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20 Mar 17:47

Murals of Animals and Insects on the Streets of Antwerp by ‘Dzia’

by Christopher Jobson

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Although he’s only been painting murals for less than three years, Belgian street artist Dzia has already established a disinctive style and an impressive body of work. The artist most frequently paints depictions of animals and insects in colorful patterns of lines that resemble something like a mosaic. Dzia recently collaborated with artist Gijs Vanee on a series of window pieces at Harmonie Park, and you can follow more his latest work on Instagram. (via My Modern Met)

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14 Mar 03:07

Decode Your Cravings by Beyond Diet

by Maria Pujol
Take a look how to eat healthy with your cravings...


The source is Indulgy.
09 Mar 19:38

Kurosawa: pintor cineasta

by Victor Afonso
Akira Kurosawa, quando jovem, ambicionou ser pintor. O cinema viria mais tarde e ocupou-lhe a vida e a carreira. Mas a verdade é que o cineasta japonês nunca deixou de pintar enquanto hobby e mesmo enquanto trabalho. De tal forma que pintou inúmeras cenas de filmes seus, desde cenas de batalhas épicas, personagens diversas, paisagens ou elementos surreais. Ou seja, Kurosawa primeiro pintava e depois filmava. A sua pintura, serviu, pois, como "storyboard" para os seus filmes - como se comprova nas imagens seguintes:





01 Mar 19:45

Salad Game!

by Maria Pujol
If you are trying to make a salad, but don't know how to pair the ingredients, take a look at this Infographic, will show you the best ingredients to mix and some tasteful dressings to enjoy!
The source is Lifehacker.

27 Feb 02:22

Brooding Seascapes and Marine Vessels Painted by Justyna Kopania

by Christopher Jobson

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Polish painter Justyna Kopania depicts melancholy seascapes and towering ships obscured by mist with liberal applications of oil paint. Crashing waves are depicted with splashes of paint, and sails are formed with the stroke of a palette knife. You can see more over on Saatchi Art and Facebook. (via MEERESSTILLE)

10 Feb 18:30

New Photographs of Crashing Ocean Waves Frozen in Time by Pierre Carreau

by Christopher Jobson

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Fascinated by the mysteries of the ocean his entire life, photographer Pierre Carreau (previously) documents the power and serenity of ocean waves in his now decade-long project AquaViva. After obtaining a business degree and going into IT, Carreau dramatically changed course in 2004 and moved with his family to the Caribbean island of St. Barthélemy where he now photographs waves as an artistic pursuit.

Carreau’s high-speed photos capture waves that appear frozen in time, giving them an almost sculptural appearance. “Water is amazing,” Carreau says. “Basically it has no color, but through reflection and refraction it can possess all of them, the entire spectrum of light.” More from his statement about AquaViva:

Carreau observes that the photographic images of AquaViva may sometimes be perceived as objects rather than as two-dimensional representations. The play of light off the multitude of facets and curves on the water’s surface gives the image a sculptural quality that enhances the sense of stillness and power. This simultaneous depiction of roiling movement and suspended kinetic energy parallels the dual nature of the oceans and of water itself: life-giving and yet dangerous, inviting and yet fearsome, primordial and yet ever-changing and always renewed.

Seen here is a collection of new photos from 2014 mixed with a few earlier shots we had yet to feature on Colossal, and there’s plenty more to see.

10 Feb 17:14

French Artist ‘Levalet’ Injects Humor into the Streets of Paris with New Site-Specific Street Art

by Johnny Strategy

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A bronze bull head fountain is suddenly transformed into a minotaur. A decrepit corner of an alley becomes a holding pen for ostriches. If any of these odd happenings sound familiar to you, you’re probably living in Paris and have just witnessed the work of French artist Charles Leval (previously). Going by the name Levalet, the artist injects humor into the streets of Paris by gluing animal and human-shaped pasteups onto walls. A lot of thought goes into location too as each piece usually interacts with its environment in one way or another.

Levalet has been updating his site and facebook page with new work he’s created so far in 2015. When not on the streets, Levalet can be found in a classroom (he teaches art) and in a gallery (he held an exhibition late last year at Galerie Geraldine Zberro). “I was looking for places and contexts to operate,” says Levalet, referring to his prime medium: the wall. “The street became a creative space I had to invade.” (via StreetArtNews)

25 Jan 01:31

Mushroom Book Installations by Melissa Jay Craig

by Christopher Jobson

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Cast and hand-shaped abaca, embellished with cotton rag; each copy 14-18″H x 15″W x 16-18″D. Edition of 99.

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(S)Edition is an installation of 99 books made to look like common Amanita Muscaria mushrooms by Chicago artist Melissa Jay Craig. The installation has been shown in a various configurations the last few years, and only once in its entirety at the Morgan Conservatory in Cleveland, Ohio back in 2010. From her statement about the installation:

Fungus is an agent of change. I’m fascinated with its myriad forms, and I love to go in search of it. I can become more excited by discovering a beautiful fungal growth than by perusing artwork ‘discovered’ for us by curators in contemporary museums. When I was a child, the first time I had the intriguing feeling that the planet carried messages (texts, if you will) for those who were curious enough to look, was when I came upon a group of Amanita Muscaria, huddled together in a dark, secret space under tall pines.

You can see more views of these fungal books on her website. (via Green Chair Press)

25 Jan 01:30

Chocolatexture: A Series of Chocolates to Represent Japanese Words For Texture Created by Nendo

by Johnny Strategy

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Japanese design office Nendo has created 9 different types of chocolate. While each are the same size, not a single piece from the Chocolatexture collection look alike. That’s because Oki Sato, who leads the Tokyo and Milan-based firm, rethought the concept of chocolate by focusing on texture. “There are many factors that determine a chocolate’s taste,” says Sato, referring to factors like the origin of cocoa, the percentage used, and the various different flavors. But by instead turning his attention to attributes like pointy, smooth and rough, the designer has created distinctive chocolates that all use identical ingredients but taste completely different due to the various textures.

Each of the 9 chocolates were inspired by an onomatopoeic word from the Japanese language that describes texture. The chocolates correspond with words like “toge toge” (sharp pointy tips), “sube sube” (smooth edges and corners) and “zara zara” (granular, like a file). Chocolatexture was created for the Maison & Objet trade fair currently taking place this week in Paris. 400 limited edition Chocolatexture sets were created and will be sold during the event in Paris at what’s being dubbed the “Chocolatexture lounge.” (syndicated from Spoon & Tamago)

20 Jan 17:42

A Guide for a Natural Healthy Skin by Health Central

by Maria Pujol
My skin, with the cold of the winter and the last week's stress is dull and grey. I think I will follow some of these healthy advices from Health Central and I will tell you if my skin has improved or if it has the same bad shape...

14 Jan 21:27

Dreamy Black and White Watercolors by Artist Elicia Edijanto

by Johnny Strategy

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There’s an innate relationship between children and the animal kingdom. Our children sing songs about animals, the have toy animals, they have books about animals and they dream about animals. Capturing this unique connection is Indonesian artist Elicia Edijanto, who depicts small, vulnerable children alongside creatures of the wild like elephants, wolves and bears. Created in stark black and white imagery, and using only watercolors, Edijanto creates dreamlike-scenes that are both tranquil and contemplative. You can see more of her work on Behance and you can follow her on Instagram. (via Fubiz)

10 Jan 20:14

We are all Charlie

by Sónia Costa Campos
Evil doers don't need excuses to commit hedious acts, so please STOP BEING AFRAID and justifying their violence by saying things like ‪#‎CharlieHebdo‬ provoked it.
People who are robbed / assaulted, and worse, daily on the streets and everywhere in the world; people who were in the ‪#‎twintowers‬; the kids in Norway; just as today's hostages in the grocery store in Paris; and all the millions who fall to gratuitous terror, they all didn't do anything do deserve any of the violence beset upon them.

Set yourself free, be unafraid, do not subdue yourselves to maniacs for that is the same as allowing them to go through with their evil doing.

ALWAYS STAND UP FOR #PEACE AND #LOVE

This is all human stupidity circle at its best, a big growing snowball of fear, prejudice, hatred and evil. Now all the right-extremist are surfacing taking the oportunity to attack mosques and so. Between the irrationalities of extreme nationalism and of terrorism of religious fanatics I can't tell which one is more idiotic.
If we have developed as supposedly rational beings that are able to analyse and think their actions upfront, we should be more civilized and realize that we're not meant to kill each other but on the contrary, united we could find intelligent ways to achieve solutions for global wellbeing. But unfortunately it seems people's brains and whole knowledge and efforts don't run at the same velocity for everyone and those are the main reasons that, having different visions of the world and consequently goals, makes the world go back and forth in cycles of violence and retrocess since the beginnings.

We're supposed to be better or fighting (with intellectual means - that so many do achieve great solutions and all -, since that's what supposedly distinguishes us in this World) to get better than all this crappy things we do. Just now I saw this cartoon (http://www.theguardian.com/.../joe-sacco-on-satire-a...) and I remembered the saying "An eye for an eye will make the whole world BLIND"; can't people see this and think and yes philosophy to achieve an actual good teory to put in practical ways after, and surpass the fear, panic, and short term preemptive war mind? Yes, it is hard to do so, to stand up in front of the trees in the Amazon facing the deforesters for example, but someone's got to do it, to be corageous (heroes) just like simple cartoonists (who were prized all over the world for decades) who only made some drawings defending freedom and art while denouncing the ridiculous evil crimes all over the world. Otherwise, it's not a world worth living in, where everyone gets to kill everyone just because their not accordingly to their rules. We are thousands of millions and we should not bow to a handful of despots who only see their own bellies.
10 Jan 20:08

Macro Photographs of Singapore’s Most Unusual Insects and Arachnids by Nicky Bay

by Christopher Jobson

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One of my favorite Flickr accounts to follow is Singapore-based photographer Nicky Bay (previously) who ventures into some of the most ecologically diverse (ie. creepiest and crawliest) places in the world to shoot macro photos of insects, arachnids, and fungi. Bay went on 46 different shooting excursions in 2014 and discovered creatures that seem more at home in an Avatar movie than here on Earth. He’s also begun working more with ultraviolet light that he uses to reveal the natural fluorescence of many organisms he encounters. My favorite discovery while scrolling through Bay’s 2014 photos is this species of moth that builds a cage out of its own caterpillar spines to protect itself while in a pupal stage. You can follow his day-to-day adventures on Facebook.

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07 Jan 02:05

The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People

by Christopher Jobson

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The Daily Routines of Famous Creative People cleverly organizes the daily schedules of famous artists, philosophers, writers, and composers as recorded in their own diaries and letters. Not only does it show how they switched gears between creating, sleeping, and leisure time, but the chart is fully interactive including quotes from each individual. I would love to see a version of this with modern creatives (and more women) as well. (via Coudal)

Update: The information used to create the infographic comes from the book Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey.

02 Jan 21:14

Artist Jeremy Miranda Examines Memory with Oil Landscapes that Bleed into Interiors

by Christopher Jobson

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Artist Jeremy Miranda is fascinated with how the mind creates memories and the juxtaposition of experiences both real and perceived. His oil paintings overlap interior and exterior environments to create unexpected relationships between disparate subjects, usually natural versus man-made. The interior of an artist’s studio dissolves into a bucolic river landscape, a bookshelf leads into the ocean, or a glowing furnace is concealed below quiet pond. Miranda most recently had an exhibit at Nahcotta Gallery in New Hampshire where several of his original works are currently available. Some of his most popular images are also available as prints. (via My Darkened Eyes)

02 Jan 02:14

Vinte pratos de 2014 (de chorar por eles em 2015)

by Miguel Pires

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No ano passado foram 12. Este ano quase duplico e chego a 20 (na verdade 23) pratos de restaurantes portugueses que me marcaram no ano de 2014. Uns são apenas apontamentos, outros tomam  a forma tradicional de 'prato'. Uns são tradicionais, outros de cozinha contemporânea, como é o caso deste ceviche de José Avillez, do seu mais recente restaurante em Lisboa: o Mini Bar. Fui lá logo na primeira semana e voltei, três ou quatro vezes, durante o ano. Em todas pedi este ceviche que leva tudo o que deve ter: o pescado (gamba do Algarve, neste caso), o leche de tigre, a lima, a cebola e o milho. Abocanha-se (literalmente) o citrino com os ingredientes no topo. Depois... é um disparo de sabores de notas agudas, que nos faz querer chorar por mais. Impossível não repetir.

 

 

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Num restaurante moderno chamar-lhe-iam "chips de pataniscas". Na Tasquinha do Oliveira, em Évora, chamam-lhes aquilo que são: pataniscas. E que pataniscas! Bacalhau na medida certa e uma fritura exemplar a deixar um crocante fantástico. Uma delícia. Provavelmente as melhores que já comi. 

 

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Foi na Tasca da Esquina de Lisboa, de Vítor Sobral, que nasceu o conceito de tasca contemporânea, que por aí agora tanto prolifera. Considero a original (esta) a melhor e gosto particularmente do toque actual que dão à cozinha tradicional, como nesta sardinha marinada, com pimentos (molho) e batata (pastel), de Hugo Nascimento. 

 

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Incluir um prato do receituário português da importância de um cozido à portuguesa num menu de degustação de um fine dining, com todos os seus elementos e apresentação cuidada, sem comprometer o sabor, não é para todos. O caldo deste prato do Belcanto de José Avillez é simplesmente maravilhoso e não necessita de ter a carne e os enchidos para percebermos que eles passaram por lá umas longas horas. 

 

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Há por aí muito wagyu ou kobe beef (como erradamente por vezes aparece escrito) em que se vende um nome, sem entregar a qualidade correspondente. Não foi o que se passou no Vila Joya com estes lollipops de carne bovina de sabor tão incrível como a sua textura sedosa. A ideia era passá-la pelo caldo de cogumelos, como um shabu shabu. Muuuuu, Irasshaimase!  

 

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Tudo ao molho e fé no Ljubomir, como numa fanfarra de Kusturica em pantufas (leia-se: comfort food), no Bistro 100 Maneiras, em Lisboa). Cogumelos, folhas verdes, ovo escalfado, pão torrado, legumes baby.. tudo e mais um queijo. Da ilha. 

 

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Se tivesse de eleger apenas um prato em 2014, seria este, do Feitoria: folhas cruas e cozinhadas com tutano, pão torrado e jus de veau. F-o-d-a - s-e ! (pardon my english).

 

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Búzios com sabores asiáticos. Tão bonito, como bom. Mais um prato dos mil e um diferentes que Toamoaki Kanazawa deve ter criado em apenas um mês. No Tomo, em Algés. 

 

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Ambiente cool e comida bem feita são dois conceitos nem sempre fáceis de conjugar numa mesma frase. Kiko Martins conseguiu (ou está a conseguir) desde que há pouco mais de um mês abriu A Cevicheria no Príncipe Real (Lisboa). O chef Kiko não é um purista e, embora este ceviche siga a tradição, ele dá-lhe um toque de prato de conforto, com o puré de batata doce, sem trair a tradição. Já era tempo do fenómeno latino americano contemporâneo (uma das tendências dos últimos anos na vizinha Espanha) dar o salto até terras lusas.  

 

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Muitas vezes de tanto querermos descobrir novos restaurantes, ou de nos fixarmos sempre nos mesmos, acabamos por não dar a devida atenção a quem vem trabalhando bem há muito tempo. É o que acontece com Ricardo Komori, do Bonsai (também no Príncipe Real) que num dia em que fui atrás do seu (bom) ramen arrasou-me com este usuzukuri de lírio - o fantástico peixe que nos chega dos Açores e que cada vez mais é utilizado pelos nossos (bons) restaurantes japoneses. 

 

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Pedro Lemos, o nosso mais recente estrela Michelin (no restaurante que leva o seu nome, no Porto) tem mão para ir buscar o sabor da cozinha das nossas mães e juntar-lhe a técnica da cozinha clássica francesa. Um bom exemplo é este salmonete com lulinha, legumes e molho do assado. 

 

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Leonardo Pereira está à frente do restaurante do Hotel Areias do Seixo (Santa Cruz,  próximo de Torres Vedras) e estou em crer que será um caso muito sério no nosso país, assim lhe dêem tempo e condições (mínimas). Os quase 5 anos que passou no Noma, em Copenhaga (o tal melhor restaurante do mundo) marcarão certamente a sua cozinha. Contudo, no óptimo jantar do projecto Origens / Sangue na Guelra, mostrou caminhos para fazer uma ligação com a cozinha portuguesa e os produtos locais. O melhor exemplo foi esta  a raia com molho de pitau, de comer à mão e lamber os dedos. 

 

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O jantar prometia ser um desastre. Agosto, restaurante cheio, serviço displicente, em praia alternativa da moda. Arrisquei pedir o pregado grelhado depois de ter visto os belos exemplares na montra. Deus meu... que até eu, agnóstico, me ajoelhei perante o sabor e a competência do mestre encarregue de lhe (e nos) tratar da saúde. Foi no Sitio do Rio, na Carrapateira (Costa Vicentina, Algarve).

 

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Achava que não era grande fã de bife tártaro, talvez porque nunca tinha comido nenhum especial. Este, de O Talho, foge ligeiramente aos cânones e é isso que me faz ir lá por ele. No essencial, a receita é respeitada mas o twist japa de o embrulhar numa alga nori (ainda que seja opcional) e de lhe acrescentar um apontamento de puré de rábano foi uma ideia fantástica. Quanto ao shot de vodka...na zdorovie!

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Adoro o Fortaleza do Guincho em qualquer estação, mas devo confessar que nos últimos dois anos tenho gostado particularmente dos menus de Outono, sobretudo, quando coincidem com a chegada de caça. Olhem para este prato de veado. Será preciso acrescentar algo? 

 

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Em Portugal valoriza-se a carne de vitela em detrimento da vaca velha, que acaba por ser exportada para Espanha. Contrariando um pouco o sistema, desde há 2 anos que o Vinum, em V.N. Gaia, lhe dedica uma semana especial. Este ano fui lá e sai estarrecido com a qualidade da carne e com o sabor limpo (percebe-se subtilmente a alimentação do animal, dado que a carne é maturada apenas o suficiente para que fique macia). Apreciei ainda a forma como é bem tratada no restaurante e o acompanhamento minimalista, com um tipo de pimento do País Basco. 

 

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Este bife de vaca dos Açores é macio, não pela maturação, mas pela necessidade. No Leopold (em Lisboa) não há fogão e, por isso, a maior parte dos produtos são cozinhados a vácuo, a baixa temperatura, numa "Roner". Há quem desconfie e insinue que é Marketing. Pois... mas se o resultado não fosse bom, não haveria estratégia de marketing que o sustentasse. Portanto, valorizo o engenho de Tiago Feio, sim, mas mais ainda a conjugação dos elementos neste prato: a carne fatiada, a pêra fermentada, a rúcula e a manteiga de ovelha Azeitão. 

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Nos últimos anos, sobretudo, não há restaurante estrelado no mundo que não tenha servido um prato de pombo. Não sou o seu maior apreciador e tenho levado com a dose com maior frequência do que gostaria. Contudo, dou o braço a torcer a este do L'And (Montemor o Novo), em que o chef Miguel Laffan nos atira à cara o sabor intenso próprio do bicho, equilibrando o conjunto com um risotto bem comfort, espicaçado por um toque vegetal de rábano.   

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Há muito que ouvia falar do cozido à portuguesa dominical do Nobre (Lisboa). Finalmente fui conhecer o fenómeno e sai a rebolar. O cozido é servido em buffet mas há o cuidado de ir repondo os elementos de forma a estarem sempre quentes (o que é diferente de serem apenas requentados no rechaud). O truque parece simples: usar ingredientes de qualidade e respeitar os tempos de cozedura. O problema é que a simplicidade nem sempre está ao alcance de todos.  

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Leva imensos ovos, a aletria da Casa Inês (Porto). Abençoadas galinhas que os põem e mulheres que separam as gemas, juntam a massa, o leite e o açúcar e preparam o pecado para nosso deleite. Comê-la emparelhada com uma rabanada, foi como entrar num bordel de anjinhos da Victoria Secret, só que mais cheinhas e com glúten. 

 

Se chegou aqui já deve estar com fome e, por isso, a estes 20 pratos acrescento ainda 4 menções honrosas (que só não fazem parte da lista de cima porque há a mania de que os números têm de ser redondos): 

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Adorei o Bacalhau à Brás em versão "faça você mesmo à mesa", uma das entradas do menu de Outono/Inverno de João Rodrigues, no Feitoria. É diferente, divertido, saboroso e... resulta. Um chefe Michelin não deve nunca perder a capacidade de surpreender. 

 

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Fora do contexto parece estranho e por si só pouco valor teria. No entanto, esta alface de caule longo (que Hans Neuner planta numa horta, algures junto à N128, no Algarve), servida com um molho bérnaise (em jeito de 'dip'), no meio de um incrível menu de degustação do Ocean, em Porches (Algarve) acabou por se destacar. Pelo seu sabor amargo/doce e, ok, pela estranheza - Houve ainda um pão de sardinha, numa atitude de cozinha canalha num 2 estrelas Michelin, que podia estar aqui, mas não encontrei a foto.

  

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No Arola da Penha Longa, Milton Anes tem asas para voar dentro dos parâmetros do menu definidos com o chef star espanhol Sergi Arola. Eu gostei da sua liberdade na quase dezena de (pequenos) pratos do menu de degustação e, em particular, das asinhas de frango trufadas com sésamo  e molho de aves (à francesa). Se a Valenciana ou a Rio de Mel fechassem fazia do chef da Penha Longa o meu dealer em dias de bola.

 

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Deve a ser a sobremesa que mais vende em O Talho. Porquê? imaginem uma folha de arroz crocante (frita) polvilhada de açúcar em pó e lemon curd. Juntem-lhe uma colher de gelado de goiaba e parfaits de erva príncipe. É mesmo preciso escrever mais?  

 

 

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02 Jan 02:06

Bone Music: How Banned Western Music in the Soviet Union Was Printed on Repurposed X-Ray Records

by Christopher Jobson

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If you asked me when the history of bootleg music began, I would have assumed it arrived with the invention of the cassette tape, something small, inexpensive and portable that was easily duplicated in any garage from deck A to deck B. In reality, widespread bootlegging dates back even further, to the 1950s in the Soviet Union where music lovers, desperate for banned Western tunes, devised an ingenious way to print their own records. The only problem was the scarcity of vinyl.

Desperate times called for desperate measures. With the aid of a special device, people started pressing banned jazz and rock n’ roll music on thick radiographs scavenged from the dumpsters of hospitals. X-rays were plentiful (not to mention cheap), and while the records could only be pressed on a single side, the music they produced using a standard turntable was passable. The recordings even had a catchy name: bone music. From an interview with author Anya von Bremzen via NPR:

“They would cut the X-ray into a crude circle with manicure scissors and use a cigarette to burn a hole. You’d have Elvis on the lungs, Duke Ellington on Aunt Masha’s brain scan—forbidden Western music captured on the interiors of Soviet citizens.”

By 1958 the authorities caught on and the act of making x-ray records was made illegal. It wasn’t long before the largest distribution networks of illicit bone music were discovered and shut down. You can see more scans of bone music over on this page created by Jozsef Hajdu, and FastCo has a great article about the entire phenomenon. (via Junk Culture, NPR, FastCo)

02 Jan 02:01

Ancient Trees: Beth Moon’s 14-Year Quest to Photograph the World’s Most Majestic Trees

by Christopher Jobson

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Criss-crossing the world with stops on almost every continent, San Francisco-based photographer Beth Moon spent the last 14 years seeking out some of the largest, rarest, and oldest trees on Earth to capture with her camera. Moon develops her exhibition prints with a platinum/palladium process, an extremely labor-intensive and rare practice resulting in prints with tremendous tonal range that are durable enough to rival the longitivity of her subjects, potentially lasting thousands of years. Moon’s collected work of 60 duotone prints were recently published in a new book titled Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time. From Abbeville Press:

This handsome volume presents sixty of Moon’s finest tree portraits as full-page duotone plates. The pictured trees include the tangled, hollow-trunked yews—some more than a thousand years old—that grow in English churchyards; the baobabs of Madagascar, called “upside-down trees” because of the curious disproportion of their giant trunks and modest branches; and the fantastical dragon’s-blood trees, red-sapped and umbrella-shaped, that grow only on the island of Socotra, off the Horn of Africa.

Moon is currently working on a new series of trees photographed by starlight called Diamond Nights. (via Huffington Post)

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02 Jan 01:56

Stop Idaho hunters from massacring wolves in cruel wolf-killing derby!

by Kristine Lofgren

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A radical group of wolf haters is gearing up for a “wolf-killing derby” in Idaho. This year, a group of hunters will gather together to slaughter as many wolves and coyotes as they can, with prizes for the largest wolf slain and the most coyotes bagged. Those involved claim the hunt will keep predator populations in check, but Vice went undercover to speak to some of the hunters and found that population control is only part of the motivation. For some, inflicting pain and suffering is the name of the game. If you want to see an end to the cruel wolf-killing derby, sign the petition here!

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02 Jan 01:56

End-Credits Timelapse in ‘Boxtrolls’ Brilliantly Reveals the Hidden Labor of Stop Motion Animation

by Christopher Jobson

One of the most gratifying aspects of watching stop-motion films is the knowledge that every bit of motion seen on screen is created by human hands, frame by frame, millimeter by millimeter. While an animator might tell you it takes an entire day just to film a 3-second sequence, it’s still difficult to imagine how much physical labor is involved to accomplish it. Lucky for us, the animators behind Laika’s Boxtrolls snuck in a short post-credits timelapse that reveals a brief glimpse of what happens behind the scenes to make two characters come to life.

I first saw Boxtrolls in the theater last September with my son, and this single scene caused a more vocal response from the audience than any other moment in the entire movie. People were literally gasping, myself included. Over the holidays, Focus Features finally made it available online through their YouTube channel.

28 Dec 23:35

New Meticulously Cut Paper Illustrations by Maude White

by Christopher Jobson

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New York-based artist Maude White (previously) continues to create beautifully rendered illustrations with cut paper, creating dozens of new pieces since we explored her work this summer. White relies heavily on thin lines and negative space to create each illustration, a subtractive process with no room for error; a single bad cut could be fatal to a piece. Her latest series titled What’s Left on the Farm involves portraits of women with objects in their hair.

White currently has work in an exhibition at Peter & Mary Ann Vogt Gallery in Buffalo, and you can read a recent interview with her over on Artvoice. (via Hi-Fructose)

26 Dec 00:59

Música ideal para o Natal

by Victor Afonso
Esqueçam o materialismo que o Natal acarreta e que a sociedade de consumo nos impinge. Por momentos, e especialmente neste dia, pensem em propagar os valores que ainda sustentam a estrutura da nossa sociedade: amizade, solidariedade, família, partilha, amor, dádiva, entrega, afecto, ternura... E pratiquem depois de escutar esta belíssima banda sonora de Danny Elfman. Porque "Eduardo Mãos de Tesoura" de Tim Burton explora todos aqueles valores e sentimentos. Logo, para mim é o melhor filme para o Natal que se possa imaginar. Mais ainda com a emotiva e inspiradora música de Elfman.
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20 Dec 04:40

Spectacular Ice Formations Atop a Windswept Mountain in Slovenia

by Christopher Jobson

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After a long period of pummeling wind, snow, and ice, weather photographer Marko Korosec sensed an opportunity to climb Mount Javornik, part of a mountain range in eastern Slovenia and the location of a popular ski center. What he discovered can only be described as otherworldly. Trees and lookout towers fully encased in hard layers of rime ice, formed by high winds and freezing fog. Korosec says some of the ice spikes growing off the tower reached well over 3-feet (100cm) long. To see more of his weather photography and additional images from this shoot, head over to his 500px page. All photos courtesy the photographer.

20 Dec 04:37

Shadow Knives: Silhouette Artwork Cut from Butcher Knives by Li Hongbo

by Christopher Jobson

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Cheetah, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014

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Wasteland, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014

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Gaze, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014

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Hawk, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014

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Lotus Pond, Metal, 35 x 9.8 x 1.7 cm, 2014

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Bones of a Snake, Metal, 200 x 38 x 9 cm, 2014

Artist Li Hongbo, whose flexible paper sculptures we’ve admired many times here on Colossal, recently created a new series of silhouette artworks as part of a solo show at Contemporary by Angela Li in Hong Kong. Each piece is delicately cut from the knife leaving a complementary negative space from which it appears to rise. Hongbo says the pieces are meant as a warning, that “human beings will eventually destroy themselves because of their gluttony and their abuse of animals.” You can see more from the series here. If you liked this technique, also check out paper sculptures by Peter Callesen. (via My Amp Goes to 11)

20 Dec 04:26

Explosive Moleskine Doodles by Kerby Rosanes

by Christopher Jobson

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Philippines-based illustrator Kerby Rosanes began his career as an artist by doodling away in Moleskein notebooks and sharing the results online. Rosane’s imagination runs wild in his composite images of cartoony characters that morph into familiar faces of animals and pop-culture characters. After a number of art and design blogs picked up the story last year, his career took off, and the self-taught 23-year-old found himself creating illustrations for Nike, Mazda, and Ford. Seen here are a number of recent sketchbook spreads, but you can see more by scrolling through his archives. (via My Modern Met)

13 Dec 17:18

Incidental Comics by Grant Snider

by Maria Pujol
More funny comics of the illustrator Grant Snider, have fun! :)




13 Dec 16:47

A 1,000-piece CMYK Color Gamut Jigsaw Puzzle by Clemens Habicht

by Christopher Jobson

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A 1,000 piece CMYK Color Gamut Jigsaw Puzzle by Clemens Habicht toys puzzles color

A 1,000 piece CMYK Color Gamut Jigsaw Puzzle by Clemens Habicht toys puzzles color

A 1,000 piece CMYK Color Gamut Jigsaw Puzzle by Clemens Habicht toys puzzles color

A 1,000 piece CMYK Color Gamut Jigsaw Puzzle by Clemens Habicht toys puzzles color

This 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle contains exactly 1,000 different colors arranged in the form of a CMYK gamut and is guaranteed to drive you insane. The creator of the 1,000 Colors puzzle, Clemens Habicht, suggests the puzzle is actually easier than traditional image-based puzzles. When faced with a field of color, he says the placement of every piece becomes almost intuitive.

The idea came from enjoying the subtle differences in the blue of a sky in a particularly brutal jigsaw puzzle, I found that without the presence of image detail to help locate a piece I was relying only on an intuitive sense of colour, and this was much more satisfying to do than the areas with image details.

What is strange is that unlike ordinary puzzles where you are in effect redrawing a specific picture from a reference you have a sense of where every piece belongs compared to every other piece. There is a real logic in the doing that is weirdly soothing, therapeutic, it must be the German coming out in me. As each piece clicks perfectly into place, just so, it’s a little win, like a little pat on the back.

The 1,000 Colors puzzle ships from Australia and costs about $33 (about $58 with shipping to the U.S.). (via Boing Boing)

13 Dec 16:27

Swirling Photographs of Mixed Paint by Mark Lovejoy

by Christopher Jobson

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Working from his studio in Alpine, Texas, artist Mark Lovejoy creates richly textured images of mixed paint, but although he’s somewhat secretive about his process, one thing is clear: they aren’t just photographs of mixed paint. The act of creating the color formations alone sounds more like an act of chemistry than art as he mixes resins, oils, diluents, waxes, and drying agents to create the gloppy textures you see here. Portions are then photographed, reworked, and reshot. In the end, we’re left staring at beautifully colorful images that exist somewhere between salt water taffy, Jackson Pollock paintings, and an alluring industrial accident. Whatever they are, Lovejoy is extremely proficient, cranking out several images each day which he shares on his website. Prints are available of every image. (via It’s Nice That)

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Swirling Photographs of Mixed Paint by Mark Lovejoy psychedelic paint color abstract

Swirling Photographs of Mixed Paint by Mark Lovejoy psychedelic paint color abstract

Swirling Photographs of Mixed Paint by Mark Lovejoy psychedelic paint color abstract

Swirling Photographs of Mixed Paint by Mark Lovejoy psychedelic paint color abstract

Swirling Photographs of Mixed Paint by Mark Lovejoy psychedelic paint color abstract

Swirling Photographs of Mixed Paint by Mark Lovejoy psychedelic paint color abstract

07 Dec 01:34

New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack

by Christopher Jobson

New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack drawing architecture
Chronoglyph, 2014. 68″ x 60″. Pen and ink.

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New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack drawing architecture
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New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack drawing architecture

New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack drawing architecture

New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack drawing architecture

New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack drawing architecture

New Infinitely Detailed Pen & Ink Cityscapes by Ben Sack drawing architecture

When we last covered the pen and ink drawings of Ben Sack, the artist was in residency aboard the m/s Amsterdam, a ship that circumnavigated the globe from January through April 2014. Sack’s latest drawings are partially influenced by stops in dozens of port cities during the expedition. As well as geography, his drawings are heavily influenced by architecture, history, and classical music. Via Robert Fontaine:

Sack’s work explores architecture as a flexible medium capable of expressing the unique space between realism and abstraction; where interpretation and our ability to create meaning is in flux. Within this space, Sack, furnished with pen and ink, encapsulates both the infinite and infinitesimal. His work invites the eye to explore drawings of the “big picture,” to gaze into a kaleidoscope of histories and to look further into the elemental world of lines and dots.

Sack’s largest work, Chronoglyph, will be on view with Robert Fontaine Gallery at CONTEXT Art Miami this week, and you can watch a timelapse of its creation here.

06 Dec 18:36

The Health Benefits of Tea by Hello Natural

by Maria Pujol
Thanks to the infographic of Hello Natural, you will know all the benefits of the most usual herbal teas, take a look! :)