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With veggies like these, would you make soup or music?

The Sweet Sound of… Vegetables?

Vienna’s Vegetable Orchestra makes music by thunking on pumpkins and making carrot recorders and cucumberphones

Brazilian bombshell Carmen Miranda, the lady in the tutti-frutti hat

Vogue Vittles: The Cross Between Food and Fashion

Before Lady Gaga’s beef dress, there were Wonder Bread raincoats, waffle pants and Marilyn Monroe in a potato sack

For the first time ever, all 102 of Andy Warhol's Shadows are installed together, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through January 15.

Bringing Andy Warhol’s Shadows to the Hirshhorn

Later in his career, the 20th century painter explored abstract art in numerous large paintings

"We Were Made For Each Other"

Meet Anthropomorphized Foods Artist Terry Border

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Thirty Years of Food in Music Videos

On MTV’s birthday, an appreciation of the coffee, cakes, candy, breakfast cereals and milkshakes of song

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

More Fantasy Foods Made Real

The imaginary has come to life: Scooby Snacks, Cheesy Poofs and even Soylent Green

You are never too old to play with your food.

Play With Your Food

Some playthings veer off into sheer ridiculousness when it comes to interacting with what’s on a plate

The Skipper got a bite!

Castaway Cuisine, Fictional and Real

How would you survive if stranded on a desert island with only your wits and the resources at hand?

In the midst of Broadway's musicals, there's a little food to be found. Times Square Fisheye.

Seven Snarfable Showtunes

In anticipation of Sunday’s Tony Awards ceremony, here are some of Broadway’s tastiest food-related songs

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The Joys of Jell-O

If you’re feeling creative and adventurous and want to mount a Jell-O-based art project, you need to know a few things about how the stuff works

Idaho Potato Museum

Five Funky Food Museums

Here’s a quick look at five funky food museums worth visiting, including ones devoted to SPAM, mustard and Pez

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The Evolution of the Modern Kitchen

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Kae Sa Luk: The Original Edible Arrangements

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How to Make the Pies From Waitress and Other Movie-Inspired Meals

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Food in the Films of Charlie Chaplin

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Happy Birthday, Laura Ingalls Wilder

Unlike Anne Frank's diary, the graphic biography by Ernie Colón and Sid Jacobson covers the period before and after she and her family went into hiding.

A New Look at Anne Frank

Two comic book veterans—who authored the graphic adaptation of the 9/11 Report—train their talents on the young diarist

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Q&A: Foodscape Artist Carl Warner

I have always been a fast eater, and even as a kid I was not picky

Holiday Gift Guide: Crafty Ideas From Recycled Food Packaging

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From Harold and Maude to Harry Potter: Making Fictional Foods Real

One blogger’s quest to recreate the ginger pie from the movie Harold and Maude got us thinking about other fictional foods

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