Edible Art?
It was an especially lovely summer evening and we decided to enjoy the cooler temperatures by attending the ‘2nd Saturday Art Walk’ sponsored by the Uptown Merchants Association of Lake Havasu City, AZ. Local Artists display their work, either in or on the sidewalk in front of different businesses along McCulloch Blvd, giving exposure to both the artists and merchants and encouraging business for the merchants in the uptown area
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We discovered quite a variety of ‘art’ from traditional oil paintings, modern media, photography, weavings, etchings, jewelry and other handcrafted items, some mediocre while others were exceptional.
All locations offered refreshments, usually a cheese and cracker tray or platter of cookies. The biggest surprise was an offering of edible Food Art.
This was fun and very creative. The ‘artist/cook’ admitted to being inspired by a book she had found and had expanded on some of those ideas.
It reminded me of the marshmallow ‘Snowmen’ my sister and I used to make during the Christmas holidays, and now I am thinking how much fun these might be with our grandchildren, and much healthier using pretzels, slivered almonds (for ears), and cherry tomatoes..these have caramels holding them together — I’m thinking peanut butter fondant? ….no limit to the imagination!!
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Well, this is just too cute! and Creative. Imagine the fun of putting together a plate of edible, and lovely, bugs with a flock of youngsters!
Peanut butter fondant would be a great idea! That would be a good flavor combination too. -Maybe add little mini m&m’s for decorations -Is that what the little colored dots are in the pictures? (Not quite as healthy, but, Yum!). How do you make peanut butter fondant?
Great idea – mini m&m’s. I think these are just little decorator ‘candies’, like oversized ‘sprinkles’. I don’t know about peanut butter fondant but was thinking a childhood peanut butter mix we made used like a modeling fondant with powdered milk and then rolled into logs etc. I am going to play around with that and will get back to you about it!!