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Diane Dodd

Local Artists Fight Hunger

News Channel 20 Folks are fighting hunger here at home and across the globe — from inside local businesses. Throughout Springfield you’ll see paintings that contain small white marks representing a grain of rice. For each mark, one meal is donated through the World Food Programme … READ MORE

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Art Institute exhibit chews on food in painting, sculpture

Kyle MacMillan, Chicago Sun-Time With “Top Chef” and at least two dozen other restaurant and cooking shows on television, an explosion of farmers markets and culinary festivals and surging interest in organic farming, local sourcing and craft beers, the United States has become a food-crazed country … READ MORE

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Diane Dodd

ART-idea's Director attends European Culture Forum in Brussels

ART-idea’s Director, Diane Dodd, attended the European Culture Forum in Brussels organised by the European Commission, 4-6 November 2013. The meeting had three main themes: Measuring the true value of culture; Exploring new funding models for culture and; Audience development – making cultural participation a reality. At the same meeting,

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Spectacular food from the Experimental Food Society

The Star Online  It’s food, glorious food from the organisation of Britain’s top culinary creatives. The Experimental Food Society Spectacular 2013 is on.The Spectacular, an annual culinary arts event in its fourth year, will comprise a two-day exhibition at London’s Truman Brewery and a series of “Food & Fragrance”-themed banquets at

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Experience Tourism
Diane Dodd

Marinated Snark Is a Dish Best Served Cold

Dwight Garner, The New York Times ‘Anything That Moves,’ on Food Culture, by Dana Goodyear. A book, about being a wallflower at the American food orgy, won me over on its second page. That’s where she admits that, as a kid in the back of the family station wagon, she

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Spanish Food and Design Come Together in Miami

Elsa Säätelä, The Daily Meal Spain’s new international traveling exhibition, “Tapas — Spanish Design for Food,” makes its U.S. premiere in Miami from Nov. 9 to Dec. 15. The art exhibition, which combines food, design, and Spanish culture, is set to be on display in Miami for slightly more than

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Road trip explores ground-level food making

Amy Augustine, The Boston Globe On a mission to document the stories of everyday food makers, two 25-year-olds spent their summer giving new meaning to the term “movable feast,” making a 15,000-mile pilgrimage in a beat-up van. Brad Jones and Chris Maggiolo, students in the Master of Liberal Arts in

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Pepperfield to host renewing America's food traditions dinner Nov. 16

The Decorah Newspapers The Pepperfield Project will host a fine-dining evening of rare foods from around the nation Saturday, Nov. 16.Based upon Gary Nabhan’s book, “Renewing America’s Food Traditions – Saving and Savoring the Continent’s Most Endangered Foods,” rare varieties from every region of the country were grown this summer

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Cook of the Week: We all need a little food and art in our lives

Abby Scalf, Daily Herald Vesna Boscovic believes art can transcend geographic boundaries.Wanting to give artists an opportunity to exchange, promote and earn international recognition for their work across continents, she created an organization called La Citadelle Artistic Association … READ MORE

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Dinner in the Clouds

Andy Battaglia, The Wall Street Journal The Surrealist painter René Magritte did his best to subvert and confuse, setting his sights on everything from the meaninglessness of painting pipes to the strangeness of wearing shoes. But dinner too? … READ MORE

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Artist Adds Sprinkle of Whimsy to Instagram With Fanciful Illustrations

Annie Colbert, Mashable Don’t limit your Instagram feed to selfies and food porn — a whole world of artistry and cleverness awaits your follow. Artists like khiesti, who creates mini masterpieces using everyday objects and a playful perspective. Sprinkles flitter like fairy dust and dried leaves give wings to googly-eyed monsters

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

“Food in Art” subject of lecture

The Garden City News Friends of the Garden City Public Library will sponsor a free 1- hour illustrated lecture “Food In Art” with Nassau County Museum of Art docent Evelyn Silver on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 2:00pm at the Garden City Public Library located at 60 Seventh St., Garden

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Regions and Gastronomy
Diane Dodd

Video: Halloween cakes to die for

Leanne Rinne, Belfast Telegraph The edible art show and cake shop is entitled ‘Feed The Beast’ and is supported by The Kraken Rum. The shop is open from the 25th to 28th October at The Rag Factory in Brick Lane and is full of weird and wonderful cakes designed to

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Cities and Culture
Diane Dodd

Cupcake hobby turns into edible art

Beatrice Fantoni, The Windsor Star When life gave Sonia Klue lemons, she turned them into cupcakes.”I always take on challenges,” said Klue, who turned her cupcake-making hobby into a small business after losing her job with the government last March.She admits she was a little hesitant at first. “My husband

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