious piping. They range from funny to brutally honest and often exude an air of self-confidence with such messages as “not aging, just upgrading” and “princess treatment only.”
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]]>The post This Artist Found Inspiration in His Kitchen, and His Works are Egg-cellent! appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>His first attempt came for the creation of a yin-yang symbol created from the yolk and white of an egg separated and placed very intentionally on a pan. “From that moment, the ideas kept flowing, each design becoming more intricate than the last. I used to share my creations on my personal account, but in 2017 I decided to create The Eggshibit,” wrote Michele.
He’s tried other food mediums, but he can’t help but keep coming back to eggs. “While I’ve experimented with other foods and materials, eggs remain my favorite. There’s something uniquely calming and captivating about the contrast of the egg white and yolk against a black background,” he told Bored Panda.
Though the fried egg might seem simple, Baldini has managed to make it truly eye-catching. His works are not only tasty looking, but truly one of a kind. “I think what sets my egg art apart is the intriguing use of an everyday object—the fried egg—to portray something equally familiar, like another object, symbol, or even a landscape. This combination creates a sense of relatability while sparking curiosity, making it both thought-provoking and uniquely engaging,” wrote Michele.
If you’re looking to be inspired by the simplest of objects, we highly recommend checking out more of Baldini’s eggs-cellent egg works!
The post This Artist Found Inspiration in His Kitchen, and His Works are Egg-cellent! appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Linda Ring Will Make You Smile With Her Stunning Sourdough Faces appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Impressively multitalented, Ring is also known for her interior design, styling services, and photography.
Ring views bread-making as a therapeutic process, combining simple ingredients—flour, water, salt, and time—to create something both nourishing and visually captivating. Her artistic approach draws on her love of nature, thoughtful design, and talent for seeing the beauty in the everyday.
Ring also cites ancient art, Picasso, Matisse, and her young son as sources of inspiration. In fact, it was her son’s free experimentation when he joined her during a baking session in the family kitchen that first led her to explore bread art and we’re so glad she did.
Check out more of her playful bread designs below.
The post Linda Ring Will Make You Smile With Her Stunning Sourdough Faces appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Lauren May is Making the Dreamiest Cakes You’ll Ever See appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>May’s roots in the Appalachian region run well over 200 years deep, and she came up with a creative and delicious way to celebrate her heritage. She’s developing recipes that are meant to show you the rural Appalachian life from the point of view of someone who has truly lived it.
May is very passionate about gardening, foraging, and cooking, and she came up with a way to mix these hobbies into one. She’s using the veggies she grew in her garden to cook the most delicious dishes, in addition to using flowers and herbs to give her picture-perfect dessert a dreamy vibe.
“Gardening and cooking are therapeutic outlets for me. They help me be in touch with my ancestors, but they also help me be more in tune with myself. Each time I bring in something from my garden, I feel compelled to create something beautiful. That is where cooking comes to play,” she told Upike Magazine.
The post Lauren May is Making the Dreamiest Cakes You’ll Ever See appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Egg Butter Toast’s Food Illustrations Are as Intricate as it Gets appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Egg Butter Toast was launched by Nao, an Indonesian illustrator who has been honing her skills as an artist for over a decade. Her illustrations have an instantly recognizable anime feel, but one thing that makes them truly special is her decision to put food front and center and capture it in the most magical way.
Nao is creating her art with the hope that it will bring a small ounce of happiness into people’s lives and make their days a little bit better.
“My vision is simple; I just want to draw some yummy food art that can make people happy and eventually hungry! There was a time when someone said they look forward to their meal after seeing my artwork, and that made me incredibly happy!” the artist told No Issue.
In addition to becoming a huge hit on social media, with over 160,000 Instagram followers, Egg Butter Toast’s illustrations are available in many different formats. She’s selling everything from prints and stickers to keychains and tote bags inspired by her art.
The post Egg Butter Toast’s Food Illustrations Are as Intricate as it Gets appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Gabriela Elgaafary’s Food Oil Paintings Look Incredibly Real appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Elgaafary is an oil painter from Lithuania, who attracted over 100,000 followers to her Instagram page with her realistic food art. She describes herself as someone who finds beauty in little things, happening all around her, and her positive energy and love for life shine through her art.
“I believe, that happiness is a choice, which we are making every single day. I choose to be attentive and grateful, as it allows me to capture tiny moments of everyday magic and place them into my paintings to share them with you. Straight from my heart,” she writes on her Etsy page.
We’ve seen Elgaafary explore many different subjects through her art, but she found her true calling when she decided to focus on food. From fruits and veggies to pastry and coffee, she has a special talent for capturing all sorts of different foods and drinks in the most realistic light, and you can observe her incredible artistic process in her viral videos on Instagram.
The post Gabriela Elgaafary’s Food Oil Paintings Look Incredibly Real appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Korean Artist Finds Viral Fame With Her Adorably Delicious Creations appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Min Kyungjin has come a long way since joining Instagram, and her page is now followed by almost 700,000 people. She became a viral sensation thanks to her unique take on food art, and she specializes in crafting deliciously adorable snacks and meals, often inspired by the animal world.
Kyungjin’s creations take the shape of puppies, penguins, bears, and many other animals, and she enjoys looking for inspiration everywhere around her.
“I usually collect images that I like and often browse through them for inspiration… Once I find the method, I just execute it. Of course, there are times when I fail, but that’s okay. I can try again another day or move on to something else since there are so many things I love,” she told Bored Panda.
Kyungjin wants her creations to look and taste delicious at the same time, and she’s always striving to find a balance between artistic expression and nutritional value. She’s using her body of work to pay homage to Korean cuisine, putting a fun twist on dishes she enjoys preparing for her own family.
The post Korean Artist Finds Viral Fame With Her Adorably Delicious Creations appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Thanh Huynh’s Watercolor Paintings are Preserving Food on Paper appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Huynh has always been a creative soul, and carving her own path as an artist has been quite a journey. She studied interior design at the University of Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City and experimented with many different mediums—from pastels, pencils, and charcoal—before falling in love with watercolors.
In addition to being a talented artist, Huynh is also a huge foodie, and she’s using her illustrations to preserve and celebrate her favorite recipes. Many of her illustrations are a love letter to Vietnamese cuisine, and she enjoys introducing her favorite dishes to people from all around the world.
“As an illustrator, I’ve found that art is a powerful tool to convey the intricacies of each dish and the cultural significance behind it… Through my work, I can promote the preservation of culture through the food we consume daily, which is beautiful,” she told Vietcetera.
In addition to posting her work online, Huynh is also sharing her talent by hosting watercolor workshops, and she poured her knowledge into the book Watercolor Food Illustration: Learn to Paint Realistic Foods, Ingredients and Keepsake Recipe Cards.
The post Thanh Huynh’s Watercolor Paintings are Preserving Food on Paper appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Kale Junkie is Developing Healthy Recipes to Heal Her Relationship with Food appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Before becoming a food blogger and recipe developer, Modic worked as an employment defense lawyer, but her career didn’t bring her the fulfillment she was craving. She used food to cope with stress, binging, purging, and restricting food, until she found the strength to come clean about her eating disorder to her husband.
Her relationship with food significantly changed when she started developing her own healthy recipes and sharing them on her Instagram page Kale Junkie almost a decade ago.
“Through extensive therapy, yoga teacher training, and changing the way I ate to include ALL foods through an intuitive eating approach, I learned to love food and I healed. My recovery journey ignited my passion for creating recipes made with real, whole food ingredients,” she writes on her official website.
Modic is now on a mission to make healthy eating more accessible to others and prove there’s more to it than green salads and kale smoothies. She’s hoping her recipes will inspire other people to develop a healthier relationship with food and add more nutritious and delicious dishes to their daily menus.
The post Kale Junkie is Developing Healthy Recipes to Heal Her Relationship with Food appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Cakes For No Occasion are All About Embracing Chaos appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Belo is a Brazilian-born painter based in New York, and she embarked on quite a journey before finding success with her quirky cakes. She studied social work during her time in college and eventually moved to the U.S. for her master’s, but never gave up her passion for art.
She explored different mediums over the years, from illustration and multimedia storytelling to ceramics, before finding an unexpected form of self-expression in cake art. It all started when she made a cake for a friend’s DIY wedding and attracted the attention of the food and art space Lil’ Deb’s Oasis.
Belo’s designs only got wilder as time went by, and she doesn’t shy away from fully embracing chaos with each of her creations. Frosting and filling are oozing or dripping out of her abstract cakes that look straight out of this world, and she uses everything from fresh flowers and herbs to layers upon layers of buttercream to make them truly pop.
The post Cakes For No Occasion are All About Embracing Chaos appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Primrose Bakery’s Brutally Honest Cakes Say It Like It Is appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Primrose Bakery was founded by Martha Swift all the way back in 2004, who initially worked alongside her partner Lisa Thomas, baking cakes from their home kitchens. Two years later, they managed to open their first baker in Primrose Hill in London, and Swift now remains the sole owner of this small business.
She prides herself on making cakes and other desserts with fresh seasonal ingredients, without using any food coloring, preservatives, or additives. All her cakes are baked in small batches and decorated by hand, in an attempt to keep the spirit of simple old-fashioned baking alive.
Despite their delicious interior, Primrose Bakery’s cakes are pretty biting on the outside, and they become a true sensation on social media thanks to silly messages written in delicious piping. They range from funny to brutally honest and often exude an air of self-confidence with such messages as “not aging, just upgrading” and “princess treatment only.”
The post Primrose Bakery’s Brutally Honest Cakes Say It Like It Is appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post This Artist Found Inspiration in His Kitchen, and His Works are Egg-cellent! appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>His first attempt came for the creation of a yin-yang symbol created from the yolk and white of an egg separated and placed very intentionally on a pan. “From that moment, the ideas kept flowing, each design becoming more intricate than the last. I used to share my creations on my personal account, but in 2017 I decided to create The Eggshibit,” wrote Michele.
He’s tried other food mediums, but he can’t help but keep coming back to eggs. “While I’ve experimented with other foods and materials, eggs remain my favorite. There’s something uniquely calming and captivating about the contrast of the egg white and yolk against a black background,” he told Bored Panda.
Though the fried egg might seem simple, Baldini has managed to make it truly eye-catching. His works are not only tasty looking, but truly one of a kind. “I think what sets my egg art apart is the intriguing use of an everyday object—the fried egg—to portray something equally familiar, like another object, symbol, or even a landscape. This combination creates a sense of relatability while sparking curiosity, making it both thought-provoking and uniquely engaging,” wrote Michele.
If you’re looking to be inspired by the simplest of objects, we highly recommend checking out more of Baldini’s eggs-cellent egg works!
The post This Artist Found Inspiration in His Kitchen, and His Works are Egg-cellent! appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>The post Linda Ring Will Make You Smile With Her Stunning Sourdough Faces appeared first on PlayJunkie.
]]>Impressively multitalented, Ring is also known for her interior design, styling services, and photography.
Ring views bread-making as a therapeutic process, combining simple ingredients—flour, water, salt, and time—to create something both nourishing and visually captivating. Her artistic approach draws on her love of nature, thoughtful design, and talent for seeing the beauty in the everyday.
Ring also cites ancient art, Picasso, Matisse, and her young son as sources of inspiration. In fact, it was her son’s free experimentation when he joined her during a baking session in the family kitchen that first led her to explore bread art and we’re so glad she did.
Check out more of her playful bread designs below.
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