These days supermarkets only carry uniformly shaped produce, but endless variations naturally occur. Berlin-based artist Uli Westphal documents the ‘non-standard’ fruits, roots and vegetables he finds at fresh produce markets for his project “Mutatoes”.
All rap music should be this awesome. Artist Parry Gripp is my new hero, mainly because he can eat a billion turnips! Via Tastefully Offensive.
Culture Buzz Apparently, this Shiba Inu's shtick is eating vegetables in front of a camera. He's generally pretty crunchy about it too.
From the land of innovation, Japan adds to the square watermelon by creating heart and star-shaped cucumbers. Delicious and absolutely adorable.
Finally, a SFW version of PETA's banned Super Bowl ad. Has that broccoli been through more or less cruelty than the cow it was supposed to replace? Discuss.
This man can play “Angels We Have Heard on High” on his flute made of broccoli. And all this time I've just been eating my vegetables. Clearly I lack imagination.
A Lebanese farmer grew what may be the world's largest potato - weighing in at an impressive 25 pounds. And it is ugly! It resembles something like Patrick Star after a horrible undersea car crash.
Chinese artist (and, apparently, vaguely agoraphobic housewife) Ju Duoqi uses fruits and vegetables, rotting and fresh, to recreate famous paintings. She says, “when I see Napoleon on his potato, I can think back to when I fried him up and ate him.”