Homemade is Best – IKEA’s visual cookbook with picture recipes
That is the recipe for these cinnamon rolls:
Toxel had people arguing and criticizing about how useless it is, but I really think a lot of people missed the idea of it being photographic art and less of a “real cookbook” replacement. It could be used as a real recipe, but if you’re someone who lives by very specific measurements with detailed instructions, you’d definitely have a harder time with these visual guidelines.
Here’s another example, using a berry cake:
From IKEA, here’s a bit about their inspiration and motivation for creating a book like this:
We wanted to ensure a connection between IKEA’s kitchen appliances and one of the best things you can do in a kitchen, some great baking. So the main attraction in the campaign became a 140 page coffee-table baking book presented in a very visually unique and spectacular way.
90% of all the photographs taken in baking books look extremly alike. We wanted to try something different and present the recipes in a totally new fashion.
We let ourselves be inspired by high fashion and japanese minimalism. The idea of the book became to tone down the actual cake and put the ingredients in focus. The recipes are presented as graphic still-life portraits on a warm and colourful stage. And when you turn the page you see the fantastic result.
The baking book contains 30 classic swedish baking recipes everything from small biscuits to large cakes.
I think they did a pretty good job at what they were aiming for. This site actually has what looks to be all (or most) of the recipes.
Cookbook trailer and release – Better than the movies
Perfect One-Dish Dinners from Three Many Cooks
I don’t own the book. I probably won’t buy it (nothing personal against the book….I just have too many books as it is and I prefer to get my recipes online). I don’t really even know that much about it. I have no connection with the author, her kids, the website, nada.
But how cool and quirky is it for there to be a trailer for a cookbook? lol
Sushi Cat – Onigiri Chicken Rice Balls
, Okay, so it’s not really sushi. Onigiri (or omusubi) is actually a rice ball made from white rice instead of sushi rice. And inside? That’s chicken in mine, but they can be stuffed with lots of other ingredients, too.
The Little Foodie is where I first saw these and got my idea for making kitties instead. Hers are gorgeous, perfectly cooked, and perfectly shaped. Mine are…..well, they’re cats, and all the imperfections otherwise can be overlooked because they’re cute and the kids love ’em.
Maybe that’s why I make funky designs with things. It’s a distraction from the taste, hehe. Nah, that’d sound too logical when really I just want to play with my food.
I made these at a time not long after making my first sushi, so I was new the world of nori. When I discovered that seaweed sticks to rice if you wet it a little, I instantly saw cats in those balls. I’m sure it had nothing to do with playing Sushi Cat too much….
Of course, working with pieces that tiny was also frustrating, so I only made a few each of the kitties. The rest I left as misshapen piles of chicken onigiri (onigiris?).
Let’s just say that after 3 plates of 2-3 layers each of bite-size rice balls later, I didn’t care if chicken was showing or rice was falling off. I just wanted to be done rolling! Nobody cared so long as they had a couple cats anyway, hehe.
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