Saying It With Food

Normally, when you cook for other people, it’s firstly the fact that you took the time and care to prepare something by hand that sends a message. And what you actually make is very important as well. But there are other ways to says things with (or at least while serving) food...

Picture: the Fox and the Polar Bear

There’s the stealth approach, where the message is disguised (preferably under beautifully plated baking). I can’t help thinking of the Fox and the Polar Bear, and their arch-nemesis Mr Completely Bonkers Raccoon, when I see this...

Pictures: Trixie Delicious on Etsy (who did the other ceramics on this post as well)

Alternatively, a more direct approach can be taken with tea, sugar... and a side order of (hopefully) tongue-in-cheek or (otherwise) vinegar...

It could be fun to have a whole set... I think this is a great way to poke fun at how stuffy afternoon tea (to be said in a posh and imperious voice) can become...

This one might be a perfect match for my inevitable failed batch of macarons once I pluck up the courage to give them a go...

Typography and printed-words-as-decoration are something I’m very keen on in general, and am getting more and more of a liking for as I keep tripping over endlessly distracting cool things in that bucket*.

* Which sounds, I now realise, like I’m galumphing about down a rabbit hole with my foot stuck in a bucket. Very Winnie The Pooh. Not quite the intended effect, but sometimes the accidental silly thoughts are a bit entertaining. Just round the edges...