Elongated. Lithe. Slender. Toned. Lean. Petite. These are all words commonly used to describe the “ballerina body”. For centuries, female ballerinas have been scouted for a long neck, legs and arms; a short torso; and a slender, lean build. These “classic ideals” have long sparked conversations around the lack of
Tag: food
Culinary art has always been about more than taste, it’s a performance. The colors on a plate, the choreography of cooking, the way a dish is plated to be admired before it’s eaten, is all art. Food is one of the most accessible art forms, because it’s meant to be
Is cooking an art? This question is something to be pondered on because how can a basic skill that everyone should have be considered an art? I am arguing that the creation of new recipes should be considered an art because the taste is a sense that we too often
As kids, we grow up fearing sharks, but who is more in danger? After watching movies like Jaws and The Meg, humans are trained to think that sharks are at the top of the food chain, but one delicacy in China has completely changed the species. Since the 14th Century,
The health and diet food market has a long history of selling us misinformative and fear-mongering slogans to get us to buy their products. It tells us what foods are “detoxifying” versus “poisonous,” what is a “guilty pleasure,” and what is “innocent.” Of course, all foods vary in nutritional value,
In the category concerning displays of artistic hypocrisy, the winner is society’s obsession with ‘sustainability’ muddled with our inability to elicit real action. Some know it as a new trend of minimalist values and a romanticization of how things used to be. Others recognize it for its regenerative practices and
Stephanie Sarley is the artist behind this unique fruit art. It all started when she made a short video on Instagram of her fingering various fruits. It was a total hit because of its uniqueness. The most graphic and popular video is of Sarley sticking her finger in a blood
On April 27th, controversy arose when the Polish press published reports that three works by female artists had been removed from the galleries at the National Museum in Warsaw. The art, by prominent artist Natalie LL, showing a young woman eating a banana was removed because of a critique
Everyone loves cookies, but how would you feel about a cookie with a special ingredient. That special ingredient being someone’s grandfather’s ashes. Sounds good, right? A high school student at Da Vinci Charter Academy in Davis, California brought cookies to her school and gave them to her classmates; however, she
Life is life a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get…especially if some of those chocolates contain THC. For thousands of years, people have been infusing their food with cannabis for a variety of reasons whether it being for healing, religious purposes, or even to