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"What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes" (Samuel Beckett)

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Dear radishes,  To me, you are the strawberries of vegetables . Everything about you is powerful and beautiful, as every food should be powerful and beautiful. Too many people believe that you are silly and have no dignity. You are sly, and I love all that has a bit of cunning. One bites into your magenta  colored skin to reach your snow white inside, which can sometimes be quite sharp. You don�t go about peddling yourself. On the contrary, you hang about with your countless siblings on this distinctive and unique shaggy bundle . That�s why I LOVE YOU ! Yours, Mirna Text: Mirna Funk  Photo: Marcus Gaab Studio 

INSTAFOOD: CLASSYFYING THE FOOD POSTER

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First of all: I plead guilty. The evidence is clear. from the prank of ringing of a neighbor�s doorbell to my first cigarette, isn�t it always this way? Once one is assimilated into a larger group, selfreflection vanishes at the cost of self-assertion. It�s the same with Instagram. I feel at home with all these images of food. Strictly speaking, the images with  #food  posted on the social photo site  increases at a rate of millions . There aren�t even that many pictures of feet! Under #food: the McDonald�s maxi menu next to images of cake stands piled with sugary sweet macaroons, or schnitzel and fries and � Oh! Hello� a bare male torso. Someone obviously knows how to entice women. It�s not for nothing that the tag  #foodporn  is synonymous with Instagram. (Read the entire article after the jump) It�s the same on Facebook. Since the world has denounced the elaborate rights of use, status messages like �Still recovering from last night,� are just as fleeting as ...

"FRUITS & VEGETABLES" by Heidi Voet

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Heidi Voet was born in Belgium and  studied Sculpture in the Royal Academy  of Fine Art in Ghent and Installation in The Higher St. Lukas Institute in Brussels.  For the last six years she has lived and  worked between Shangai and Brussels. For her "Food & Vegetables" series where she placed fresh vegetabels next to cut outs from Chinese erotic magazines. Controversal and a lot of fun at the same time.  Find out more about Heidis work and see the entire photo series after the jump.  What is the concept behind the �Fruit & Vegetables� series? What was first - the pictures of the women or the idea of the fruits?  In 2008 I sculpted a series of cinderblock vases and used Chinese erotic magazines to fold origami flowers. The nudity of the women that was exposed in the magazines was, by folding the pages, again  obscured. It resulted in objects with a domestic character; vases  with flowers that raised questions about the position of woma...

NEVER MAKE EYE CONTACT WHILE EATING A BANANA!

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For THE DIET ISSUE our stylist Kathi Kauder transformed the shape of banana stickers to fashionable accessories. Additionally, Gintare Parulyte told her story of a very unique kind of banana shock. Read the entire story and find the beauty photo series after the jump. Generally speaking, the main purpose of consuming food consists of overcoming the uncomfortable and distracting sensation of hunger, calming hormonal cravings for chocolate, and curing hangovers with a serious intake of junk. Yet one shouldn�t forget the possibility of some types of food used as pleasure enhancers in the sex department. During my first appointment at my gynecologist, at the innocent age of 13, she urged me to beware the dangers of bananas. It turned out that a girl my age had read an article in a sex education column that mentioned a series of foods one could use to obtain orgasms including, of course, the multiple uses of bananas. Used to consuming bananas in their peeled from, the girl peeled her purch...

�Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.� W. C. Fields

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There�s almost no one in the world who doesn�t know it. That liquid, creamy joy that�s accompanied us since birth - whether with our morning granola, as the essence  of a foamy latte, or a pure delicious side to freshly baked cookies. Cleopatra poured it in her bathwater thinking it would keep her skin eternally youthful.  �Milk is full of calcium, it�ll make you big and strong,� or so we�ve heard since before we could even give voice to its name. Known the world over and accepted for  centuries as one of the foundations of our food pyramid, today milk is more controversial than ever. A peek in the office refrigerator is enough to witness it for  yourself - fighting for the pole position are rice, soy, skim, almond, and lactose-free alongside the universally known whole milk. One discovers the exact debate  surrounding milk rather quickly - all of these varieties have their own benefits and disadvantages. See our little milk overview & additional photography...

SO LONG AS YOU HAVE FOOD IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU SOLVED ALL QUESTIONS FOR THE TIME BEING. (Franz Kafka)

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We all know it, no one shares it:  The necessity of letting ourselves be taken by our cravings sometimes.  Photographer and I LOVE YOU MAGAZINES good friend  Adrian Crispin and stylist Ann-Kathrin Obermeyer  provided this wonderful photo series  for THE DIET ISSUE. The talented duo  captured the sweet moments of weakness, accompanied by all the complaining phrases we should swallow aswell.  See our cover story after the jump.    "Once on the lips forever on the hips."  "Really ? You ate a whole bar of chocolate yesterday?" "Im gonna have to walk this off later." �Well, it�s midnight. Technically your body doesn�t know whether it�s today or tomorrow." "Hey, I think I'll skip the dinner if we're having drinks later." PHOTOS: ADRIAN CRISPIN FASHION: ANN-KATHRIN OBERMEYER HAIR: KATSUKO KITAOKA @ SYBILLE KLEBER MAKE-UP: MICHELLE RAINER FOR ELLIS FAAS COSMETICS  MODEL: JORDIN GRAYE @ MARILYN AGENCY PARIS  FASHION ASSISTANT: CHARL�TT...

THE DARWIN DIET BY ELLE MULIARCHYK

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Photographer Elle Muliarchyk captured a fashionable transformation of what is called "The Darwin Diet" based on the fact that Charles Darwin used to eat every living animal crossing his way.  This shooting took place at the Sauce Restaurant in New York City. Read what the Restaurant's chef has to say about food photography and the difference between taste and reality after the jump.  My family traveled around the world and I grew up on the Darwin Diet, which  involves eating and tasting every living creature in nature. (Apparently Charles  Darwin was so keen on tasting the species he discovered that while he sailed back to England he ate 48 rare tortoises that were meant to be �donated to science.�  He also liked armadillo and puma. While he was a student at Cambrige University  he was an enthusiastic member of the Gourmet Club formed by a small group of  friends. Know as the �Glutton Club,� they met once a week to sample meals not  found on menus...