LIFES OF GRASS
MATHILDE ROUSSEL - The natural world, ingested as food becomes a component of human being. Through these anthropomorphic and organic sculptures made of soil and wheat grass seeds, I strive to show that food, it’s origin, it’s transport, has an impact on us beyond it’s taste. The power inside it affects every organ of our body. Observing nature and being aware of what and how we eat makes us more sensitive to food cycles in the world - of abundance, of famine - and allows us to be physically, intellectually and spiritually connected to a global reality.
9 Apr 2012 / Reblogged from batesnursery with 4,034 notes / growth food grass bodies installation MATHILDE ROUSSEL life of grass
Banana cupcakes with cinnamon buttercream.
A Happy Birthday treat for one of my housemates.
Incase you weren’t aware, I have a food blog thangy where I show you what I do in the kitchen.
21 Feb 2012 / Reblogged from nutsandseeds with 25 notes / food photos blog cupcakes vegan Nuts and Seeds
cherry jam sparkles on Flickr.
Made 4 jars of cherry jam this morning out of the most perfect dumpstered cherries. Recipe here.
Look at that colour!
23 Jan 2012 / 24 notes / jam red rubies glisten food morning light pretty bowl summer cherries sparkles
Making rhubarb tart on Flickr.
21 Jan 2012 / 25 notes / baking sunshine kitchen wooden table rhubarb food
Bin by cleo brekelmans on Flickr.
Beautiful.
23 Jun 2011 / Reblogged from upmountains with 24 notes / bin reffuse rubbish food food in the bin beautiful
19 Mar 2011 / Reblogged from vile-insect with 93 notes / periodic table of elements fruit vegetables chemistry food science
FIG PIZZA with basil, caramelised balsamic red onions & nutritional yeast ‘cheese’ on a homemade base before going in the oven!
super delicious! recipe coming soon.
Oh my. Eva you are a mad scientist of deliciousness.
14 Mar 2011 / Reblogged from feasting with 86 notes / fig pizza vegan feasting Eva caramelised onion hungry food
FUCK GM/GE FOOD
The first and only safety evaluation of a GM crop, the FLAVR
SAVR(TM) tomato, was commissioned by Calgene, as required by the FDA. The results claim there were no significant alterations in total protein, vitamins and mineral contents and in toxic glycoalkaloids. Therefore, the GM and parent tomatoes were deemed to be “substantially equivalent.”
However in acute toxicity studies with male/female rats fed the GM tomatoes it was found:
- Some rats died within a few weeks after eating GM tomatoes.
- The unacceptably wide range of rat starting weights (±18% to ±23%) invalidated these findings.
- No histology on the intestines was done even though stomach sections showed mild/moderate erosive/necrotic lesions in up to seven out of twenty female rats but none in the controls. However, these were considered to be of no importance, although in humans they could lead to life-endangering hemorrhage, particularly in the elderly who use aspirin to prevent thrombosis.
- Seven out of forty rats on GM tomatoes died within two weeks for unstated reasons.
(Pusztai, 2001, Biotechnology: GM organisims, Action Bioscience)
See this charming little logo? Looks pretty harmless huh, obviously it has something to do with plants, the earth maybe, stuff that’s good for you?
It’s actually the Radura symbol, letting you know the food you are consuming has been exposed to ionising radiation. The aim of this is to destroy any microorganisms, mould or insects that may cause food to spoil, and also to inhibit sprouting, and delay ripening (you know, those NATURAL processes that food goes through).
What happens is the irreversible damage to the DNA of said pest/microorganism/food you are about to put into your mouth. It doesn’t mean your food is radioactive, but it does mean it has undergone a process that forever alters cell strucure. Insects are killed or become sterile, food can no longer ripen.
A few issues with food irradiation include the risk of comsuming spoiled food without realising it, due to the ‘masking’ qualities of the practice; the destruction of ‘good’ bacteria along with the ‘bad’; and the risk of consuming chemically altered food.
Just thought you should be aware because I had no idea…
